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Is it just me, or have people been casually using the word "uppity" a LOT more over the past, I don't know, year or so?
Am I the only one who's not comfortable using that term in any context for any reason for any person?
Like...I know it's not technically a slur, but it's totally a slur.
Am I the only one who's not comfortable using that term in any context for any reason for any person?
Like...I know it's not technically a slur, but it's totally a slur.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Is it just me, or have people been casually using the word "uppity" a LOT more over the past, I don't know, year or so?
Am I the only one who's not comfortable using that term in any context for any reason for any person?
Like...I know it's not technically a slur, but it's totally a slur.
Am I the only one who's not comfortable using that term in any context for any reason for any person?
Like...I know it's not technically a slur, but it's totally a slur.
A month after our cat died in agony from kidney failure, the vet has informed us that, yes, the other cat is already starting to show symptoms of kidney failure herself.
So I get to go through that again this year.
So I get to go through that again this year.
January 30, 2026 at 8:33 AM
A month after our cat died in agony from kidney failure, the vet has informed us that, yes, the other cat is already starting to show symptoms of kidney failure herself.
So I get to go through that again this year.
So I get to go through that again this year.
Daily reminder that post-war Japan forcibly stripped ethnic minorities of their citizenship and forced them to choose between self-deportation or living in their own homes as foreigners.
I cannot emphasize enough how stupid it is to think JP gives one shit abt any of this.
I cannot emphasize enough how stupid it is to think JP gives one shit abt any of this.
The news story abt Lady Gaga speaking out against ICE during a Tokyo concert is so funny to me - you know JP beat cops - regular cops - do race-based "papers please" stops? It's literally official police policy here.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
January 30, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Daily reminder that post-war Japan forcibly stripped ethnic minorities of their citizenship and forced them to choose between self-deportation or living in their own homes as foreigners.
I cannot emphasize enough how stupid it is to think JP gives one shit abt any of this.
I cannot emphasize enough how stupid it is to think JP gives one shit abt any of this.
The news story abt Lady Gaga speaking out against ICE during a Tokyo concert is so funny to me - you know JP beat cops - regular cops - do race-based "papers please" stops? It's literally official police policy here.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The news story abt Lady Gaga speaking out against ICE during a Tokyo concert is so funny to me - you know JP beat cops - regular cops - do race-based "papers please" stops? It's literally official police policy here.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
Nobody here gives a shit abt immigrants.
My mind is reeling at how fucking stupid you need to be to think that refusing to vote for Harris and allowing Trump to become president (again) somehow magically absolves you of complicity in genocide.
The vast majority of developed nations are built on genocide.
The vast majority of developed nations are built on genocide.
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
My mind is reeling at how fucking stupid you need to be to think that refusing to vote for Harris and allowing Trump to become president (again) somehow magically absolves you of complicity in genocide.
The vast majority of developed nations are built on genocide.
The vast majority of developed nations are built on genocide.
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But they had something to vote for, it was and is called 250 years of flawed American Democracy.
They demanded a pony, and when they didn't get one, they had a tantrum, and now we are all suffering. Of course I will blame them. They failed the easiest open book civics test in history.
They demanded a pony, and when they didn't get one, they had a tantrum, and now we are all suffering. Of course I will blame them. They failed the easiest open book civics test in history.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
But they had something to vote for, it was and is called 250 years of flawed American Democracy.
They demanded a pony, and when they didn't get one, they had a tantrum, and now we are all suffering. Of course I will blame them. They failed the easiest open book civics test in history.
They demanded a pony, and when they didn't get one, they had a tantrum, and now we are all suffering. Of course I will blame them. They failed the easiest open book civics test in history.
Whenever Peter Jackson fans are like, "Well, yes, the movies are pandering hypermacho slop, but anything that introduces more people to LotR is good," I think of shit like this.
Like, yeah, no, turning LotR into a white power fantasy is bad. It's done bad things to society.
Like, yeah, no, turning LotR into a white power fantasy is bad. It's done bad things to society.
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Whenever Peter Jackson fans are like, "Well, yes, the movies are pandering hypermacho slop, but anything that introduces more people to LotR is good," I think of shit like this.
Like, yeah, no, turning LotR into a white power fantasy is bad. It's done bad things to society.
Like, yeah, no, turning LotR into a white power fantasy is bad. It's done bad things to society.
I'm so glad that all those anti-Kamala leftists (were they leftist tho?) got to protect their feelings by not "supporting genocide" and voting against Trump. Thank god they kept her out of office.
Jared Kushner presented a 'master plan' for Gaza at the Board of Peace event this morning. Slides included 'New Gaza' and 'New Rafah'.
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I'm so glad that all those anti-Kamala leftists (were they leftist tho?) got to protect their feelings by not "supporting genocide" and voting against Trump. Thank god they kept her out of office.
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> "we hate American nationalism"
> opens the box
> European nationalism inside
> opens the box
> European nationalism inside
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
> "we hate American nationalism"
> opens the box
> European nationalism inside
> opens the box
> European nationalism inside
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One more, I am begging English commentators and journalists to remember what the UK did in Northern Ireland.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
One more, I am begging English commentators and journalists to remember what the UK did in Northern Ireland.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
Of course what's occurring in the US could happen in the UK! It already fecking did.
