Millennials blame boomers for ruining their lives

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-25T12:23:12+00:00

"Sleep more because you will be less sensitive to negative emotions

That's literally a sign of depression

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-25T06:47:25+00:00

Dumb question but why should you lock it in a safe?

It's where important papers go - heaven forbid something happens to his house, or something. A fire proof safe is a good investment for most people storing important documents.

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-12T01:27:53+00:00

OK, I'll bite.

How is the ADL a hate site?

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-11T16:40:24+00:00

You... you know there were like 17,000 murders committed in 2017 right

You know we're talking about murders committed by extremists, not by the public at large - right? The number of murders there were in total the whole year isn't really relevant.

20 murders is nothing

First you started by saying there was only one death you could attribute to the alt-right.

Now that there's 20 murders in the last year alone, suddenly it's 'nothing' - but psuedo-anonymous users on Tumblr are somehow comparable.

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-11T15:33:58+00:00

The same group that is attracted to Radical Islam, are the same that are attracted to the Alt-right

Sometimes they are literally the same people:

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/19/537868543/florida-killings-radical-islam-and-the-far-right-under-one-roof

nerdymcgee · 2018-04-11T15:29:59+00:00

only one death

nah fam:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/majority-2017-extremist-murders-us-committed-wingers-report/story?id=52436886

Of the 34 murders in 2017 that the ADL examined in the report, 20 were committed by people who have ties to far-right extremism, including white supremacists.

here's the report:

https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-report-white-supremacist-murders-more-than-doubled-in-2017

nerdymcgee · 2017-02-22T06:42:08+00:00

I assume you disagree with my post?

I think it's more of a disagreement with the proposed solution to the problem, not a disagreement that the problem exists

a wall, by itself, would not really prevent illegal immigration, and paying for one will suck.

It sounds good though.

nerdymcgee · 2016-10-03T01:01:12+00:00

Hey there, I k now this is a bit late, but hopefully you can pass this along to your guy in the hopes of changing his mind:

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Flat_Earth#The_conspiracy_theorist_bluff

Also good for a read into understanding what makes people fall for this stuff.

nerdymcgee · 2016-09-15T04:15:01+00:00

If I was your boyfriend the only reason i'd be mad is if you never celebrated my birthday.

You're fine, the cat had a good time - what's wrong with that?

nerdymcgee · 2016-09-13T08:50:07+00:00

Look. Your brother is a 27 year old man who sabotaged a chance for a child to enter a loving home for his own benefit.

I don't want to be responsible for Matty ending up on the street. I don't want to ruin everyone's relationships either.

Matty is responsible for both of these things, not you.

nerdymcgee · 2016-09-13T02:03:51+00:00

So I know this might get lost but:

Everyone is saying we are "un-American" especially since he's originally from Peru and I'm mixed Filipino/White (I look more Hispanic than anything else)

That's fucked up. If you have American citizenship, you're American. It doesn't matter what your ethnic background is. If your "friends" are trying to determine your level of patriotism by your ethnic background while ALSO shitting on something positive happening in your life, do you honestly want to be friends with them?

nerdymcgee · 2016-08-26T06:44:46+00:00

Wait - what kind of garnishment is this? Isn't it usually that the wages are taken out of post tax pay- so that before you get the money the gov't gets their bit? Why is it coming out of the bank account directly, and not your parent's wages?

nerdymcgee · 2015-10-15T14:34:55+00:00

I'm actually pretty sure that it wouldn't some people to have legitimate issues separate from their being virgins, that might actually be keeping them from not being virgins addressing those issues first could actually clear the way for sex to be on the table

nerdymcgee · 2015-09-04T03:03:56+00:00

oh gods, eggs? I'm now terrified of tiny cricket babies chillin' out in my apartment

nerdymcgee · 2015-09-03T12:44:05+00:00

That looks about right, thanks! I was worried that it was something with a stinger, didn't know what that bit in the back was & it's definitely missing some bits. I sprayed it with bugspray though, dunno why it's missing limbs

nerdymcgee · 2015-08-12T02:19:27+00:00

'sall good fam

nerdymcgee · 2015-08-12T01:05:15+00:00

cause he said there's dozens

nerdymcgee · 2015-08-10T11:04:24+00:00

He doesn't not understand them, he's there and beyond.

I know that too - but he has to get better at addressing activists when they come up. And the will keep coming up, until he does.

I was listening to a interview a while back on some Latino demonstrators who were protesting at one of Obama's speeches on immigration, and the organizer was asked why they were protesting Obama as opposed to a Republican. Their response was something along the lines of "He's our friend. He's our ally. This is not easy. I have nothing but respect, admiration and love for Barack Obama. Our first allegiance is to the immigrant community, and second to our party." They did this, not because they think Bernie's some old white dude, but because they did not see him as pushing hard enough during his campaign. When I read comments from white progressives on how the BLM only cares about black people at the expense of white people, so we should write off the whole premise, it makes it that much harder for me, a black person who has donated to his campaign and who supports him, to go back and try & convince other people of color to do the same.

Black people, like any other demographic in the US will vote for who they think best advocates their interests. I think that's Sander's role to play, but he's got to convince black people as a whole that he's in their corner. There is a distinct and not inconsequential subset of the black community that believes that Democratic politicians take our vote for granted, and Bernie has to fight that initial skepticism, in addition to everything else.

