Just curious, what race/s are yall?
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:06:40 AM
Just curious, what race/s are yall?
Human.
Or so they tell me.
Something like pond scum.
this is your first post? for real?
what are YOU?
Quote from: Lady Grinning Soul on March 05, 2010, 04:11:29 AM
this is your first post? for real?
This is gonna end in tears, I just know it. :sad:
Genie, Genie from Down Under
Make my wish come true
Dream on
I am ZULU!
Queen of the Dwarf People!
Grand Prix
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on March 05, 2010, 04:17:20 AM
I am ZULU!
Queen of the Dwarf People!
Translation: SPS is the nugget pron queen of California. She's mad rich.
I was just curious... jesus.
I am a box of soup!
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:26:22 AM
I am a box of soup!
I can shit my own body weight. It's true.
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
Half elf?
no its Engineer!
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
basement dwelling nerd?
SPS,
don't mind me, just venting jorbhatred
Quote from: NotPublished on March 05, 2010, 04:28:47 AM
no its Engineer!
Well, shit. Nobody told me we were using D20 Modern.
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on March 05, 2010, 04:29:19 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
basement dwelling nerd?
SPS,
don't mind me, just venting jorbhatred
You hate the :hosrie: now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM&feature=player_embedded#
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 04:28:16 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
Half elf?
Nope, half elves dont get the extra skill points.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 04:30:07 AM
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on March 05, 2010, 04:29:19 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
basement dwelling nerd?
SPS,
don't mind me, just venting jorbhatred
You hate the :hosrie: now?
No, the nannying gig. The mom is a cunt, pay is too low, she runs me into the ground, kids are little shits, but at least I get out on april 1st. I'd quit but she's the sort of mom who would start shit.
Caddisfly person.
No shit. Story goes, got bit by a transgenic caddisfly, which gave me super strength, silk spinning glands and an incomparable architectural genius.
I'm like Spiderman, only more like Hephaestus.
i glow in the dark!!!
Depends on my mood...
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on March 05, 2010, 04:29:19 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
basement dwelling nerd?
SPS,
don't mind me, just venting jorbhatred
Technically this is true, my apartment is basement level.
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:48:36 AM
Quote from: Sparkley Pink Shit on March 05, 2010, 04:29:19 AM
Quote from: Z³ on March 05, 2010, 04:27:35 AM
I'll give you three hints:
My ECL is + 0, I get an extra skillpoint per level, and my movement rating is 30 ft.
basement dwelling nerd?
SPS,
don't mind me, just venting jorbhatred
Technically this is true, my apartment is basement level.
:D
I am a banana!
Here's my pic!
(http://www.acampos.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rejectedbanana-300.jpg)
Ima STRONG. BLACK. WOMAN.
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:23:26 AM
I was just curious... jesus.
And this is what killed the cat... Muhammad.
It's kind of a shame this n00b's posts were shouted down, it's actually the kind of demographical userbase stuff that I find interesting. Is there a backstory to this guy?
sorry Nigel, I'm full of far too much HATORADE towards nannying family (mainly the mom) to respond seriously today. Mindless drivel is currently keeping me from accidentally THE WHOLE THING! And we all know how terrible that would be.
I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian. I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.
i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 06:23:37 AM
i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2806236918_a90ce11ac2.jpg?v=0)
NO U!
IVE SEEN SPAGBOOK! MOSTLY PASTY NERDS!
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 05, 2010, 06:28:53 AM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 06:23:37 AM
i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2806236918_a90ce11ac2.jpg?v=0)
(http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy167/mythirdhouse/bdqqt0.gif)
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 05, 2010, 06:21:55 AM
I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian. I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.
Huh wow. I didn't make that leap of logic at all. If anything, race and income demographics might be a stronger factor in who is involved in an Internet forum.
Furthermore, if there is an assumption that race is a factor in who becomes Discordian, polling to find out whether that assumption stands up to scrutiny certainly would be the scientific way to approach it.
Lastly, is it automatically bad if race/ancestry is a factor?
It's not bad if it is so, it is bad to assume it is so.
Wealth/income is very likely a factor in forum participants, and sadly there is an ethnic bias somewhere in there, so maybe there could be said to exist a correlation.
It would be interesting to find that Discordianism occurs more or less frequently with different races, but I don't see it.
Quote from: Lady Grinning Soul on March 05, 2010, 06:33:56 AM
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 05, 2010, 06:28:53 AM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 06:23:37 AM
i disagree, i think most are pasty white nerds
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2806236918_a90ce11ac2.jpg?v=0)
(http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy167/mythirdhouse/bdqqt0.gif)
:lol:
Fucking internet.
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 05, 2010, 06:39:42 AM
It's not bad if it is so, it is bad to assume it is so.
Wealth/income is very likely a factor in forum participants, and sadly there is an ethnic bias somewhere in there, so maybe there could be said to exist a correlation.
