Since when was cracker derogatory for Amish
― how's life, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
thought that was the lead in Pippin
― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
tbh, I wouldn't hesitate to call that guy a cracker. Maybe we all have a lot of growing up to do....
― Moodles, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was the lead actor in a Oberlin College production of The Hobbit.
― Aimless, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
there and crackergain
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Friday, 28 June 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
we can never grow as a people until we treat the least of our tumbler wites white folk with decency and respect.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
I've never heard the word cracker used except in the context of white ppl saying its unfair that they aren't allowed to use racial epithets without censure whereas anyone is free to use the word cracker against them
― Treeship, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
wait that is supposed to be funny right?
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
apparently it's becoming an issue bc of the trayvon trial
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Friday, 28 June 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
xpost being that it came from SomethingAwful, yeah. humorously, not everybody sharing it is in on the joke.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
Wow there are some stupid honkies out there.
― carl agatha, Friday, 28 June 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
my first thought on seeing that actually was that it had something to do with the band
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
I hear "cracker" solely from hip friends who boast about not owning any records that aren't world music or jazz.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1043856_10151543084939001_2075564380_n.jpg
― Romantic style in da world (crüt), Friday, 28 June 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
That's a strange twist, didn't see it coming
― Moodles, Friday, 28 June 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
sounds like a shitty game. goin out to do a pub crawl instead
― Neanderthal, Friday, 28 June 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
Let's guess what that blurry picture is of.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 28 June 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
i think it's the highway to hell
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
A STRANGE GAME. THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS NOT TO PLAY-FIGHT.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 28 June 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
http://iambeggingmymothernottoreadthisblog.com/2013/06/24/twelve-habits-of-happy-healthy-people-who-dont-give-a-shit-about-your-inner-peace/
relevant
― cardamon, Saturday, 29 June 2013 10:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.tickld.com/images/content/160614.jpg
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Monday, 1 July 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
"Be yourself! Be yourself! Do whatever you like! Show up for work! Pay your bills! Do whatever the fuck you like!"
Like, what if I want to not show up for work and not pay my bills?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 1 July 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
― cardamon, Saturday, June 29, 2013 6:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbh this is almost as annoying as the posts it is lampooning
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 July 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
too many misleading and disingenuous comparisons to unpack here:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5696/bj88.jpg
― Neanderthal, Monday, 1 July 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
you forgot "bullshit"
― ledge, Monday, 1 July 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
wanted to be nice, guy who made that obv worked vewwy hawwd on it
― Neanderthal, Monday, 1 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
fwiw the oft cited kleck study is pretty well debunked here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States#Self-protection
Kleck's figures apparently showed that guns were used many times more often for self-defense in burglaries than there were reported incidents of burglaries of premises whose occupants were awake and armed with firearms
― ledge, Monday, 1 July 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
This thread will be a year old (and probably hit ten thousand posts) this month. Can't really believe there was a time when it wasn't part of my ILX life.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
<3 happy birthday
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
These things have just exploded in that time, as far as my newsfeed goes
― cardamon, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's kinda funny to think back that FB at one time wasn't a place where you merely splattered memes all over your Timeline every day. hell even the "Like" feature didn't come around until 2009. I remember the early days where you'd put up a status and that was about it. were you able to comment on people's statuses originally? I joined in 2006 but didn't use it much until 2008.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:54 (ten years ago) link
I realize now how silly it is to say "the early days" about a website that's less than 10 years old
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:55 (ten years ago) link
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/CD93BE1F-D591-49B2-BCC5-D3337172CBDD-20783-00000D2EF67A3095_zpsc79bd76f.jpg
don't waste it being sad RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:26 (ten years ago) link
I like the way they formatted that to make it look like some Benjamin Franklin shit. By the way, Benjamin Franklin actually DID write lots of life advice (see his autobiography) and it's generally pretty kick-ass. If people restricted their FB inspiration rectangles to B-Frank quotes we wouldn't be having this thread.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's kinda funny to think back that FB at one time wasn't a place where you merely splattered memes all over your Timeline every day.
For what it's worth, I never see anything like this stuff on my feed. I think FB looks very different depending on your age. 40-year-olds don't meme, as far as I can tell.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
well, my page doesn't look like that so much anymore because you can set settings by individual, so most of the people who used to put those shitty eCards up every day, I either unfollowed or limited to just status updates showing in my feed.
such a great feature.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
all my friends are dead
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
Neanderthal, you can't unfollow or limit the updates! We need them for this thread.
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
Life'S too ShoRt
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 04:23 (ten years ago) link
the "sadness is a waste of time" advice reminded me of this.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/files/2012/04/brave-new-world.jpg
― Treeship, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
Most of the stuff like this that I see is from my aunt, who is right around 80, and whom I couldn't bear to put on block. Presumably lots of people that I've long since switched to "only show important posts" are clicking share on shit like this all the time.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
Life's too $hort and the earth is your impala and whatever you want is the fly way to make money
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 06:16 (ten years ago) link
positiveoutlookblogs.com
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
has anybody else had their Wall splattered with people posting shit like this:
Actor given to me by - Danny DeVito
Movie I loved: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Movie I liked: Batman Returns Movie I hated: Terms of Endearment
Like this status and I'll give you an actor!
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 4 July 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q71/1016701_10151786922146018_702804486_n.jpg
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 5 July 2013 06:10 (ten years ago) link
CHAOS
― Neanderthal, Friday, 5 July 2013 06:15 (ten years ago) link
If you don't love your thing, it stops working.
― Mark G, Friday, 5 July 2013 06:23 (ten years ago) link
.. Bob Marley, obviously
[snip]
Movie I liked: Batman Returns
Movie I hated: Terms of Endearment
― Neanderthal, Thursday, July 4, 2013 2:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey this seems like fun :(
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 July 2013 06:24 (ten years ago) link
not fun when the same 3 people do it 17 times and everybody picks the same boring actors.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 5 July 2013 06:28 (ten years ago) link