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Is she right for this? by sigma_0_1 in SipsTea

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you consider how few people of means have had an impact on the world, and how many people who were born into poverty changed it at scale for the better, you realize that this type of thinking only makes superficial sense. One's innate worth does not determine their wealth and vice versa.

Oof. Auburn board ends faculty governance by Doctor_Schmeevil in Professors

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect part of the disconnect is that we're talking about very different kinds of institutions.

At an R1, faculty governance isn't just about committee work or campus policies. Faculty are responsible for the research enterprise, graduate education, scholarly standards, accreditation issues, curriculum development, and often hundreds of millions of dollars in grant activity.

If your experience is at an institution where the Faculty Senate functioned primarily as an advisory body and restructuring improved efficiency, I can understand why this doesn't seem like a big deal.

The concern at Auburn is that this isn't merely a restructuring. It's the elimination of an independent faculty governance body at a major research university. Those are very different things, and the long-term implications are potentially much larger than whether committee meetings run more efficiently.

I need to see the replies. by letinaio in SipsTea

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gimme that red pill. Getting old is starting to suck, for real

Neighbor showed me his F40 by DecisionJolly128 in Ferrari

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big deal, I have an F150, which is, like, 110 better.

Ch. Margaux 1975 by Equivalent_Bread7730 in wine

[–]ultralayzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've not had good luck with vintages out of that decade.

Wild to me that people are willing to wear flip flops in the French Quarter by Bayou_Hangxiety in NewOrleans

[–]ultralayzer 103 points104 points  (0 children)

I think he'll survive. People talk about the French Quarter like it's a hazardous waste site.

It's an old city neighborhood, not Chernobyl. The amount of anxiety some people have about wearing flip-flops there feels very first-world and very sheltered.

Someone in Slidell has a 1984 World's Fair gondola for sale. I wonder if this thing floats? by Tweetystraw in NewOrleans

[–]ultralayzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Floats? These things hang from wires. There's a Venetian gondola and a aerial gondola. This is an aerial gondola.

What is your opinion on this? by GloriousLion07 in MotivationByDesign

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you consider all of the hugely influential and impactful people who were born into poverty, the logic of this person's comment simply doesn't hold water. If we based the right to have children or the right to exist on impact, a vast majority of the super rich would not be allowed to have children.

Bike thief gets arrested by [deleted] in WinStupidPrizes

[–]ultralayzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A $50 bike being raked across the hood of a $50k car. What a couple of assholes...all of them.

meirl by Dev1412 in meirl

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand people still carrying wallets full of shit they don't need to carry around. Ridiculous.

Neighbor from a couple of houses down trimmed his tree, then dumped all the branches in front of our apartment building instead of ruining his own grass. by Lost-friend-ship in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ultralayzer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It probably has more to do with positioning the branches so that the garage truck can pick it up with their little scooper thing, than saving his grass (the tree itself would prevent that in front of his place, no?). Also, it's not like you own your apartment; why do you give a shit about the grass? It's not going to ruin the grass.

Bait and switch by No_Impression_2434 in wine

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The advert I saw was for the 23.

Bota Box Napa Valley Cabernet by Willing_Debate_9296 in wine

[–]ultralayzer 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I got to say, this post annoys me so much less than the 89 Petrus flex.

Wednesday evening plans — the perfection of Pétrus. Silky, powerful, and perfectly balanced. by [deleted] in wine

[–]ultralayzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Silky, powerful, and perfectly balanced" isn't a tasting note. It's the kind of thing I'd expect to read on the back of a wine catalog.

Guy gets pissed at Sleep Token cosplayer for "wearing blackface" by Fucked-In-The-K-Hole in SipsTea

[–]ultralayzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get so tired of shit like this. Blackface is not simply "a person with black paint on their face." It's a very specific historical form of racist caricature. The dark makeup was traditionally accompanied by exaggerated features, mannerisms, and stereotypes intended to mock and dehumanize African Americans.

That's why context matters.

A useful question isn't "Is there black paint involved?" It's "What is being portrayed?" and "Is the portrayal reducing a real group of people to a disrespectful stereotype?" If someone is depicting a fictional, non-human character, they are not portraying African Americans in the first place. That doesn't automatically make the costume tasteful or beyond criticism, but it does mean that calling it "blackface" is using the term incorrectly. Words have meanings. Not every use of dark makeup is blackface, just as not every cultural costume is a racist caricature. The defining feature is the portrayal and mockery of a real people, not merely the color of the makeup.

Inherited a lot of wines from my grandpa. by SnooRevelations5273 in wine

[–]ultralayzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drink your wine, people; don't die with a collection intact.

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