War Room Lounge V48: Everybody's a little racist, except me

[Gregolian]

I accidentally got too high before work so... Explain it to me like I'm five.

Also. Speaking of I broke my $150 beaker bong... Can you glue glass back together? Two parts separated.

I think you can glue glass back together... it'll never be completely sealed though.

Lady that reported the short term rentals works as a Federal Public Defender meaning if you're charged in Federal Court and can't pay for an attorney she might be the one set to represent you.

The stereotype is Public Defenders wouldn't even call the cops if they saw someone getting mugged on the street cause they're so adversarial with the State/City prosecutors who file charges. This PD reported the, well, crime essentially to the city.

 

[Lead]

Hmm. It is an interesting idea when it comes to dating. I suppose the racism could come for the reasons you don't find that race attractive you know? It's at least stereotyping I suppose.

Or like "I'll kick my daughter out for dating a black guy" that shit is hella racist.

In other news I was thinking of creating a thread about this article.

https://thelensnola.org/2019/06/18/...eet-just-to-prove-it-was-operating-illegally/


The highlight of being petty at my Welcome Center job is sort of shaming tourists for staying in one.

Yea I definitely am not applying it to if someone feels comfortable about interracial couples. Their just a POS. I’m also not saying it in absolute terms either. Just that if you have a preference for a certain eye color, hair color, height, etc., that might make the composition of the pool of partners you seek out different from the composition of the general population. I assume it might be possible but I think if someone was absolute about skin tone, that could reach racism imo. And again, I think people are hurting themselves when they become this closed off with their physical preferences as that isn’t the end all determination in a good relationship.

 

[Higus]

Is this pertaining to dating? I remember there being a thread about this a couple years back and I tend to believe certain preferences in attraction doesn’t make one racist. I think it needs becomes racist once you dismiss an entire race over an assumption about their personality, interests, skills, etc. Though I would agree people who become too picky with a preference in appearance are risking the chance of not finding a more compatible partner as a result.

The race-dating/relationship threads are always a shit show because they bring out both the racists and the incels. The 2 I can think of off the top of my head. One was about the frequencies which some races respond to messages from other races, showing some sort of racial desirability hierarchy. The other was about the divorce rates of couples with different race combinations, with some hot takes about why certain pairings were more likely to get divorced than others.

 

[Lead]

The race-dating/relationship threads are always a shit show because they bring out both the racists and the incels. The 2 I can think of off the top of my head. One was about the frequencies which some races respond to messages from other races, showing some sort of racial desirability hierarchy. The other was about the divorce rates of couples with different race combinations, with some hot takes about why certain pairings were more likely to get divorced than others.

Yea, there’s been a ton of stuff that has just been race bait crap. Porn searches is another thing that starts shit. The thread I thought of may have been the direct question is it racist to find one race more attractive than another. I can’t recall how toxic it was as the people I discussed it with were fine but I wasn’t a mod at the time and having to monitor what else was being said.

 

[Gregolian]

The race-dating/relationship threads are always a shit show because they bring out both the racists and the incels. The 2 I can think of off the top of my head. One was about the frequencies which some races respond to messages from other races, showing some sort of racial desirability hierarchy. The other was about the divorce rates of couples with different race combinations, with some hot takes about why certain pairings were more likely to get divorced than others.

Funny story.

My buddy and I were driving around looking for rental houses and had a showing of a townhouse.

Husband/wife combo showed the place to us. Dude was probably half Vietnamese and looked like a stereotypical Vietnamese dude. I say that because he had that Nguyen style last name common to the region. And by stereotypical I mean he had a clean cut hair cut, was in a dress shirt and tie with the sleeves cuffed at his wrists and such and it was obvious he styled his hair in the morning and shit. Dude would NOT have looked out of place behind a bank desk or like in a law firm. His wife... some smoking hot Latin lady.

