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[GoombaGeek]

My people run a ski-shop in the Semmerings. I guess I should go buy a tub of ski wax. IT'S IN MY BLOOOOOOD

[SealyStar]

As a Minnesotan I can tell you, the Dakotas are not a 'buffer' for hicksvill. If you know what I mean.

Nice though. Nice Hicks.

Fargo's only mildly hicky. The rest is pretty hicktacular, though.

[RedKing]

"watched an hour video today about bread. thought to myself... i'm asian... my people eat rice... i don't even LIKE bread...!"

The glaring stupidity of this comment really pisses me off. Most Asians don't even EAT rice naturally unless they're from the South. Wheat and barley are the most common grains in mid to Northeast China, not even including the arid inner reaches of China to Mongolia and Central Asia. But yeah, up here, we eat a LOT of bread. So don't go and say "My people eat rice." That's one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard.

Perpetuate baseless stereotypes, why don't you. In the name of "your people."

Meh...just meant they're guilty of extending whatever subgroup of Asian they are to the entire region. There *are* a lot of Asians who eat a fuckton of rice. Just not Beiren (mian and baozi FTW!)

FWIW, depending on which "my people" you're talking about, my people mostly got exterminated/displaced/oppressed by Stalin/the English/the Union Army.
RedKing's family tree: NOT WINNING since 1715.

[Scelly9]

A lot of people have probably heard about this, but that one guy in the US running for office in...Minnesota, I think? Anyway, he said something about a woman's body being able to stop a pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape."
The fuck.

I believe he meant "legitimate rape" not as in "rape that is justified" but as in "rape that is actually rape".

His science is still bullshit, I'm not supporting him. It's just that the comment was said badly, and made him look extra-dumb.

Rape that is actually rape, opposed to what? How the hell do you decide if something is rape but not actually rape?

[Vorthon]

Three words: Insane Troll Logic.

[RedKing]

A lot of people have probably heard about this, but that one guy in the US running for office in...Minnesota, I think? Anyway, he said something about a woman's body being able to stop a pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape."
The fuck.

I believe he meant "legitimate rape" not as in "rape that is justified" but as in "rape that is actually rape".

His science is still bullshit, I'm not supporting him. It's just that the comment was said badly, and made him look extra-dumb.

Rape that is actually rape, opposed to what? How the hell do you decide if something is rape but not actually rape?

As opposed to statutory rape (which could be consensual sex, just with a minor). We went over this in the Election Megathread. They want to make sure 15-year olds who get knocked up have to live with the consequences, or something.

[Hanslanda]

Three words: Insane Troll Logic.

It is astounding what insanity normal seeming people will hold to as fact. :/

[Xantalos]

Three words: Insane Troll Logic.

It is astounding what insanity normal seeming people will hold to as fact. :/

But if you change one letter of fact, it turns to face, and you know that *insert person here* has a trustworthy face!

[penguinofhonor]

A lot of people have probably heard about this, but that one guy in the US running for office in...Minnesota, I think? Anyway, he said something about a woman's body being able to stop a pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape."
The fuck.

I believe he meant "legitimate rape" not as in "rape that is justified" but as in "rape that is actually rape".

His science is still bullshit, I'm not supporting him. It's just that the comment was said badly, and made him look extra-dumb.

Rape that is actually rape, opposed to what? How the hell do you decide if something is rape but not actually rape?

As opposed to statutory rape (which could be consensual sex, just with a minor). We went over this in the Election Megathread. They want to make sure 15-year olds who get knocked up have to live with the consequences, or something.

There's a lot more than just that. "Legitimate rape" tends to just count as violent/forcible rape by a stranger in a back alley.

Get too drunk and some guy takes advantage of you? Doesn't count, you shouldn't have gotten drunk. Someone pressures and threatens you until you agree to have sex with them? Well, you agreed so it obviously doesn't count. Decide against having sex with this guy in the middle of foreplay, but he keeps going against your will? You definitely consented, doesn't count.

