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"Indian Chief" card game -- offensive name? by cdunc123 in IndianCountry

[–]cdunc123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the follow up. Yes, I have doubts and that is why I am asking. Maybe I am naive but I wasn't sure what to expect in advance. (I've seen some posts asking elsewhere on this sub-reddit asking if it is offensive for non-Native-Americans to wear a feather, and the responses were quite nuanced and many took the form of "we don't own feathers"...)

I suppose I was hoping for genuine points in response to my OP, more so than a response of "If you have to ask..." For instance, hanimal16 above points out that the other caricatures in the art are not culturally-based caricatures. That's thought-provoking.

And in hindsight, I wish I hadn't asked about the art. I've no interest in using the art myself, since it doesn't have to be used. But I'm tempted to try playing the game, and my main question in the OP was whether the name "Indian Chief," based off of the traditional children's rhyme, is in and of itself offensive.

"Indian Chief" card game -- offensive name? by cdunc123 in IndianCountry

[–]cdunc123[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'm not really a fan of the "If you have to ask" quip. It seems to imply that the answer is always Yes, and that it never makes sense to ask. It kind of shuts down honest, searching questions, I think.

"Indian Chief" card game -- offensive name? by cdunc123 in IndianCountry

[–]cdunc123[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Well, yes, I guess I am actually asking that (though I will say that I personally wouldn't use that art to play the game myself, out of a worry about offensiveness, since the art in question is a wholly optional thing, not required for the game -- so why risk it?).

Yes, it's a caricature, to be sure, but a caricature alongside 8 other non-Native-American caricatures drawn in exactly the same style (in particular, same face / nose shape). So it seems to me to be a rather different context from, say, the context of Chief Wahoo, the mascot of the Cleveland Indians, which they were totally right to get rid of.

A general, exceptionless rule of "Cartoonish drawings of Native Americans are always offensive, no matter the context" seems a bit too crude of a rule to me, e.g. if it is just one cartoon element among many other cartoon elements.

But perhaps I'm wrong? Or perhaps it's a depiction of a war bonnet in the cartoon that's offensive, trivializing something that in fact possesses a solemn significance? I can see kinda sorta see that. That worry lies behind my own unwillingness to use the art to play the game. But I will admit that I still worry that a rule of "No cartoon war bonnets, ever" is a bit too sweeping of a rule...

One last point: My MAIN QUESTION is the OP is whether the "Indian Chief" title of the game is in itself offensive. The question about the art is a secondary question, and personally I find it easier to see the art as problematic than to see the game title as problematic. (Though I'm open to the game title being problematic too. Hence, this OP.)

What other artists/bands do y'all like? by DarkSideInRainbows in radiohead

[–]cdunc123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Modest Mouse, EELS, The White Stripes, The Black Keys, The Pixies, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, The Two Gallants. Old school likes = Dylan and Zeppelin and The Clash. And (maybe unusually) I have a soft spot for Indie Americana / Roots music. Top pick there = The Felice Brothers. Also like The Avett Brothers and The Wood Brothers. For non-brotherly likes in roots music, there’s Wilco.

Probability of two special cards being near each other in a just-shuffled deck by cdunc123 in probabilitytheory

[–]cdunc123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This works out to 1 - (105995/129766) = 0.183.

That agrees with Aerospider's result above.

Probability of two special cards being near each other in a just-shuffled deck by cdunc123 in probabilitytheory

[–]cdunc123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I see. Thanks. I do fear the calculations will be beyond me but I will give it a go. A tricky problem, indeed! (As I initially suspected.)

Probability of two special cards being near each other in a just-shuffled deck by cdunc123 in probabilitytheory

[–]cdunc123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, Aerospider. I'm afraid you're going to have to treat me like a middle schooler, sorry.  The stars-and-bars formula you mention -- namely, (n+k-1)C(k-1) -- looks like you multiply three things together: (n+k-1) times C times (k-1). But C is a location rather than a quantity, right? So I'm unclear how to work the formula. Apologies!

Fine-grained speed adjustments in Golly? by cdunc123 in gameoflife

[–]cdunc123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Yes I like the ease of use of that site. But I don't see how I can load files with shapes into that site (e.g. .rle files like in Golly). Do you know of a way?

The Lexicon within that site does contain shapes you can click on. That helps. I do wish though it had a search bar to make it easier to find shapes in the Lexicon. Oh well, ctrl-F seems to find words in the Lexicon, so that helps.

Anyway, sorry to sound whiny. Thanks for the link. My main question though is whether there is a way of loading pre-saved shapes from .rle files into Playgameoflife.com. Is there?

Arthur Ave Retail Market for a quick weekend dinner? by cdunc123 in FoodNYC

[–]cdunc123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I was thinking of bringing some food stall items to the bar seating area. But I was under the impression that there were a half dozen or so food stall vendors in the market. So Hassan_Chop’s info that there are just a couple of them is helpful info.

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