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#91

Laid Back Lounge / Re: where do you live?

Last post by Asmodean - June 08, 2023, 10:48:05 AM

That's a lot of bats. Some of flightless variety, even.

Although, if you put an wombat on a airplane, it could fly. Hmm... Yes. A lot of bats.

#92

Laid Back Lounge / Re: where do you live?

Last post by MarcusA - June 08, 2023, 10:22:02 AM

Australia also has numbats, wombats and fruit bats.

#93

Politics / Re: Political Correctness

Last post by MarcusA - June 08, 2023, 10:16:24 AM

My mother on her deathbed
told me, Never change,
and I intend to.

#94

Laid Back Lounge / Re: what's the last thing you ...

Last post by Asmodean - June 08, 2023, 09:03:45 AM

I have a tattoo. It's a horned skull. His name is Freddy and he is evil.

#95

Politics / Re: Political Correctness

Last post by Asmodean - June 08, 2023, 08:52:53 AM

Yes, it is probably that. I would still not go so far as call it "betrayal," more a disservice to your artistic integrity, and that only where applicable.

#96

Politics / Re: Political Correctness

Last post by MarcusA - June 08, 2023, 08:44:09 AM

Okay, self-censorship is the betrayal of the artist in you.

#97

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Should we talk about the w...

Last post by Asmodean - June 08, 2023, 08:26:04 AM

God, it's cold and you are to blame.

Nah, that was The Asmo. He didn't take your heat away from you, but He may have given your heat to Himself.

Approaching 30C/mid-80s F. Clear skies. Ice cream weather, except I'm not a huge fan of ice cream.

[self-censorship is self-betrayal]

#98

Politics / Re: Political Correctness

Last post by Asmodean - June 08, 2023, 08:11:50 AM

Asmo, there is an element of fear to political correctness but self-censorship is self-betrayal.

I don't agree with this.
You can embrace your inner bastard or your inner ...angel.
I posit causing harm is bad, it is good to take reasonable steps to minimise harm.
I don't know everything about everything and everyone, so sometimes it is better to just shut the fek up.
I have biases, I don't accept my life's purpose must be to banish them absolutely, but don't think I should give them free reign either.

I agree with you disagreeing, provided we are talking about the same political correctness.

Self-censorship is hardly betrayal. In fact, it can often serve you far better than the opposite. It has its time and place. In my case, that time and place is often alongside the complete lack of censorship. For instance;

Assuming we are in an adult discussion about some issue, I will certainly not treat you as too weak to hear my opinion as it is, even when it breaks from the standing orthodoxy on the subject, but nor will I question the chastity of your mother as a debating, literary or other tool unless it is somehow directly related to the subject matter at hand. Being rather on the self-serving side, I will also try to avoid the Wrath of the Machine, unless I'm confident enough in my ability to live on my particular hill.

This only relates to the latter kind of political correctness I talked about in my initial response. Still, that is the "whole" scope of how most people seem to understand the term today. It's actually more about being nice than politically correct in its original Marxist-Leninist sense or something near to it.

#99

Laid Back Lounge / Re: About last night (A Haiku)

Last post by Tank - June 08, 2023, 08:04:52 AM

I prefer Vegemite to Marmite. Taste is virtually the same but Vegemite has a nicer texture, more buttery.

#100

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Jokes Thread (Was named An...

Last post by Tank - June 08, 2023, 08:00:27 AM

What do you call someone who has read 12.5% of the bible?

An eighth-thiest

A person who cannot stomach the Bible is merely a Bible-basher of sorts.

Now't wrong with bashing the bible.