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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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The moderator's opinion is better if the mod is deleting your racist comments.
OP's racist comment from the modlog, if you must read it:
Maybe I need a bit more coffee, but I read this as "Although I think I'm feeling like this, I don't like it, as it makes me feel a bit racist".
Present an argument to support your accusation.
That isn't an argument.
There's no argument to be had, obviously. If you want one:
Racist shit is dumb. You acknowledge posting racist shit. Therefore you post dumb shit.
Then you concede the point and agree that your accusation is unarguable.
What point? All that's been presented is that you post racist shit. There's no argument, it's just a factual presentation. It's not a logical conclusion it's a basic premise.
I'm not going to hold your hand. Just lose gracefully.
Oh honey.
I think you just gave us a really good view to how you arrived at your racist beliefs.
Sweetheart,
You're nowhere near as clever as you think you are
Lose what?
Well, your own banned comment said you admit you feel "a bit" racist, so I know you are not asking me to present an argument that you're racist.
Are you.... asking me to present an argument that racism is wrong?
That isn't an argument.
It needn't be one.
Here's an argument if ur gonna make distinctions bases upon race ur racist. Thus race based dei is racist. If race based dei isn't racist then negative comments based upon race also aren't racist. To have one without the other is simply doublethink.
It's kind of amazing to see the mental gymnastics racists do to compare racism to DEI. The human brain works in some truly mysterious ways.
Please explain how dei giving handouts based upon race isn't racist?
Well 1) They're not handouts and 2) They're adjusting for the biases shown in those industries previously and are meant to combat the discrimination these people have faced every day of their lives.
Not what I asked. How is giving someone something based upon race not racist?
No. That's stupid. Very, very stupid. How are races defined without specifying differences between races?
What makes something racist is unfounded critique of races, not simply references to races.
DISCLAIMER: I do not mean this in the context of OP's digging at Indians. Without some heavy qualifications that go far beyond anecdote, it's kinda' a racist statement...
So if the critique is founded then its not racist? U can find a lot of statistics that are true and would get you called an extreme racist if u said em.
For example is it racist to say that Arabs are more inbred? https://europepmc.org/article/MED/19811666
By your logic its also not racist to say that black people in america commit a disproportionate amount of crime https://crimeresearch.org/2023/11/violent-crime-rates-by-race/
These claims are founded in science and fact so therefore not racist right?
An argument goes : "it's racist because..."
Making distinctions/different rules/different judgements bases upon race and not the content of ones character is racist.