What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Luke]

Smile:

http://defamer.gawker.com/watch-the-ful ... ebluestone

http://www.fullhousereviewed.com/2014/0 ... ull-house/

Snowed in again today!

[o.pwuaioc]

I've learned that between best and worst case scenarios, the latter is the more likely. That's how I've come to assume you are making fun of me.

Don't let it get to you, REPO. Some people feel the need to bully and put down others to make their own self feel better.

[dsheinem]

Smile: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/t ... y-fallon-o

[the King]

Smile: Snow Day. Perfect weather too for watching THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK with my wife, who has braved episodes IV and VI so far. Watched IV yesterday, and my wife commented on how beautiful Carrie Fischer looked. I had to agree.

Has your wife not seen these movies before? And she watched Jedi before Empire?

[puke_face]

Smile: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/t ... y-fallon-o

That was pretty awesome.

[kidfresh]

Ticked; the boss-man where I work is so politically correct. Like, *too* politically correct. He's one of those fuzzy wuzzy liberals, and I don't have any problem with liberals or anyone who thinks differently for that matter. But this guy takes it to another level. I work in a very black part of Syracuse. Not that it's a problem. But the boss fired a girl yesterday for calling a customer black. Which the customer was. I don't ask to be called "European-American." No. That'd be silly. And, as Louis CK has said, just because I call someone gay doesn't make me a homophobic person. The word is so widely used and I consider it to have three meanings.

1. Gay; state of happiness.

2. Gay; homosexual culture.

3. Gay; something irritating.

I know I might get some flack for posting this. But I just hate how politically correct everyone feels they need to be. Just say what you want. And god damn it, take everything in context!

[dsheinem]

Ticked; the boss-man where I work is so politically correct. Like, *too* politically correct. He's one of those fuzzy wuzzy liberals, and I don't have any problem with liberals or anyone who thinks differently for that matter. But this guy takes it to another level. I work in a very black part of Syracuse. Not that it's a problem. But the boss fired a girl yesterday for calling a customer black. Which the customer was. I don't ask to be called "European-American." No. That'd be silly. And, as Louis CK has said, just because I call someone gay doesn't make me a homophobic person. The word is so widely used and I consider it to have three meanings.

1. Gay; state of happiness.

2. Gay; homosexual culture.

3. Gay; something irritating.

I know I might get some flack for posting this. But I just hate how politically correct everyone feels they need to be. Just say what you want. And god damn it, take everything in context!

I lived in Syracuse for 6 years and visit frequently! Great place!

Given your brief description, it sounds like your boss is not so much a "fuzzy wuzzy liberal" as a fucking idiot. Unless there's more to this, it sounds like the fired person would have good grounds to sue.

"Gay" in the third sense of the term you list is a derogatory usage, meaning it is one that equates things attached to meaning 2 as "stupid" or "annoying". That usage is offensive to a lot of people (no, it is not offensive to everyone and no, it is not offensive to all gay people). But since it is offensive to a fair amount of people, don't you think it might just be better to use a different word? At the very least it may prevent people from thinking you are homophobic, anti- gay rights, etc.

[Luke]

Smile: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/t ... y-fallon-o

I already posted that.

Smile: Snow Day. Perfect weather too for watching THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK with my wife, who has braved episodes IV and VI so far. Watched IV yesterday, and my wife commented on how beautiful Carrie Fischer looked. I had to agree.

Has your wife not seen these movies before? And she watched Jedi before Empire?

She previously had never watched all of the Trilogy in their entirety. She had no interest in watching them, and had only caught bits and pieces on television broadcasts of the films.

And yes, Jedi before Empire.

[Luke]

"Gay" in the third sense of the term you list is a derogatory usage, meaning it is one that equates things attached to meaning 2 as "stupid" or "annoying". That usage is offensive to a lot of people (no, it is not offensive to everyone and no, it is not offensive to all gay people). But since it is offensive to a fair amount of people, don't you think it might just be better to use a different word? At the very least it may prevent people from thinking you are homophobic, anti- gay rights, etc.

That, and CK refers to himself as a "Fat faggot" who wishes he could "Aggressively Cum all over people's faces as a defense mechanism", so it is better not not look to him for what is considered as appropriate language.

Plus, we have no context to what happened in your situation. There's a big difference between "Well, he was a male, black, about six feet tall" and "Some black jerk just left a complaint".

[dsheinem]

CK refers to himself as a "Fat faggot" who wishes he could "Aggressively Cum all over people's faces as a defense mechanism", so it is better not not look to him for what is considered as appropriate language.

God I love Louis