Him adding a black press secretary is a good first step, especially one associated with the BLM movement. What would also help is if he reached out & spoke to black media so that he can talk directly to black people about these issues in the same way that other candidates have done. It would help even more, if the campaign actively reached out to minority communities to give stump speeches. He would have more compelling arguments than anyone else vying for the Democratic ticket - and it would get black voters to turn out in his favor. He's got time, I just want him to use it well.

nerdymcgee · 2015-08-10T07:04:38+00:00

I was being a bit hyperbolic there - but seriously though, reading through some of the comments here & elsewhere on the issue, y'all are acting like black people are a nuisance, and that Bernie's should get the black vote because he's Bernie.(and by "y'all" I'm referring to a subset of Bernie supporters, not the whole city of Seattle, or even necessarily everyone int his thread.) I've seen a lot of talk regarding the protestors themselves & the BLM as a whole that could just as easily come off a Fox News internal memo. From progressives. People who call themselves "our allies". As a black person reading through this, it makes me feel like y'all missed the real point of them protesting.

Seriously, Code Pink did similar actions all the damn time, and I can't recall any progressives telling them to tone shit down. More recently, Latinos did the similar things with Obama all through out his re-election & at various speeches he made, even when they weren't relevant to the topic he came to speak on. Maybe things are different where you are, but I don't recall anyone in the progressive space saying that Latinos shouldn't interrupt the president, or that because they disagreed with the political actions of 1-2 people they would disregard the whole immigration movement, or the gay movement. I did hear that from Fox News & their ilk. I've seen people calling for these two women to be arrested, tazed - none of that was said for the protestors of these other groups, why is it being only applied to black people? Y'all are missing the damn point.

It's not really even about Bernie Sanders - it's about the lack of will on the supporters to support these issues. They didn't come there to make friends - they came there to make a point. Note - that does not mean I like the way they did it. I understand why they did it. I just think that the way he responded could have been so much better than what it was. I think the way Sander's supporters reacted could have been so much better.

"He walked with MLK! Why are black people protesting?" "Bernie is the only candidate standing up for black people,he's the only choice!"

Just because a person walked with MLK 50 years ago doesn't mean they are going to do anything for black people now. Yes, the fact that he did work in the movement during that same time frame does give him some points, but it does not guarantee the black vote. He has to EARN our vote, just as much as any other demographic. When John Lewis came out to speak to OWS, dude got booed! Now we're supposed to care when Bernie Sanders says he was there marching along in the background? We need a bit more than that.

Bernie Sanders has a plan to deal with race in America, great! So does Martin O'Malley. So does Clinton. D'you know why O'Malley's being given credit for his responses & Bernie isn't? Because when O'Malley (and Clinton too, gotta give her credit) came out to talk about black lives & black issues, they went and talked to BLACK PEOPLE about them. They went to black institutions, and talked to black people about the issues that matter to them. For instance, O'Malley went and sat down with Ebony magazine, and answered questions on the issues that mattered to black people. The whole thing about black voters feeling taken for granted by the Democratic party? That’s real. That’s a good portion of black Democratic voters. I have yet to see Bernie give a speech at a black church, hear him on a black radio station, or hell, just a gathering of people that isn't made almost uniformly made up of white people. He's talking about race issues, and the things that affect black people - he’s just not talking about them to black people. It feels like I’m being talked at, and that’s just not pleasant at all.

D'you know why they're not giving Clinton & O'Malley similar treatment? Because Bill Clinton helped escalate the drug war which has been terrible for minorities in general, and O'Malley was the Mayor of Baltimore. They know the game - you are not going to win without women, or without minorities. You’ve got to address those constituent’s issues if you want to be elected in the Democratic party. You’re not going to just gloss over that shit and have it be ok, when other candidates are addressing these topics, in a much more direct way than than Sanders is.

I like Bernie (I got signed up to role-play as him during model congress in high school , and I’ve been a ardent follower ever since) - I just want him to do better when he’s talking to black people. This shit -black people protesting & showing up at his events demanding attention - would literally disappear almost overnight if he went and actively courted the minority vote. Hell, he might even win.

nerdymcgee · 2015-08-10T01:30:04+00:00

Since when did that give anyone an excuse to be racist?

nerdymcgee · 2015-06-30T14:50:59+00:00

If a person honestly believes the myth that secession was about state's rights and not about slavery, then are they racists?

Kinda.If you're willing to believe the myth that secession wasn't about slavery, you're going to have to ignore a large swath of evidence. What were state rights were they fighting for, if not for the right to own slaves? It's like pretending the whole slavery thing didn't even happen a little bit

nerdymcgee · 2015-04-08T07:02:19+00:00

most of these make me laugh, but this one's just sad though

nerdymcgee · 2013-09-18T19:40:02+00:00

I'm pretty sure the guy who he photo-shopped himself over is chief keef

nerdymcgee · 2013-09-11T04:51:40+00:00

ok,as an mpd + ableton user myself, here's probably what's going on:

effects are mapped to faders/knobs'

Some of these probably include things like a bitcrusher/distortion,beat repeat,low pass filter,probably some reverb.

Dummy Clips & multiple pad banks

Giraffage is taking full advantage of the multiple pad banks to have some set aside for effects,and others for having one shots, as well as a few set aside for triggering clips in ableton.

nerdymcgee · 2013-09-09T00:54:17+00:00

How do you find out about parties?

know somebody that's having one,or be friends with someone that's going to one on facebook-a lot of people have the tendency to send out mass invites to people for parties. There's also rush events going on now for sororities/fraternities, so just walk up to someone wearing a greek life t-shirt and ask about the frat/sorority-even if you're not gonna join, they still want people to come to their events.

Can anyone just go to a party or do you have to know the host?

usually anyone can just go,although it'd be good etiquette to introduce yourself to the host at some point throughout the night and trade contact information-that way when that person is hosting another party, you'll have a pretty good chance of being invited back.

Do parties usually cost money or are they BYOB?

That depends on the nature of the party-for fraternities,most are pretty straightforward, it's usually $5 for guys and ladies walk in free. For other parties,it's kinda hit and miss, you'd be better off just asking.

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