Delegitimizing rape happens all the time. Akin was just the first guy to recently put it in such blunt words.

[Oliolli]

Get too drunk and some guy takes advantage of you? Doesn't count, you shouldn't have gotten drunk.

A case like that in Finland ended up with the rapist going free... simply because both he and the girl were drunk, and had done so voluntarily. I always have trouble wrapping my head around "under the influence of alcohol" being a working excuse in finnish court...

Run someone over with a car? You'll pretty much get a worse punishment for driving drunk then running someone over while drunk... Heck, the former may end with you losing your license if you do it often enough...

[kaijyuu]

Well if they're both drunk and acting stupid, I don't know why it defaults to the man being at fault.

I suppose it depends how one acts when drunk. It doesn't excuse their actions, after all. But when it's one person's word against another (with no other evidence to go on), I don't think the guy's gonna win.

[Scelly9]

A lot of people have probably heard about this, but that one guy in the US running for office in...Minnesota, I think? Anyway, he said something about a woman's body being able to stop a pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape."
The fuck.

I believe he meant "legitimate rape" not as in "rape that is justified" but as in "rape that is actually rape".

His science is still bullshit, I'm not supporting him. It's just that the comment was said badly, and made him look extra-dumb.

Rape that is actually rape, opposed to what? How the hell do you decide if something is rape but not actually rape?

As opposed to statutory rape (which could be consensual sex, just with a minor). We went over this in the Election Megathread. They want to make sure 15-year olds who get knocked up have to live with the consequences, or something.

Ah, that is at least better than the "It's not rape if she 'wanted it'" Bullshit I've been hearing.

[SealyStar]

Well if they're both drunk and acting stupid, I don't know why it defaults to the man being at fault.

I suppose it depends how one acts when drunk. It doesn't excuse their actions, after all. But when it's one person's word against another (with no other evidence to go on), I don't think the guy's gonna win.

The only reason why the woman/girl being drunk has any bearing as "rape" is that females tend to be smaller, and thus are more susceptible to drunkenness after drinking the same amount of alcohol as the man in question, who could still be perfectly clear-minded while she's drunk as a fish.

I would still say "your fault you got drunk, slut", but then every wannabe-feminist poser in the country would be on my case :/

Anyway, off the politics! To stupidity.

My brother, endless font of sources for this thread, announced his intention to learn Russian, just so he could say stupid little inflammatory crap about Pr[ime Minister/esident] Volodya and/or communism. Then began bitching about how hard it is to learn another language, and harassing me for help with a language I have no knowledge of either.

[Tellemurius]

Well if they're both drunk and acting stupid, I don't know why it defaults to the man being at fault.

I suppose it depends how one acts when drunk. It doesn't excuse their actions, after all. But when it's one person's word against another (with no other evidence to go on), I don't think the guy's gonna win.

The only reason why the woman/girl being drunk has any bearing as "rape" is that females tend to be smaller, and thus are more susceptible to drunkenness after drinking the same amount of alcohol as the man in question, who could still be perfectly clear-minded while she's drunk as a fish.

I would still say "your fault you got drunk, slut", but then every wannabe-feminist poser in the country would be on my case :/

Anyway, off the politics! To stupidity.

My brother, endless font of sources for this thread, announced his intention to learn Russian, just so he could say stupid little inflammatory crap about Pr[ime Minister/esident] Volodya and/or communism. Then began bitching about how hard it is to learn another language, and harassing me for help with a language I have no knowledge of either.

In soviet russia, language breaks you

[penguinofhonor]

My school sent out an email today about parking. It was full of stupid.

They made the parking spots closest to the classroom buildings into faculty/staff only spots, which makes parking worse for the students. Oh well. The stupid part was that they advertised a special parking pass for faculty and staff who want to be environmentally friendly. By only being allowed to park in the furthest lot from campus, you'll be able to get more exercise and decrease on-campus pollution!