It would be interesting to find that Discordianism occurs more or less frequently with different races, but I don't see it.
Ok, obviously I am missing something. Why is it automatically bad to assume (rather, to hypothesize, hence the question) that race plays a factor in religious choices?
Also, I would bet good money that U.S. Discordians are more likely to be white than the general population. Is that bad? Am I racist now?
I am feeling opressed!
Tbh, I don't even know what constitutes a race - I'm ethnic (Greek :( - you know my feelings on the damn Greeks! Maybe I'm Turkish?) and living in Australia.
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 05, 2010, 06:21:55 AM
I think the reason the guy caught shit is because the question contains the hidden assumption that race is a factor in who becomes a Discordian. I would be surprised if the ethnic distribution for the Americans who post here are greater than standard deviation for the whole American demographic, whatever those numbers happen to be.
You have to consider the racial demographics of the internet, which is a bit harder.
Even coming from a background of savage ancestor-worshippers of various skin tones, I have to say that I think that most people who concern themselves with it have completely missed the boat in terms of conflating race and ancestry. Race being largely a factor of pigmentation, and ancestry being exactly what it sounds like it is.
Also, I don't really mind the question, so much as it was the first post he made. I'm working off the theory this is either for a school project, in which case he should run with the non answers. Or that he's a serious researcher, in which case he's a moron.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 05, 2010, 07:45:35 AMI have to say that I think that most people who concern themselves with it have completely missed the boat in terms of conflating race and ancestry. Race being largely a factor of pigmentation, and ancestry being exactly what it sounds like it is.
So much this.
I don't know some part of my ancestory - my Grandmother refuses to tell anyone about our Grandfather for some strange reason, makes the mystery more fun to dig in! But we know Grandmother is Greek - lightskinned; I don't know what area, not sure about Grandfather but he died very young (He was a miner in the war) ... or so they say :ninja: I have a cousin doing a family tree and she's doing her Journal Major based the family - I hope she finds something out!
And I don't know my dad all too well either, I just know he's Greek, don't know what island; though he was almost black in skin-tone (If memory serves right), I didn't get it though I am very pale skinned :lulz:
MY RACE IS ROBOSEXUAL.
MY MOTHER IS HILARY CLINTON. MY FATHER IS R2D2.
I WAS BROUGHT UP TO FUCK NOSY STRANGERS IN THE CHEST CAVITY WITH MY PNEUMATIC PENIS.
I CALL IT A "PNEUMATIC PENIS" BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR MINING COAL.
I HOPE YOU ATE YOUR WHEATIES THIS MORNING AND PERHAPS A LARGE IRON SUPPLEMENT.
:lulz: :lulz:
I don't know whats worse - Hilary or R2
I don't like your race
Meh. I assume everyone on the internet is a white middle-aged fat man unless proven otherwise.
european mutt
serious answer time!
Dutchspag
What he said. Except moar superior.
I don't know who's being nonserious here. I'm seriously a transgenic caddisfly person, guys. :(
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:06:40 AM
Just curious, what race/s are yall?
Enrico is UNITED NATIONS.
I answered seriously.
Imma Pixie.
I have the freaky pointy ears.
My dad is a leprechaun although he is always denying.
Am so pale I am almost blue.
I answer truthfully but cryptically.
As usual.
when i said glow in the dark i meant i am so pasty white i reflect street lamps like the moon reflects the sun
I'm some sort of a half-breed New Englander and Floridian. Some call us New Yorkers, but you can call me Your Highness.
IS FrED GLOW UNDER UV LIGHT?
By birth, I was a Masshole.
Life kept me shifting around a good bit, so I can't point at one place and say "That's home". I could really point at 3 or 4. College and life has had me in Rhode Island most recently. It's all right, work and friends are here for the time being, but like anything, if I need to pick up and start again somewhere else, I will.
Then, I'd been here long enough that Rhode Island decided to adopt me. People recognizing me was one thing, it was when I started to grow a RI specific backstory that it started to get odd. People start to accept me more, and assume i'm one of the "usuals". I'm starting show up in people's memories and recollections from before I ever set foot in the state (a math teacher recalling me as one of his old students, fro example). I'd be at events I was never at, doing things I never did. A separate mythos of the deeds of Richter begins to grow around me.
I didn't DO half or it. All of it is TRUE though.
I ALREADY ANSWERED ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS!!!
I am a meat popsicle.
my mom is Norwegian and Cheroke who's family settled in california and dad is germans that settled in baltimore.
I was born in Germany and moved here when I was 7. Been miserable ever since.
Fine, if I have to do a serious answer... Mostly German on my mom's side and British on my dad's side. I think George Orwell is my sixth cousin or something.
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
Horseshit.
I am Cornish. This is actually a separate
species, as can be observed by the horrible knuckle hair.
My serious answer is that I'm Italian-Greek-Irish-English-German-Japanese-Native American.