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Elections are binary and perfect is never on the ballot.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Elections are binary and perfect is never on the ballot.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
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combating fascism by becoming a reactionary nationalist has definitely worked out before
January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
combating fascism by becoming a reactionary nationalist has definitely worked out before
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Just like many Black Americans, I'm one-quarter "British Isles" without a single post-1865 white ancestor. Black Americans are bidialectal English and AAVE speakers. What our ancestral tongues were, we will never know.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Just like many Black Americans, I'm one-quarter "British Isles" without a single post-1865 white ancestor. Black Americans are bidialectal English and AAVE speakers. What our ancestral tongues were, we will never know.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
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Seeing Brits and Americans yelling at each other for fucking up the world in 2026 is like when your two friends who work at Arby’s have a bar fight. What can you say except “there’s probably equal blame and you’re both named Cody”
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Seeing Brits and Americans yelling at each other for fucking up the world in 2026 is like when your two friends who work at Arby’s have a bar fight. What can you say except “there’s probably equal blame and you’re both named Cody”
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"americans, why aren't you overthrowing your government?" guy who lives in fucking england
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"americans, why aren't you overthrowing your government?" guy who lives in fucking england
A few yrs back I got some nice Bose earbuds - sthng like 20,000 yen w/ a 5-year warranty. Well, after awhile, the right earbud just kinda lost sound quality - it was going about half the volume of the left side.
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 PM
A few yrs back I got some nice Bose earbuds - sthng like 20,000 yen w/ a 5-year warranty. Well, after awhile, the right earbud just kinda lost sound quality - it was going about half the volume of the left side.
There is a thread on reddit - an American website that uses the American internet - right now where Europeans are trying to say they're being colonized by Americans - because the common language of the website is English.
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM
There is a thread on reddit - an American website that uses the American internet - right now where Europeans are trying to say they're being colonized by Americans - because the common language of the website is English.
For any of the hordes of self-righteous Canadians thinking of using America to whitewash their own history, this is a Canadian tradition called a "starlight tour."
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
For any of the hordes of self-righteous Canadians thinking of using America to whitewash their own history, this is a Canadian tradition called a "starlight tour."
I need Europeans to understand that if your response to Trumpists trying to take Greenland is to talk about how much Danish colonialism has given Greenland and why can't they just be grateful for it, you're not "anti-imperialist" - you're pro-imperialist just only when you get to do it.
January 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I need Europeans to understand that if your response to Trumpists trying to take Greenland is to talk about how much Danish colonialism has given Greenland and why can't they just be grateful for it, you're not "anti-imperialist" - you're pro-imperialist just only when you get to do it.
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Literally the first question on the form is "Check here if you do not consent to collection and handling of your personal information."
I noticed this after I filled it in, so I just erased my answers and checked "do not consent."
Literally the first question on the form is "Check here if you do not consent to collection and handling of your personal information."
I noticed this after I filled it in, so I just erased my answers and checked "do not consent."
I'm literally just on the verge of suicide constantly, and my office wants me to do a "stress check."
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Update:
Literally the first question on the form is "Check here if you do not consent to collection and handling of your personal information."
I noticed this after I filled it in, so I just erased my answers and checked "do not consent."
Literally the first question on the form is "Check here if you do not consent to collection and handling of your personal information."
I noticed this after I filled it in, so I just erased my answers and checked "do not consent."
I'm literally just on the verge of suicide constantly, and my office wants me to do a "stress check."
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I'm literally just on the verge of suicide constantly, and my office wants me to do a "stress check."
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
So I skipped it. I'm not telling my job that I'm suicidal.
But it's a trap. I can't say, "Sorry, can't do a stress check," because then they'll know I'm not well.
Obvsly the Trump regime is horrifying, but the consistent use Euros make of Trump to whitewash their own history and social problems is frankly even more terrifying - bcz 1 country going nuts is bad; but all of them falling into a nationalist circlejerk at the same time is how you get a world war.
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Obvsly the Trump regime is horrifying, but the consistent use Euros make of Trump to whitewash their own history and social problems is frankly even more terrifying - bcz 1 country going nuts is bad; but all of them falling into a nationalist circlejerk at the same time is how you get a world war.
Tipping discourse is so funny to me, bcz ppl will be like, oh, in MY country they just pay servers a livable wage.
I mean, here in Japan? Servers make 1,200 yen, which is 7 bucks an hour.
That is not a livable wage in any part of the country. Survival, maybe. Living? No.
I mean, here in Japan? Servers make 1,200 yen, which is 7 bucks an hour.
That is not a livable wage in any part of the country. Survival, maybe. Living? No.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tipping discourse is so funny to me, bcz ppl will be like, oh, in MY country they just pay servers a livable wage.
I mean, here in Japan? Servers make 1,200 yen, which is 7 bucks an hour.
That is not a livable wage in any part of the country. Survival, maybe. Living? No.
I mean, here in Japan? Servers make 1,200 yen, which is 7 bucks an hour.
That is not a livable wage in any part of the country. Survival, maybe. Living? No.
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disco elysium from cuno's perspective
SAVOIR FAIRE [Easy: Success] - You throw a rock at a corpse.
SAVOIR FAIRE [Easy: Success] - You throw a rock at a corpse.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
disco elysium from cuno's perspective
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SAVOIR FAIRE [Easy: Success] - You throw a rock at a corpse.
SAVOIR FAIRE [Easy: Success] - You throw a rock at a corpse.
SAVOIR FAIRE [Easy: Success] - You throw a rock at a corpse.
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