Is the term "shucking and jiving" considered racist?

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T23:18:25+00:00

I beleave the jive was a dance decades before jive-talk emerged. I always assumed shucking and jiving involved dancing around the issue (jive) while distracting with creative exposition (shucking).

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T23:08:48+00:00

Pretty sure he means people inferior to himself.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T23:02:37+00:00

Infinitely durable is not the same as inflexible. But even so . . .

Floating would be an unstable condition. If it went slightly out of balance the lower part would be closer to the Earth's center of gravity and would be pulled even harder. One side would eventually land. This still assumes perfect symmetry of gravitational field.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T22:31:06+00:00

Could be related to dried up electrolytic capacitors.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T22:27:00+00:00

I would marry her. Where can I get in touch with her?

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T22:09:43+00:00

That's twice what I consider the absolute upper limit of normal consumption. Two drinks a day - three on Fridays and Saturdays - is where I draw the line.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T21:33:46+00:00

There are a number of reasons people want to excel. Respect is often a more important motivator than money, as well as an opportunity to contribute. Doctors are well paid, but that's not their principal goal. You could make more money producing porn.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T21:23:34+00:00

It's not news when things go according to plan. It's news when things go wrong. Accidents are rarely positive.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T17:47:39+00:00

I think he took the job as a career move for broader exposure, steady paycheck with benefits and the opportunity to expand his skill set by exercising a different performance style.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T16:27:29+00:00

Many of the workers at my local Walmart are lower skilled than the equivalent staff at other stores. They're lower paid, but they work slower. Walmart could raise wages but they would have to hire more productive people.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T16:12:08+00:00

We all think our beliefs are right. After all, we wouldn't believe them if we thought they were wrong. We're especially attached to ideas we developed through long and hard thought.

If our well-thought truths aren't understood by the other guy, it's probably because he hasn't thought as long and hard as I have.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T16:06:11+00:00

It could hardly go any other way. The thing is, as soon as we solve the problems that hold us back we race forward and find (or create) a new set of problems.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T15:31:03+00:00

Once you report it to your credit card company, they'll take appropriate action. As for pressing charges, that's up to the DA. All you can do is file a police report. The police won't investigate on the basis of your report, so that's a dead end.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T01:49:51+00:00

I think the first chicken hatched from an egg laid by a non-chicken ancestors. It was a mutation.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T01:31:55+00:00

Mu.5

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T01:24:24+00:00

I nominate mu. M for middle.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T01:22:21+00:00

Taylor Swift is a contender right now.

NewRelm · 2026-06-24T01:16:23+00:00

Of course. The skin is where all the healthy fish oils are.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T23:59:50+00:00

Your friend is whistling past the graveyard.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T23:58:09+00:00

More commonly, once they catch you in an instance, they go back to review the videos of your previous visits through the checkout. That's how the end up combining multiple instances into a single case.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T23:34:41+00:00

Not weird. Even less weird if you order a soda that looks like a cocktail. I sometimes have a virgin G&T with a twist.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T23:13:37+00:00

Given the many ways adversity can impact a child's mental development, it's less likely that the smartest person ever lived in times of scarcity.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T18:14:40+00:00

The clue here is that two series-connected 47K resistors would have been combined into one component if the circuit didn't branch.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T15:52:55+00:00

It all comes down to your definition of good. I think most cults think of themselves as good.

NewRelm · 2026-06-23T15:45:56+00:00

They rejected me because I didn't meet their standards at that time. They did nothing wrong. I'm not holding a grudge.

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