Driving away from the place I look at my buddy (who is white) and I'm like "you know... I think that's the FIRST time I've seen a lady of Latin decent with an Asian". He sits there while driving and goes "you know, I think you're right... huh... interesting"

There are those ethnic/racial combos you don't see all that often such as the above described and I have NO IDEA why that is. I know in traditional Asian neighborhoods Chinese people marry Chinese people and Japanese marry Japanese and Korean marry Korean (even in the states that's pretty common) so for that I can KINDA get it but it still seems weird when you're a couple generations removed from that.

 

[K1levelgrappler]

 

[Gregolian]

Should I or should I not click the "White Saviors" thread?

This sorta shit always pisses me off.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Yea I definitely am not applying it to if someone feels comfortable about interracial couples. Their just a POS. I’m also not saying it in absolute terms either. Just that if you have a preference for a certain eye color, hair color, height, etc., that might make the composition of the pool of partners you seek out different from the composition of the general population. I assume it might be possible but I think if someone was absolute about skin tone, that could reach racism imo. And again, I think people are hurting themselves when they become this closed off with their physical preferences as that isn’t the end all determination in a good relationship.

Oh for sure. I'm still sad drinking over a girl I fell for purely based on looks. Pure physical attraction masks the incompatibility of two people. Ultimately leading to heartbreak, where you start looking for her in the faces of every woman you meet.

I'm not really that into blonde women, but I've dated some, and I understand why the tanned blonde valley girl is appealing to some. it's just not there for me.

That doesn't mean I don't dismiss all white women, I think when people talk about racism in dating it's the overall rejection of a skin color.

I think you can glue glass back together... it'll never be completely sealed though.

Lady that reported the short term rentals works as a Federal Public Defender meaning if you're charged in Federal Court and can't pay for an attorney she might be the one set to represent you.

The stereotype is Public Defenders wouldn't even call the cops if they saw someone getting mugged on the street cause they're so adversarial with the State/City prosecutors who file charges. This PD reported the, well, crime essentially to the city.

New Orleans in a nutshell. The citizens have been reporting and reporting and nothing happens, so it's to the point of just trying to treat them like shit.

Staying in residential neighborhoods is fucked up.

 

[Fawlty]

Should I or should I not click the "White Saviors" thread?


This sorta shit always pisses me off.

but did you think it was a helicopter at first?

I did

 

[Gregolian]

but did you think it was a helicopter at first?

I did

I thought it was another shitty Loch Ness Monster pic.

 

[Trotsky]

This sorta shit always pisses me off.

How often do you see apex predator reptiles with cutlery in their faces?

 

[Higus]

Funny story.

My buddy and I were driving around looking for rental houses and had a showing of a townhouse.

Husband/wife combo showed the place to us. Dude was probably half Vietnamese and looked like a stereotypical Vietnamese dude. I say that because he had that Nguyen style last name common to the region. And by stereotypical I mean he had a clean cut hair cut, was in a dress shirt and tie with the sleeves cuffed at his wrists and such and it was obvious he styled his hair in the morning and shit. Dude would NOT have looked out of place behind a bank desk or like in a law firm. His wife... some smoking hot Latin lady.

Driving away from the place I look at my buddy (who is white) and I'm like "you know... I think that's the FIRST time I've seen a lady of Latin decent with an Asian". He sits there while driving and goes "you know, I think you're right... huh... interesting"

There are those ethnic/racial combos you don't see all that often such as the above described and I have NO IDEA why that is. I know in traditional Asian neighborhoods Chinese people marry Chinese people and Japanese marry Japanese and Korean marry Korean (even in the states that's pretty common) so for that I can KINDA get it but it still seems weird when you're a couple generations removed from that.

I'm kind of going through that now. I'm hapa and my gf is black. At first glance we are an odd couple; besides race, she's cute af and I look average on a good day. I've had a couple of times where were standing in a line or something and black dudes will start to chat her up, not realizing I'm with her. I'll *politely* invite myself in the conversation and make it awkward once they realize we're together. She thinks its hilarious.

