This is so true in today's woke society

~~jwb~~ · 01-19-2023, 10:46 PM

The answer is yes. I could easily pop a perc and not get hooked. I wouldn't do so cause they're all fake and have fet in them now.

I was hooked on dxm. I stopped for good a little more than a year ago. After I got fired from the box plant. It took me several tries to quit. But at this point I feel pretty much done with that ****.

Right now I'm hooked on weed, cigs and alcohol. I want to cross another off the list but so far am struggling with the will power.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 01-19-2023, 10:55 PM

The term "woke" as used by the OP, and by a ton of other people these days, has little to nothing to do with what the term is actually supposed to mean.

woke

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having or marked by an active awareness of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those involving the treatment of ethnic, racial, or sexual minorities

Until about 3-4 years ago, "politically correct" or just "PC" would have been the pejorative to use. Are people getting so lazy they no longer want to say so many syllables?

Chula Vista · 01-19-2023, 11:00 PM

Well, there ya go.....

**Janszoon** · 01-19-2023, 11:08 PM

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This is so true in today's woke society

I hear this in my head in Zoidberg's voice every single time I see this thread.

rubber soul · 01-20-2023, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

The term "woke" as used by the OP, and by a ton of other people these days, has little to nothing to do with what the term is actually supposed to mean.

woke

Until about 3-4 years ago, "politically correct" or just "PC" would have been the pejorative to use. Are people getting so lazy they no longer want to say so many syllables?

I remember the PC movement all too well. In some ways they were just as bad as the right when it came to free speech. Professors actually lost their jobs if they dared to even slightly sway from the PC political line. You can't have a free society if you have to walk on eggshells all the time. Anyway there's a difference between a Proud Boy and some misinformed twit that thinks blacks can't swim. One means malice while the other, well, I guess lived in a different time. Anyway, the PC movement was never able to tell the difference between real racism (that indeed is out there) and someone having an opinion that didn't quite fit in with their philosophy.

TheBig3 · 01-20-2023, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Well, there ya go.....

That's ****ing hilarious. God people are clowns.

The Batlord · 01-20-2023, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

I remember the PC movement all too well. In some ways they were just as bad as the right when it came to free speech. Professors actually lost their jobs if they dared to even slightly sway from the PC political line. You can't have a free society if you have to walk on eggshells all the time. Anyway there's a difference between a Proud Boy and some misinformed twit that thinks blacks can't swim. One means malice while the other, well, I guess lived in a different time. Anyway, the PC movement was never able to tell the difference between real racism (that indeed is out there) and someone having an opinion that didn't quite fit in with their philosophy.

Yeah my experience with PC was that it was the exact same fake moral panic as wokeness. Literally just slapped a new coat of paint on it.

jadis · 01-20-2023, 07:46 AM

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I'll forever remember her making me think her relative hit her with a brick.

Vaguely remember the brick thing but I couldn't figure out what went on there. Btw I got the impression (from watching too much British TV) that keeping a brick in your house as a weapon against burglars is a thing some people do in the north of England (see the gritty social realism of Bo Selecta)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2IzFUwSNGw

Lucem Ferre · 01-20-2023, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

The term "woke" as used by the OP, and by a ton of other people these days, has little to nothing to do with what the term is actually supposed to mean.

woke

Until about 3-4 years ago, "politically correct" or just "PC" would have been the pejorative to use. Are people getting so lazy they no longer want to say so many syllables?

No, it's about dismissing the goals of wokeness much like the ways they portrayed hippies for opposing the war.

I feel like most people are just cry babies that want the freedom to spread ****ty opinions with out allowing the freedom for others to critique it.

TheBig3 · 01-22-2023, 11:00 AM

https://www.businessinsider.com/home...bs-work-2023-1

The Boomers are just the absolute worst. Born on third; think they hit a triple

01-19-2023, 11:00 PM	#113 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Well, there ya go..... __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	The answer is yes. I could easily pop a perc and not get hooked. I wouldn't do so cause they're all fake and have fet in them now. I was hooked on dxm. I stopped for good a little more than a year ago. After I got fired from the box plant. It took me several tries to quit. But at this point I feel pretty much done with that ****. Right now I'm hooked on weed, cigs and alcohol. I want to cross another off the list but so far am struggling with the will power.

01-22-2023, 11:00 AM	#120 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	https://www.businessinsider.com/home...bs-work-2023-1 The Boomers are just the absolute worst. Born on third; think they hit a triple