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
I am TAN HONKEY! How's that.
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:27:45 PM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
I am TAN HONKEY! How's that.
Shuddap Crackah!
-Suu
Also Crackah.
Quote from: Suu on March 05, 2010, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:27:45 PM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
I am TAN HONKEY! How's that.
Shuddap Crackah!
-Suu
Also Crackah.
I n'ern't bahn here, crackah! I's just a hownkey! Lil Squid and him daddy? Now they's crackahs.
(ps- don't ever call the lil squid a cracker he gets uber pissed and mumbles and turns all red and secretly plots your death.)
edit- typo
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:32:58 PM
Quote from: Suu on March 05, 2010, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:27:45 PM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
I am TAN HONKEY! How's that.
Shuddap Crackah!
-Suu
Also Crackah.
I n'ern't bahn here, crackah! I's just a hownkey! Lil Squid and him daddy? Now they's crackahs.
(ps- don't ever call the lil squid a cracker he gets uber pissed and mumbles and turns all read and secretly plots your death.)
TGG does that when I call her "cute".
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:32:58 PM
Quote from: Suu on March 05, 2010, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 05, 2010, 04:27:45 PM
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 05, 2010, 04:24:34 PM
THOSE ARENT RACES. YOUR ANSWER IS CAUCASIAN. BRITISH IS A NATIONALITY YOU SPAG :argh!:
I am TAN HONKEY! How's that.
Shuddap Crackah!
-Suu
Also Crackah.
I n'ern't bahn here, crackah! I's just a hownkey! Lil Squid and him daddy? Now they's crackahs.
(ps- don't ever call the lil squid a cracker he gets uber pissed and mumbles and turns all red and secretly plots your death.)
edit- typo
My sister is the only true Cracker. We call her Crackah-Ass-Crackah all the time. She's used to it. The rest of us are those crazy New York type folks that picked up some semblance of a Southern accent during our Florida and Alabama tenure.
-Suu
Has a Battle Flag bandanna. No,
really.
I have a variety of eurospags in my recent ancestry. I am pasty as hell, too.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on March 05, 2010, 04:45:58 PM
I have a variety of eurospags in my recent ancestry. I am pasty as hell, too.
Troof. Freeky is Whiter than Al Gore's butt cheeks.
Gringo. Specifically Irish and German, mostly.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 04:46:38 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on March 05, 2010, 04:45:58 PM
I have a variety of eurospags in my recent ancestry. I am pasty as hell, too.
Troof. Freeky is Whiter than Al Gore's butt cheeks.
Gee, thanks. Now when I look in the mirror, "Al Gore's butt cheeks" will pop in my head! :horrormirth: :lulz: :horrormirth:
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on March 05, 2010, 04:58:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 04:46:38 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on March 05, 2010, 04:45:58 PM
I have a variety of eurospags in my recent ancestry. I am pasty as hell, too.
Troof. Freeky is Whiter than Al Gore's butt cheeks.
Gee, thanks. Now when I look in the mirror, "Al Gore's butt cheeks" will pop in my head! :horrormirth: :lulz: :horrormirth:
:digtbk:
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:05:41 PM
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
I look exactly as I am. Big dumb Cornishman.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:05:41 PM
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
I look exactly as I am. Big dumb Cornishman.
This is good camouflage for when those against mad science come calling.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:05:41 PM
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
I look exactly as I am. Big dumb Cornishman.
You don't look dumb.
Another white dude here.
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:11:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:05:41 PM
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
I look exactly as I am. Big dumb Cornishman.
You don't look dumb.
Two words: Sun Roofing.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on March 05, 2010, 05:10:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 05, 2010, 05:07:04 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 05, 2010, 05:05:41 PM
Meh. American Mutt. Have ancestors from Mayflower-on, as well as Cherokee/Black Foot Indian in me. So...yeah. Mutt. Look Middle Eastern, though, esp next to my husband. *shrug* But I'se White.
I look exactly as I am. Big dumb Cornishman.
This is good camouflage for when those against mad science come calling.
That IS an added advantage.
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:06:40 AM
Just curious, what race/s are yall?
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5976/fuckyoui27madragon.jpg)
:lulz:
Uh. Mixed feelings. At first I made these posts because I had plodded around on this site a bit after reading the Principia and was a little... unhappy, and curious. I did (pardon me, its mostly my fault, but pardon me anyway) assume y'all to mostly be white and of middle--ish class. Upon reflection, this is also a good way to see how folks on here would respond to strangers and serious questions. But I was a bit angry because I loved the Principia, due to its hilariousness and parody, and thought this would be a reflection of such. (Important Note: I read RAW's Promethues Rising last summer, got hypnotized by his (I now think) BS, and got pretty crazy (in a bad way (its possible)) and got over it and now see most of his "magic" nonsense as the same old religious BS i've been hating since Christian Gradeschool... and then found new found (haha) rage at the pure religiousness of Transcendentalism... but anyway) After having read a fair deal of BIP, I got more angry, because I have read a lot of "Anarchist" (read: Crimethinc) and (at the time) thought it was super great and inspiring, but now have grown past it and into my own person, and saw VAST similarities between the two... but reading everything that has been posted I do think better of (some/most) of you than just mindless Hipster types, and would like to get to know this community a bit better.
