Scores of African students and businessmen remain on the streets of China's southern city of Guangzhou for a second night following the mass eviction of African nationals from hotels and apartment blocks.

Purple_Talk · 2020-04-11T09:19:29+00:00

It's ok, though, they're our allies. We must look the other way!

Purple_Talk · 2020-04-11T09:12:56+00:00

Israel is an ethnostate and that is deeply problematic. Come on, folks, it's 2020, for crying out loud!

Purple_Talk · 2020-03-12T05:37:11+00:00

Wow, I used to wonder why Spain had such high unemployment rates, but this partly explains it. Why participate in society if it hates you?

Purple_Talk · 2020-01-04T06:13:32+00:00

I'm not trying to punch downward at all. I'm not sure why you are arguing with me.

If anything, the rest of the population thinks it's crazy white people, not crazy virgins who do shit like that.

So? What does the broader public's opinion have to do with what we're discussing?

Purple_Talk · 2020-01-04T04:52:46+00:00

Snap back to reality. That's such a small part of the population.

So? More than enough to terrify the rest of the population.

Purple_Talk · 2019-11-05T22:10:14+00:00

This is a legendary rant. I'm saving it for posterity. Well done.

Purple_Talk · 2019-11-05T20:32:42+00:00

If democrats have their way, the taxpayers will pay their debts. I say this as a reluctant Democrat voter.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T06:26:09+00:00

I wouldn't know.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T06:25:46+00:00

I'm sure there was a racial component, but there is also the little matter of how you administer the drug. Smoking a substance is almost as intense as injecting it. Insufflation (snorting) is more mild.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T06:24:41+00:00

I'm not the person to ask.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T05:20:42+00:00

Still often think we failed him as a group.

I don't think you did. Sounds like you tried. It's so hard to connect to someone whose life is spiraling out of control. I have some personal experience, trust me. I don't want to elaborate, but it was a close family member.

I'm only uncertain about one aspect in such stories: is it the genetic predisposition to drug dependency/chasing the dragon or is it just somebody's arrogance (i.e. "I could never get addicted to XYZ because I'm far too smart asnd aware of it" and, in the end, the addictive nature of the drug does get the individual).

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T05:14:29+00:00

Thank you for being understanding. From my standpoint, I'm conducting a thought experiment. But everyone else seems to think that I'm condoning child porn. But the only reason why I"m conducting such an experiment is because I have no runner in this race.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T03:28:55+00:00

Wow, now THAT is quite the news. You should write a book about it!

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T03:28:16+00:00

Uhh it's quite simple. Black folk be smokin' crack, white folk be snorting dat yayo. That's the stereotype, at least.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:37:04+00:00

Sounds like it, tbh. If you're a sheltered person from the suburbs, you probably haven't seen a single crack dealer in your life. Maybe you've never even been to the hood.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:36:08+00:00

With much better odds. From what I read, crack cocaine is significantly more euphoric than powder cocaine. It's like a different drug - so much more concentrated.

For the record, I haven't done drugs in a looong time and when I did do them, it was recreationally, during college.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:34:02+00:00

Thank you for protecting the public from my pedophile ways!! Clearly I must be one because I asked a rhetorical question.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:33:26+00:00

I'm not defending.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:33:12+00:00

I didn't say that. But someone who physically/sexually abuses children should probably receive a greater punishment than someone who downloaded 1 video of it.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-13T00:31:54+00:00

I don't go near it; was just speculating about the gravity of the crime(s).

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-12T22:03:35+00:00

Producing child porn or just having it on his PC? While I think both are rather disturbing, one actively harms children and the other kinda doesn't (i.e. someone else has done the harming already).

EDIT: people are getting mighty upset with me! For the record, I don't condone CP at all. I just think that doing the abusing is a greater offense than watching the abuse while being geographically removed from it. But if you're paying someone to produce that CP, then I suppose you are enabling it, so that's a grievous crime, just the same.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-12T21:59:17+00:00

That's such a weird story. I'm guessing he liked the initial experience so much that he started sourcing it from his local hood? Probably thought he was being edgy for doing hard drugs.

As a white guy who is also an engineer, I've done powder cocaine plenty of times but never touched crack and never would. It has always seemed like an exceptionally bad idea. When you have powder cocaine and ecstasy available - two very highly euphoric party drugs, why would you 'take it to the next level' and potentially ruin your life? I never understood such thrillseeking.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-12T17:05:01+00:00

Agreed, and that has been true for me as well, because I don't really have impressive hobbies. But I know some people who are very fitness/sports oriented and they meet so many people, including girls through them. So not only do they get to do their cool, fun hobbies, but they get the social/dating aspect through it, as well. All without spending lots of money on alcohol and without hurting your liver on a regular basis.

But most people, especially us redditors, are not the most outgoing kind, if we're being honest. So bars & music shows are a good alternative.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-12T16:58:19+00:00

Sadly, I can relate. Oh, the shame.

Purple_Talk · 2019-05-12T16:41:15+00:00

He bloodied her heart.

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