Goodbye Bronwyn

[manticle]

Not really if you look at history of its use and people reclaiming insults like poof, ****, ****** or ***.

Not really at all.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Change the thread title for crying out loud.

 

[manticle]

To: politics, bacon, sport, bigotry, helicopters and biscuit tins?

 

[Black Devil Dog]

Don't see too many white people sobbing that they can't call someone a ****** any more. However, just about every rap song has it in the lyrics.

"Reclaiming insults" as you call it, seems to have empowered the crack dealing, ***** raping, cop killing, mutha *******, '*****', hip hop 'artists' who seem to be the only ones using the term nowadays.

More power to them I say.

 

[manticle]

Yep. That's a great summary of the reclamation of derogatory terms. Nothing stereotypical whacked in for convenience, no sir.

I know I should do better but it's late, I'm tired and I feel intelligent people should be able to use critical thinking to work this out for themselves without hands being held.

You work out why it's ok for an italian to use the word wog with some affection but not so great coming from me unless he's my best mate.

 

[manticle]

I'm sure you listen to heaps of rap.

 

[Black Devil Dog]

Nothing stereotypical whacked in for convenience, no sir.

You've nailed it.

That's exactly what they do.

 

[manticle]

Who's this ubiquitous 'they' then?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I wish you could still buy biscuits in tins. Life would be so much calmer

 

[wide eyed and legless]

**** ten years. Give them 3 months probation like a lot of workplaces. Perform or you're out, no pension till you serve a full term.

Probationary work terms don't work like that any more, I had to front the Fair Work Commission over just that, you can't just give someone a week in lieu and tell them to **** off, the commission decides what they get and how nicely you have to say **** off.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Can I get a witness!

I was thinking more along these lines for saying Jehovah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5YU_spBw0

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Don't see too many white people sobbing that they can't call someone a ****** any more. However, just about every rap song has it in the lyrics.

"Reclaiming insults" as you call it, seems to have empowered the crack dealing, ***** raping, cop killing, mutha *******, '*****', hip hop 'artists' who seem to be the only ones using the term nowadays.

More power to them I say.

Yep. That's a great summary of the reclamation of derogatory terms. Nothing stereotypical whacked in for convenience, no sir.

I know I should do better but it's late, I'm tired and I feel intelligent people should be able to use critical thinking to work this out for themselves without hands being held.

You work out why it's ok for an italian to use the word wog with some affection but not so great coming from me unless he's my best mate.

I'm sure you listen to heaps of rap.

You've nailed it.

That's exactly what they do.

Who's this ubiquitous 'they' then?

BDD:

 

[warra48]

Remember half of the populations have below average intelligence and we make them vote.

Not quite true, in fact.
It's more than half who are below the average, simply because the highly intelligent are often well above the average, and it takes a lot more of the below average numbnuts to balance that out.
There's your explanation of how the pollies get elected and largely get away with what they do.

 

[Dave70]

Who's this ubiquitous 'they' then?

Enough here for ten rappers and a Tarantino movie. Almost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJJtIFuLTg

Cashin seven digit cheques an still breakin necks!..word..

 

[goomboogo]

Not quite true, in fact.
It's more than half who are below the average, simply because the highly intelligent are often well above the average, and it takes a lot more of the below average numbnuts to balance that out.
There's your explanation of how the pollies get elected and largely get away with what they do.

That depends on whether you use mean or median to determine the average. Are you suggesting politicians are highly intelligent? Although rat cunning does require some intellect, it doesn't require the individual to be highly intelligent. Many of our current politicians can't even get it right when trying to be a cunning rat.

Or, are you suggesting it's us dimwitted numbnuts of the general populace who are too stupid to stop politicians turning politics into a farce?

 

[Black Devil Dog]

BDD:

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Naggers. Yep they sure as **** annoy me.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Who left the high stable door open?

 

[manticle]

Enough here for ten rappers and a Tarantino movie. Almost.



Cashin seven digit cheques an still breakin necks!..word..

What is detective Fin up to these days?

 

[seamad]

Going to be sad to see him go when snot moralsnone does him in, so much material, so many good cartoons...

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

That depends on whether you use mean or median to determine the average. Are you suggesting politicians are highly intelligent? Although rat cunning does require some intellect, it doesn't require the individual to be highly intelligent. Many of our current politicians can't even get it right when trying to be a cunning rat.

Or, are you suggesting it's us dimwitted numbnuts of the general populace who are too stupid to stop politicians turning politics into a farce?

I think the whole problem is that Joe Public is so jaded with the whole political sphere that they just dont give a ****. They know at the end of the day a politician will get voted in and do the same thing as the last one.

When it comes election time it just ends up a wall of "Blah Blah Blah" from side A and "Blah Blah Blah" from side B

Any wonder why voters just walk into the polling booth and go **** it and draw a flaccid ***** on the ballot paper