And I was really just curious as far as a simple Who question...
And does anybody have U.S. and World race statistics?
Quote from: Ur1el on March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 AM
And does anybody have U.S. and World race statistics?
What do you mean? Like, the percentage of races in the US and the rest of the world?
The only thing I know is that in sheer numbers, there are more Chinese people than any other nationality/ethnic type people. ETA: This is worldwide, btw.
Quote from: Ur1el on March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 AM
And does anybody have U.S. and World race statistics?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity
White alone 75.0% 228.2 million
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 15.4% 46.9 million
Black or African American alone 12.4% 37.6 million
Some other race alone 4.9% 15.0 million
Asian alone 4.4% 13.4 million
Two or more races 2.3% 7.0 million
American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0.8% 2.4 million
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.14% 0.43 million
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:06:40 AM
Just curious, what race/s are yall?
I don't see a poll in your thread, but I'm a human. I'm going to assume that you're a human too, unless someone has taught complex language and typing to a chimpanzee or something. You may also be a bot...
Quote from: Ur1el on March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 AM
and would like to get to know this community a bit better.
:hosrie:
Quote from: Pēleus on March 08, 2010, 06:10:31 AM
Quote from: Ur1el on March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 AM
and would like to get to know this community a bit better.
:hosrie:
What's with the My Little Pony emote, anyway? I don't get it.
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
Quote from: LMNO on March 08, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
Because it does.
apparently, it only matters to you. This community cuts a wide-ranging swath across every race, gender permutation, nationality, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class, and is based on things much less ephemeral than what basically boils down to what someone looks like.
lolracialprofilinglol
Zulu,
always enjoys seeing n00bs get roasted
Quote from: Ur1el on March 09, 2010, 03:28:46 AM
Quote from: LMNO on March 08, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
Because it does.
How? Either explain your stance or STFU/GTFO
Mistress Freeky,
ASPIRES to be middle class, and can't help how she looks. Fucker.
Quote from: LMNO on March 08, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
1) THE MEDIA
hates on you.
2) NIGEL
wants to date you. Especially if you have facial hair. And you have money to at least
go dutch.
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 09, 2010, 04:23:32 AM
Quote from: LMNO on March 08, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
1) THE MEDIA
hates on you.
2) NIGEL
wants to date you. Especially if you have facial hair. And you have money to at least go dutch.
WHAT
FUCK YOU
I'm a Russian/German/Polish/Lithuanian/Italian/Irish/English/Mongolian/whatever-I-forgot mutt. Eastern European Jewish mother's family + Irish/Italian Catholic father's family.
So race? White. Every kind of white. Now I just need to have kids with a Black/Hispanic/Asian woman...
I'm French Canadian. :cry:
I'm Welsh, native American, and black.
Note the inclusiveness of that statement. Because I don't believe in racial exclusivity.
1/2 British, 1/4 German, 1/4 Other
Quote from: Remington on March 09, 2010, 07:30:19 AM
1/2 British, 1/4 German, 1/4 Other
WE'RE ALL
friends here Rem, you can say it...
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 09, 2010, 07:32:47 AM
Quote from: Remington on March 09, 2010, 07:30:19 AM
1/2 British, 1/4 German, 1/4 Other
WE'RE ALL
friends here Rem, you can say it...
Srsly, I'm not sure about the last 1/4th. I think there's Irish or Scottish in there somewhere.
Where you stop tracing your ancestry seems like a matter of personal bollocks.
Scientifically it's uncertain how far we can even go and even the concept of discrete racial distinctions has no backing in genetics.
It's a cultural hallucination on par with religious dogma that incites people into behaving like chimps beating the ground with a stick.
:monkeydance:
Quote from: Ur1el on March 09, 2010, 03:28:46 AM
Quote from: LMNO on March 08, 2010, 03:15:46 PM
I'm a middle-class white guy.
AND WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THAT MATTER?
Because it does.
Well, good thing I'm Jewish, then.
LMNO
-GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD,
MIT JUDEN!
I'm 5/8 Irish 2/8 English and 1/8 Scottish. So I'm a Celtic mutt, and already had a little Scottish in me before Payne! Also pale as fuck.
I do really look like a Pixie tho.
And Jewish is religious not racial, Spag.
It most certainly is genetic, you RACIST FUCK!
Jews are white people too
you white people all look alike, anyway. I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of it.
Probably because we all belong to little countries and through thousands of years killing each other we're finally on a decent, but still separate! level. America fucked that up with it's mixing pool.
