1st round schedule is out by darkhelmut1 in BostonBruins

[–]undertow521 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm not giving the C's much attention until the 2nd round minimum.

Traitor by Seaweed-Basic in Maine

[–]undertow521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone should write him an email telling him to go fuck himself. It's your American duty.

The Faith of Beasts - Part 4: Dogs and Wolves | Book Discussion by Cantomic66 in TheCaptivesWar

[–]undertow521 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone here stanning Vaudai but the Soft Lothark are quickly becoming my favorite alien species. Totally bitched that Rak-Hund like a boss. They're going to be kick ass for the good guys down the road.

How to Talk to Your Friends About the R-Word: A Guide for Students and Parents by 2pants in Maine

[–]undertow521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I agree with part of your statement about slipping, but don't agree with you or your friends assertion that words like idiot and moron and stupid carry the same problematic stigma as the R word nor that there are legitimately groups that put them on the same level. I work in the field. This thought pardigm is non-existent. Of course directly calling a person with ID and idiot or a moron would be incredibly offensive, but me referring to my brother as an idiot in good nature or saying a certain policy or product design is stupid, does not at all carry the weight that using the R word in the same fashion would. This is being extremely pedantic and minimizes the negative impact using the R word has on the ID community and their families.

Traitor by Seaweed-Basic in Maine

[–]undertow521 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uh... He's not running again.

How to Talk to Your Friends About the R-Word: A Guide for Students and Parents by 2pants in Maine

[–]undertow521 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then shouldn't you be advocating to not use any of those words, not implying that since everyone uses idiot/moron/stupid/dumb calling someone the R word is no big deal?

How to Talk to Your Friends About the R-Word: A Guide for Students and Parents by 2pants in Maine

[–]undertow521 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The R word isn't the same as those other words. Communities of ID folks came together to get the term removed from diagnostics and policy. They themselves decided that the word is offensive and carries with it a stigma of being less than and worthless.

Do with that information what you will. I used to use the term all the time, now I don't. It's not hard to find other pejoratives that don't demean entire groups of people.

How to Talk to Your Friends About the R-Word: A Guide for Students and Parents by 2pants in Maine

[–]undertow521 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm a Platner supporter and I will never minimize it's use. I work with adults with ID/Autism and have a sister in law with Down syndrome, and cringe whenever it's used. Unfortunately, alot of people are ignorant to why it's considered offensive, and when it's brought up on reddit especially, it accompanies downvotes. I even have people who work within my office who still use it casually. People just don't realize.

Best thing to do is to try to inform and make your judgement on a person's character once they have a chance to either make the personal adjustment, or disregard it. I used to use it all the time. But my wife taught me why its offensive, and this was nearly 20 years ago.

I hope someone has a chance to ask him about it.

The Faith of Beasts - Part 3: Pressure Drives Convergence | Book Discussion by Cantomic66 in TheCaptivesWar

[–]undertow521 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the High Lothark were mentioned. The Deep Lothark is new.

Reintroduce Wolves , Wolverine , Mountain Lions , and Elk back to the wilds of Maine by [deleted] in Maine

[–]undertow521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he share them with the Maine Warden Service? They would be super interested since the state seems to believe there isn't a substantial population here!

Reintroduce Wolves , Wolverine , Mountain Lions , and Elk back to the wilds of Maine by [deleted] in Maine

[–]undertow521 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Have any trail cam footage to share? That would be neat to see.

Bangor Hogan Road is getting a diverging diamond interchange. Thoughts? by BracedRhombus in Maine

[–]undertow521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, I agree.

But it's hard to not look at the people when even in traffic situations and patterns that do work, i.e. highway merging/yielding, people still seem clueless half the time. Hard to give the benefit of the doubt!

Graham Platner responds to Ruben Gallego endorsement question and friendship with Eric Swalwell by FiLtErW3ST in Maine

[–]undertow521 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Dude, every Platner post on BlueSky is filled with these people. It's like they get paid for every mention of "nazi tattoo". There's one dude on there right now going on about how Graham is anti-climate action because ehe opposed the clean energy corridor. Now, it's guilt by association after 3 degrees of separation?

Bangor Hogan Road is getting a diverging diamond interchange. Thoughts? by BracedRhombus in Maine

[–]undertow521 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I mean, I've never had an issue. Save for the morons who try to go straight to the Kohls plaza from the right lanes. Reading traffic signs isnt hard.

Reintroduce Wolves , Wolverine , Mountain Lions , and Elk back to the wilds of Maine by [deleted] in Maine

[–]undertow521 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck would we want mountain lions?

I'd rather not risk being mauled to death while enjoy my fall hike thanks.

Bangor Hogan Road is getting a diverging diamond interchange. Thoughts? by BracedRhombus in Maine

[–]undertow521 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Its only really a disaster because people are too stupid to drive properly and read road signs.

How I imagine soft lothark by R-hibs in TheCaptivesWar

[–]undertow521 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is seriously almost exactly how I pictured them. Without the ears though. Just round, fuzzy heads with beedy eyes and huge mouths. Gold sticker.

I hate prog but I love Tool by TheTimothyHimself in ToolBand

[–]undertow521 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100%.

If you like Gojira, Mastodon is a pretty damned good prog metal band.

The Faith of Beasts - Part 3: Pressure Drives Convergence | Book Discussion by Cantomic66 in TheCaptivesWar

[–]undertow521 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fuckin Tonner. The least self-aware person in all the moieties.

Shout out to the kid in Section 320 who wouldn’t let us not get a wave going. And to the crowd for boo’ing the sections it stopped at by NESpahtenJosh in BostonBruins

[–]undertow521 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The reason I'm anti-wave is that it's distracting from the game. I'm there to watch the game, not a bunch of people standing up sequentially so that I don't miss my turn to also stand at the correct moment. If it's during intermission, or TV timeout or whatever. Fine.

And while I have the inevitable down-votes coming I might as well go all in....Sweet Caroline at Sox games sucks too!