The Awkward Silence

12:15 AM

@jpmc26 Agreed, and it's also wrong. It isn't a given that experiencing something is a prerequisite to understanding it. — JBentley 28 secs ago

#13105 JBentley (101 rep) | A: How to politely deal with white people wanting to talk to me about racism/race issues (score: 14) | posted 3 days ago by Ms Jackson (528 rep) | edited 3 days ago by Ms Jackson (528 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["chatty"]

apaul

12:59 AM

@Catija when's that lock due to expire?

Catija

Never.

apaul

1:10 AM

Hmm, guess I'll have to wait for the next one. That's disappointing.

user15026

@doppelgreener I missed the "funkified" part of the video title so I didn't click earlier, and now I did and it is cracking me up, I kinda like it

Extroverted Main Man

2:05 AM

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Q: Is it indeed a date?

Sorta like this question, except I'm on the other end (kinda). I am a high school senior in the United States, and Prom is coming up. Earlier this month, I asked this girl, Alice (also a senior), if she would like to attend with me; though she unfortunately was not initially planning to attend ...

A J

2:23 AM

@ArtOfCode hey, new profile pic. :D

@Catija can't find a GIF for that. Google keeps autocorrecting "stop starring" with "stop staring". ;)

Catija

@AJ Old, actually...

A J

Ohh

Extroverted Main Man

3:30 AM

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Q: Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry

It may be my perception, but it seems that bigots have taken to reframing their bigotry as arguments about other supposedly more polite/civil subjects. Rather than talking about subjects like race they talk about "political correctness" and "free speech" Rather than talking about homophobia, th...

politeness lgbt+ gender racial-issues

user15026

4:02 AM

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sphennings

@Ash Is it ok if @apaul and I continue our conversation here?

user15026

As long as it doesn't get out of hand, I don't see a problem with it

user15026

Oh, looks like you got a question specific room :)

sphennings

It seemed like the better option.

user15026

nods Makes sense to me

IPS Comment Bot

4:30 AM

This seems more like a commentary on the question asked than an answer to it. You've made a lot of assumptions that apaul was talking specifically about SE, despite there being no mention of it in the question. If the question is indeed about SE then it should be moved to meta and that should be clarified. Unless the question is edited to specifically be about SE then this answer should be removed. — Rainbacon 1 min ago

#13195 Rainbacon (1340 rep) | A: Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry (score: 1) | posted 50 minutes ago by sphennings (5204 rep) | edited 45 minutes ago by sphennings (5204 rep)

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IPS Comment Bot

4:48 AM

@Jesse Sounds like that could be an interesting frame challenge, provided that you could come up with an alternative approach. — apaul 1 min ago

#13194 apaul (32886 rep) | Q: Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry (score: -4) | posted 1 hours ago by apaul (32886 rep)

Matched regex(es) ["possible-aic"]

apaul

5:29 AM

kicks the hornets' nest