Actually, I'm not really Jewish.
WASP, through and through.
Quote from: LMNO on March 09, 2010, 03:33:14 PM
Actually, I'm not really Jewish.
WASP, through and through.
Damn, I was going to ask to borrow your tiny hat!
Oh, I have the tiny hat.
Quote from: Nast on March 09, 2010, 06:35:26 AM
I'm French Canadian. :cry:
that's not a race, it's an affliction.
Quote from: Rainy Day Pixie on March 09, 2010, 03:10:44 PM
And Jewish is religious not racial, Spag.
Except in Florida and New Jersey.
RAW uses the word "Jewish" and the various distinct meanings [of the religion(creed)//born of a Jewish mother(cultural)//of Jewish ancestry(genetic)], as one of the reasons to avoid 'is of identity' statements. They lead to sloppy thinking due to lack of context.
I am mutt. Do you need more specific than that?
I too am curious why you are curious.
I disagree with the "Latino" racial genre. Almost every country in Europe was once under control of Latin-speaking Rome and the Latin languages or Romance languages are more than just Spanish or Portuguese, and being European Spanish or Portuguese does not make one Latino either, but they certain claim to be, so why the FUCK isn't Italian Latino? Italy the place of the birth of the Latin language, and home to many thousands of original explorers that found and interbred with the native peoples of the Caribbean. Shouldn't Romania be Latino? Their language and cultures are much more closer to the Romans that founded it.
One could argue that it's because of the mixing of cultures and skin color of the native people of Central and South America, you know, Native American. At the same time, a lot of modern Americans are part native, in fact, most of us probably are, much like the Latino people aren't 100% either. So, they get their own race, regardless of how intermarried they are with European Caucasians, if at all. Herbert's father was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and had blond hair and blue eyes. That doesn't seem very native-like to me. That screams European.
Hispanic comes from Hispaniola, the island that Haiti and the Dominican Republic are on. In theory, this would make people of those countries the only Hispanic countries, amirite? Haitians are predominantly black and speak Creole French, also a Romance language, but not nearly as close to Latin as say, Spanish speakers from the DR. Does this make them also Latin American? Or does it make them African American? :? Is it live? Or is it Memorex?
If someone is born in Hawaii or Guam, does that not make them a Pacific Islander? My best friend from high school played affirmative action like a game, and got so many scholarships and grants just for saying he was Pacific Islander because he was born in Guam.
This is why I don't like race. It's useless, and it raises too many questions. Back in the day weren't there just 3? Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid? I know those terms are WAY out of date and now considered offensive in some ways, but it seemed much more simple.
Also, ethnicity is different than race.
I see what you are saying Suu, and although much of it was stated as questions, it just brings up more questions. (Wouldn't Haitians and Dominicans already be mutt? I seem to recall that in the Dominican Republic they don't view race anything like people in, say the US, as they are so mixed.) Most in Europe would be mutts to some degree, I suspect, even if they are just a mix of European blood (highly unlikely due to the amount of traveling and trade). I would guess that most of Asia and Africa would also fall into this category for the same reasons. I highly doubt that the people who made it to the Americas so long ago made it with "pure blood", not that it mattered after the Europeans arrived.
Just out of curiosity, what do you get if you cross Euro-mutt and "Native" North American probably-mutt with Dominican mutt? This isn't me (I am an even wider variety of mutt), but I would guess you will end up with mutt if you look at anyone close enough.
Also, as I understood it, latino and hispanic fall under the category of ethnicity. I just checked the definition of ethnicity at http://dictionary.reference.com/define/ethnicity , got nothing that clarified it so that I understood, so I looked up ethnic, some definitions of which suggested that race is ethnicity, but other definitions make it sound like "American" could be an ethnicity. Is this just another way to propagate "us vs. them" or is there a commonly accepted understanding of it that permits practical usage of the word?
Quote from: LMNO on March 09, 2010, 03:35:57 PM
Oh, I have the tiny hat.
Why do you make me think dirty :x
:lmnuendo:
ok now i want to play pirates!
the angry pirate?
Quote from: rygD on March 09, 2010, 08:43:39 PM
I see what you are saying Suu, and although much of it was stated as questions, it just brings up more questions. (Wouldn't Haitians and Dominicans already be mutt? I seem to recall that in the Dominican Republic they don't view race anything like people in, say the US, as they are so mixed.) Most in Europe would be mutts to some degree, I suspect, even if they are just a mix of European blood (highly unlikely due to the amount of traveling and trade). I would guess that most of Asia and Africa would also fall into this category for the same reasons. I highly doubt that the people who made it to the Americas so long ago made it with "pure blood", not that it mattered after the Europeans arrived.
Just out of curiosity, what do you get if you cross Euro-mutt and "Native" North American probably-mutt with Dominican mutt? This isn't me (I am an even wider variety of mutt), but I would guess you will end up with mutt if you look at anyone close enough.