I think I've only known one Asian guy with a Latina wife. Their kids were super cute.

 

[Gregolian]

How often do you see apex predator reptiles with cutlery in their faces?

I'm talking generally seeing animals in the wild with shit like that done to them.

Instance I saw on some TV show about people that "rescue" gators by removing them from high population neighborhoods found like 3-4 with their mouths taped shut to the point they had to put one down cause it had grown after the tape was around it's mouth and the skin had almost encapsulated it.

Or the stories every hunting season of some rifle hunter killing a deer then finding a fucking arrow sticking out of it that had healed over.

I know it PROBABLY sounds hypocritical coming from a guy that eats meat and goes hunting but when I do it I try to do it in a way that the animal suffers as little as possible. It's partially I think why I've never gotten into fishing cause of the way you dispatch them seems so fucked up (smacking them on the head then gutting them... aren't they still alive then when you cut into them?)

 

[Higus]

Should I or should I not click the "White Saviors" thread?

I went in there. Don't bother.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Every AirBNB renter ever. It's insane how realistic this is.

"So basically you got robbed by junkies"
"Authentic Naaawlins magic baby"

Also did I post Saturday about calling a dudes wife a cunt to her face and he just shrugged about it?

 

[Fawlty]

Or the stories every hunting season of some rifle hunter killing a deer then finding a fucking arrow sticking out of it that had healed over.

Fuck that existence, and imagine being that deer. "Nah I'm cool, this grass is delicious but my arrow's acting up today." And then somebody tries to help him and shoots him with a tranq dart. "Hey fuck you don't shoot me with a little arrow, can't you see the big one sticking out of me? You got me alreaaaaaa...alrea....zzzzzzzzz." Then he wakes up and there's nothing sticking out of him anymore. "You people and your fucking arrows are fucking confusing!"

 

[Higus]

Or the stories every hunting season of some rifle hunter killing a deer then finding a fucking arrow sticking out of it that had healed over.

Saw this the other day.

life, uh, uh, finds a way

 

[Gregolian]

I'm kind of going through that now. I'm hapa and my gf is black. At first glance we are an odd couple; besides race, she's cute af and I look average on a good day. I've had a couple of times where were standing in a line or something and black dudes will start to chat her up, not realizing I'm with her. I'll *politely* invite myself in the conversation and make it awkward once they realize we're together. She thinks its hilarious.

I think I've only known one Asian guy with a Latina wife. Their kids were super cute.

It was like that with my last gf years ago. Dude's would always start chatting her up then she'd slide over and start talking to me and ignore them.

I went in there. Don't bother.

Thanks

 

[Gregolian]

Fuck that existence, and imagine being that deer. "Nah I'm cool, this grass is delicious but my arrow's acting up today." And then somebody tries to help him and shoots him with a tranq dart. "Hey fuck you don't shoot me with a little arrow, can't you see the big one sticking out of me? You got me alreaaaaaa...alrea....zzzzzzzzz." Then he wakes up and there's nothing sticking out of him anymore. "You people and your fucking arrows are fucking confusing!"

Sometimes I wish we could know what animals were thinking about us. Like dogs or cats. Bears would be interesting too.

MeatEater had an episode where he and another hunter Remy got an elk in Alaska and as they're transporting the meat back to camp (like 2-3 trips) and the narration goes "the whole time keeping an eye on the Grizzly watching our comings and goings, probably wondering why we humans like to carry the food on our back instead of his preferred method of transport; gorging himself on 50lbs of the stuff then falling asleep in it"

Saw this the other day.

life, uh, uh, finds a way

I remember the first time I saw that and I thought it was fake.

 

[K1levelgrappler]

Should I or should I not click the "White Saviors" thread?


This sorta shit always pisses me off.

Yeah at first I was imagining some dude getting attacked but it was probably just some dickhead in a boat who did it for no good reason.