This here is a sad state of affairs. Launching off the murder of Trayvon Martin, this article claims that whites simply feel less empathy towards blacks: [link] Notably, both whites and blacks (and crucially, medical personnel) imagine blacks feel less pain than whites.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Jun 28, 2013 12:21:02 pm PDT #27522 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
DebetEsse - Jun 28, 2013 12:22:02 pm PDT #27523 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
msbelle - Jun 28, 2013 12:23:32 pm PDT #27524 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesus wept.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2013 12:23:47 pm PDT #27525 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Notably, both whites and blacks (and crucially, medical personnel) imagine blacks feel less pain than whites
I leave laughing at this as an exercise for the reader.
SuziQ - Jun 28, 2013 12:44:15 pm PDT #27526 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I guess what I really meant is that a vibrator is a vibrator. I don't get Hello Kitty vibrators either. But different strokes (hah!) for different folks.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2013 12:44:18 pm PDT #27527 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laughing not crying?
Connie Neil - Jun 28, 2013 12:50:48 pm PDT #27528 of 30001
brillig
I definitely went to a "sympathizing for ita" place.
Sheryl - Jun 28, 2013 1:06:09 pm PDT #27529 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sign that I am still sleep deprived: I am easily mesmerized by the flashing nonsense messages on the DVR/TV box here in the computer room. (The power outage messed up something in that box, although not in the box that does the actual recording. Which means we can't watch stuff in this room.)
dcp - Jun 28, 2013 1:06:14 pm PDT #27530 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My boss has created an HTML reference document for the group, a compilation of links to all of our tools and resources. The typeface is Comic Sans, the font is Bold, the colors are neon, and there are blink tags.
Aaargh.
Gudanov - Jun 28, 2013 1:09:12 pm PDT #27531 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
That sounds like sarcasm rendered in html.