Also, as I understood it, latino and hispanic fall under the category of ethnicity. I just checked the definition of ethnicity at http://dictionary.reference.com/define/ethnicity , got nothing that clarified it so that I understood, so I looked up ethnic, some definitions of which suggested that race is ethnicity, but other definitions make it sound like "American" could be an ethnicity. Is this just another way to propagate "us vs. them" or is there a commonly accepted understanding of it that permits practical usage of the word?
Can't we all just be humans?
since when is spain and portugal considered latino?
YOU MEAN I COULDA CLAIMED LATINO ON MY COLLEGE APPS?
Quote from: Fredamir Putin on March 09, 2010, 08:59:40 PM
since when is spain and portugal considered latino?
YOU MEAN I COULDA CLAIMED LATINO ON MY COLLEGE APPS?
I put Latino down for years because I'm mostly Italian. I still do it for job apps to burn affirmative action, after all, my last name IS still a Spanish one for the next couple months.
if my moms maiden name was my last name i totally would put that on things
I usually mark "prefer not to say" on applications because I don't want that interfering with getting into a school, which is pretty much my focus right now.
I got knocked out of my first choice program in college because they took a black girl with a C average over me, a white girl with an A average, to meet a quota. :|
Exactly why I refuse to answer. My last name is very, very common and crosses racial boundaries in some places, so they can't do that to me because they don't know for sure when I am.
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 08:54:16 PM
Quote from: rygD on March 09, 2010, 08:43:39 PM
I see what you are saying Suu, and although much of it was stated as questions, it just brings up more questions. (Wouldn't Haitians and Dominicans already be mutt? I seem to recall that in the Dominican Republic they don't view race anything like people in, say the US, as they are so mixed.) Most in Europe would be mutts to some degree, I suspect, even if they are just a mix of European blood (highly unlikely due to the amount of traveling and trade). I would guess that most of Asia and Africa would also fall into this category for the same reasons. I highly doubt that the people who made it to the Americas so long ago made it with "pure blood", not that it mattered after the Europeans arrived.
Just out of curiosity, what do you get if you cross Euro-mutt and "Native" North American probably-mutt with Dominican mutt? This isn't me (I am an even wider variety of mutt), but I would guess you will end up with mutt if you look at anyone close enough.
Also, as I understood it, latino and hispanic fall under the category of ethnicity. I just checked the definition of ethnicity at http://dictionary.reference.com/define/ethnicity , got nothing that clarified it so that I understood, so I looked up ethnic, some definitions of which suggested that race is ethnicity, but other definitions make it sound like "American" could be an ethnicity. Is this just another way to propagate "us vs. them" or is there a commonly accepted understanding of it that permits practical usage of the word?
Can't we all just be humans?
NO!
I refuse to be one of you people...
That is really all I think we have going for us, though. I am pretty sure all the "races" didn't start out as distinct as they are now, just as dog breeds. My whole family is (are?) mutts, even my pets!
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 09:22:28 PM
I got knocked out of my first choice program in college because they took a black girl with a C average over me, a white girl with an A average, to meet a quota. :|
Sometimes I wish we lived in a place that had more of a focus on Equal Opportunity. Does EO not include race?
My multiracial background has equaled out in me to be 100% bitch! :evil:
I see you are stuck on canine related terminology also...
Quote from: rygD on March 09, 2010, 09:48:11 PM
I see you are stuck on canine related terminology also...
Believe it or not, you aren't
actually required to be a dick 24/7. Take the day off. You'll feel better for it.
Race is mutable. Heritage is not.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:52:11 PM
Race is mutable. Heritage is not.
I think both can be diluted, though, in a manner of speaking.
For example, I am almost 100% Cornish (there was some lady in Ireland who couldn't run fast enough about 200 years ago or some such thing), yet I know nothing of Cornwall outside of what I read in Wikipedia one slow workday.
I have an undiluted racial background, and no heritage whatsoever.
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 08:07:10 PMI disagree with the "Latino" racial genre. Almost every country in Europe was once under control of Latin-speaking Rome and the Latin languages or Romance languages are more than just Spanish or Portuguese, and being European Spanish or Portuguese does not make one Latino either, but they certain claim to be, so why the FUCK isn't Italian Latino? Italy the place of the birth of the Latin language, and home to many thousands of original explorers that found and interbred with the native peoples of the Caribbean. Shouldn't Romania be Latino? Their language and cultures are much more closer to the Romans that founded it.
a Romanian girl I knew considered Romania a latin country?
and to say Italy is not a latin country is kind of weird as well.
afaik, the word "Latino" is (originally, before popmusic and movies brought it everywhere) originally used in America anyway, so ...
Plus, they call South America "Latin America", right?
I think you're reading too much in the "Latin" part of the word "Latino".
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 09, 2010, 09:54:18 PM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:52:11 PM
Race is mutable. Heritage is not.
I think both can be diluted, though, in a manner of speaking.
For example, I am almost 100% Cornish (there was some lady in Ireland who couldn't run fast enough about 200 years ago or some such thing), yet I know nothing of Cornwall outside of what I read in Wikipedia one slow workday.
I have an undiluted racial background, and no heritage whatsoever.
You can definitely lose touch with a heritage, but the heritage itself doesn't change, whereas races, like the cultures from which heritage stems, are in a constant state of change. Heritage is history, which doesn't change; only how we remember it changes.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:58:47 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 09, 2010, 09:54:18 PM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:52:11 PM
Race is mutable. Heritage is not.
I think both can be diluted, though, in a manner of speaking.
For example, I am almost 100% Cornish (there was some lady in Ireland who couldn't run fast enough about 200 years ago or some such thing), yet I know nothing of Cornwall outside of what I read in Wikipedia one slow workday.
I have an undiluted racial background, and no heritage whatsoever.
You can definitely lose touch with a heritage, but the heritage itself doesn't change, whereas races, like the cultures from which heritage stems, are in a constant state of change. Heritage is history, which doesn't change; only how we remember it changes.
Apparently, my heritage is piracy, and getting your neck stretched before 25.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:58:47 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 09, 2010, 09:54:18 PM
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on March 09, 2010, 09:52:11 PM
Race is mutable. Heritage is not.
I think both can be diluted, though, in a manner of speaking.
For example, I am almost 100% Cornish (there was some lady in Ireland who couldn't run fast enough about 200 years ago or some such thing), yet I know nothing of Cornwall outside of what I read in Wikipedia one slow workday.
I have an undiluted racial background, and no heritage whatsoever.
You can definitely lose touch with a heritage, but the heritage itself doesn't change, whereas races, like the cultures from which heritage stems, are in a constant state of change. Heritage is history, which doesn't change; only how we remember it changes.
AH, I misunderstood heritage, then. I was thinking I might have to go and press my mother's family for my share of the family wealth that I lost the right to due to my father not fitting the "family image of decency".
Quote from: Ur1el on March 05, 2010, 04:06:40 AM
Just curious, what race/s are yall?
I'm a 500 meter dash.
Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:
Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream
I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.
I would argue that it's a cultural/religious identity, but not a race.
Quote from: Demon Sheep on March 09, 2010, 10:52:10 PM
I would argue that it's a cultural/religious identity, but not a race.
It's both. Non-religious Jews are still Jews, by birth. It might not be a race, depending on how you define race.
Personally, I think it's a race, as is Mormonism.
As I pointed out, it's all 3.
She is Jewish. ->
A) She practices the Jewish religion.
B) She has a Jewish Mother (this one is the cultural/heritage issue. in Judaism, if yur mom's not a jew, your not a jew. it's the 'tribes' thing).
C) She has Jewish Ancestry (DNA, facial proportions/etc).
Madonna is arguably A), def not B) or C). Someone could be all three.
I can show you a tribe of very dark skinned people from africa that match C), but not necessarily A) or B).
See how the lack of context renders "She is Jewish" meaningless?
I'm a 500m short track.
Ohno, see what I did there?
And there?
Huh. Here I was thinking you were a drag.
Nah, I gave up cross-training a long time ago.
:sodamonitor:
Cylon.
If I were to be burnt to death in a fire, only the non-French Canadian part of me would perish and the rest would forever stalk the earth to annoy people.
Nigel, wouldn't "heritage" mean "the social traditions in which you were raised"?
And, if you were someone who was raised in a way that did not teach the same behaviors, attitudes, and biases of the majority of your historical ancestors (through blood or through culture), would that mean that you actually don't have any heritage to speak of?
I mean, I'm sure I could trace my roots and learn the cultural traditions of my family and genetic forebearers, but I wouldn't consider those traditions part of my heritage.
Quote from: Mangrove on March 09, 2010, 10:19:32 PM
Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:
Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream
I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.
Also ineffective terrorism (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/14/terrorism.ukcrime).
Where in Devon were you? Since I'm in Dorset, I probably know it, at least by name.
Quote from: LMNO on March 10, 2010, 02:55:13 PM
And, if you were someone who was raised in a way that did not teach the same behaviors, attitudes, and biases of the majority of your historical ancestors (through blood or through culture), would that mean that you actually don't have any heritage to speak of?
absolutely not, though there is definitely potential for conflict between ancestry and heritage in such cases, especially for those who, through upbringing or choice, may not be strongly tied to either.
Quote from: Mangrove on March 09, 2010, 10:19:32 PM
Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:
Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream
I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.
Perhaps, perhaps...but my family history seems to be a non-stop parade of incompetent boat wreckers and pirates, with very short lifespans.
GARY'S MATTRESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vAfXNzXueE&NR=1
My dad is pure half and half. Half Irish half German Gypsy (Romany) My mom is American white, but mostly English, with enough Italian to give both her and I slightly out of control libidos and also verifiable ancestors who were Scottish tribal magicians and some picts.
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2010, 02:57:22 PM
Quote from: Mangrove on March 09, 2010, 10:19:32 PM
Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:
Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream
I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.
Also ineffective terrorism (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/14/terrorism.ukcrime).
Where in Devon were you? Since I'm in Dorset, I probably know it, at least by name.
I was in Plymouth from 1983-2005 (barring the 6 months I was in Leicester pretending to do a degree in English literature.)
Thank you for cringe inducing 'Kernow-facist' link. That's right, I'm claiming the term Kernow-facism as my own!
:lol:
Ah, Plymouth. Famous for its ever present drunken sailors, its escape bridge into Cornwall and its Hoe.
And yes, beware the CNLA and their vast funding from the might Celtic nations (and the USA).
Born in Canada to British parents who took citizenship. My paternal Grandfather was likewise born in Canada to British parents.
I have a very common last name which is probably Welsh. I'm 1/8th Irish that I know of via my mother's side of the family. Could be more could be less. Don't know, don't care. Most people of British extraction are a bastard mix of Celtic/Roman/Saxon/Norman/Viking anyway.
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2010, 08:08:27 PM
Ah, Plymouth. Famous for its ever present drunken sailors, its escape bridge into Cornwall and its Hoe.
And yes, beware the CNLA and their vast funding from the might Celtic nations (and the USA).
Yes, Union Street was the place to be for drunken violence between various branches of the armed services. Though now, it's more just drunken chavs and their underaged girlfriends.
The Hoe - where chavs like to race their stupid, stupid, stupid body modified cars.
The Tamar Bridge - my experience was that it was always an escape
from rather than
into Cornwall. Which is why it's free to drive across the river to Saltash but you have to pay to get back.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 10, 2010, 07:55:31 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on March 10, 2010, 07:54:01 PM
Scottish tribal magicians
wut
I was more squicked out that he knows about his mom's libido... :vom: let alone attributes it to being part Italian. :|
Quote from: E.O.T. on March 10, 2010, 07:27:53 PM
GARY'S MATTRESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vAfXNzXueE&NR=1
Holy shit! :lol: :mittens:
Quote from: Mangrove on March 10, 2010, 08:23:14 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2010, 08:08:27 PM
Ah, Plymouth. Famous for its ever present drunken sailors, its escape bridge into Cornwall and its Hoe.
And yes, beware the CNLA and their vast funding from the might Celtic nations (and the USA).
Yes, Union Street was the place to be for drunken violence between various branches of the armed services. Though now, it's more just drunken chavs and their underaged girlfriends.
The Hoe - where chavs like to race their stupid, stupid, stupid body modified cars.
The Tamar Bridge - my experience was that it was always an escape from rather than into Cornwall. Which is why it's free to drive across the river to Saltash but you have to pay to get back.
I never actually went across the bridge, in my defence.
Union street is apparently getting worse again, though I think its mostly people I know being pansies.
Also, I would answer this poll, but I'm boycotting it, and the other one, on the basis of them being obvious trollbait.
Cain,
Union Street has always sucked though it probably isn't as bad as it used to be. I knew plenty of guys in the military etc who recall the days when the police would block each end of the street, wait for the various factions to beat themselves senseless and then let the MPs come into clean up the mess and send the respective parties back to whatever ship they came off of.
As for the OP, I think it's long since been jacked. There's more disturbing things afoot (like Italian libido for instance...)
Yeah, exactly, my friends are pansies.
Well, I was trying to ignore the "talk about your ancestry" blogging, to be perfectly honest. Because I really don't care if someone is 1/16th's Luxembourgese.
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2010, 09:52:53 PM
Yeah, exactly, my friends are pansies.
Well, I was trying to ignore the "talk about your ancestry" blogging, to be perfectly honest. Because I really don't care if someone is 1/16th's Luxembourgese.
Agreed. Is why I included 'don't know/care' in my response.
Also if your friends are pansies, I suggest they travel in large groups. The attacks are typically committed by packs of individuals who would perhaps not ordinarily start a fight but will if they're drunk and have 20 of their 'mates' with them.
Besides, why would your friends even want to go there? It's underaged drinkers, shrieking teenage harpies and douchebags with popped collars, hair gel and faux-Burberry car seats.
I think they were looking for a change from Exmouth, which I can understand, at least in principle if not in their choice of destination.
Quote from: Cain on March 10, 2010, 10:00:24 PM
I think they were looking for a change from Exmouth, which I can understand, at least in principle if not in their choice of destination.
EXMOUTH? :lulz:
No wonder they're fucking desperate.
I think they just need to leave Devon entirely.
You say that like there is nothing worthwhile to do in Exmouth, like get drunk and look across the estuary at Dawlish, or get drunk and catch the train to Exeter, or....uh, get drunk at home.