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2013/12/13 20:52:03
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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If they have a Eureka flag (It's our 'rebel' flag), they're probably an uneducated redneck.
This one:
If they have the Eureka southern cross as a tattoo, they're probably an uneducated redneck.
If they play M:tG, they have more money than a 40k player and even less sense. 
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
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2013/12/13 21:04:15
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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 azazel the cat wrote:Alexzandvar wrote:I recently had a very interesting life experience that changed my view on a lot of things.
Up until now I assumed lots of things about other people based on what they displayed on there walls/themselves/there other belongings. I would assume someone might be an conservative based on having a Texas flag on there car, or someone would be a tea partier if they have a confederate flag on their house.
I was recently flirting with a girl when I mentioned my room at home is pretty bare, and one of the two things I have for decoration is a Soviet Red Army flag and a Civil War Union flag.
The next day she came and told me her parents told her she shouldn't talk to political extremists like filthy communists 
So now I guess Ill think twice before judging now. Still, I really like my antique Red Army flag.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Having a confederate flag on your wall doesn't make you a Tea Partier; but it generally does imply that you're an immoral person.
Or that you live in the South. 
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2013/12/14 04:44:18
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Frazzled wrote: azazel the cat wrote:Alexzandvar wrote:I recently had a very interesting life experience that changed my view on a lot of things.
Up until now I assumed lots of things about other people based on what they displayed on there walls/themselves/there other belongings. I would assume someone might be an conservative based on having a Texas flag on there car, or someone would be a tea partier if they have a confederate flag on their house.
I was recently flirting with a girl when I mentioned my room at home is pretty bare, and one of the two things I have for decoration is a Soviet Red Army flag and a Civil War Union flag.
The next day she came and told me her parents told her she shouldn't talk to political extremists like filthy communists
So now I guess Ill think twice before judging now. Still, I really like my antique Red Army flag.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Having a confederate flag on your wall doesn't make you a Tea Partier; but it generally does imply that you're an immoral person.
Or that you live in the South.
I was visiting my dad in Indiana a couple years ago and went to a county fair while we were there. They had a stand selling a crap-ton of confederate flags.
I told him that my US history might be a bit shacky, but I don't remember Indiana fighting for the south. His response: "they didn't, they are just rednecks."
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2013/12/14 04:53:50
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Fate-Controlling Farseer
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azazel the cat wrote:Alexzandvar wrote:I recently had a very interesting life experience that changed my view on a lot of things.
Up until now I assumed lots of things about other people based on what they displayed on there walls/themselves/there other belongings. I would assume someone might be an conservative based on having a Texas flag on there car, or someone would be a tea partier if they have a confederate flag on their house.
I was recently flirting with a girl when I mentioned my room at home is pretty bare, and one of the two things I have for decoration is a Soviet Red Army flag and a Civil War Union flag.
The next day she came and told me her parents told her she shouldn't talk to political extremists like filthy communists
So now I guess Ill think twice before judging now. Still, I really like my antique Red Army flag.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Having a confederate flag on your wall doesn't make you a Tea Partier; but it generally does imply that you're an immoral person.
As someone else already said... "speaking of assumptions"...
The confederate flag is #1 a significant portion of American history, and #2 while tied in with the horrible institution of slavery, is still an important symbol of the US and our courage to stand up for what we feel is right. The Civil War, and the schism between the states was about a lot more then just slavery. One could almost call it ignorance to think otherwise.
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2013/12/14 05:56:58
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Imperial Admiral
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You guys have/had some weird gak on your walls in college.
We had the tequila poster with the chick holding the lime between her boobs, Belushi in the COLLEGE sweater, stuff like that. And none of our pick-up attempts involved Stalingrad.
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2013/12/14 06:46:22
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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In my senior year of undergrad:
Map of the world.
White, red, and black Blackhawks jerseys.
Whiteboard.
A good, framed print of The Persistence of Memory*.
Cheap, Tibetan prayer flags**.
*A gift from my parents. They knew I loved Dali, and wanted to remind me how time can slip away. It still hangs in my office.
**They did a good job softening the fluorescent light.
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2013/12/14 06:49:23
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Sniping Reverend Moira
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 Seaward wrote:You guys have/had some weird gak on your walls in college.
We had the tequila poster with the chick holding the lime between her boobs, Belushi in the COLLEGE sweater, stuff like that. And none of our pick-up attempts involved Stalingrad.
Pretty much. I think I had the snoop dogg doggystyle poster on my wall too. This one:
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2013/12/14 10:54:41
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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 djones520 wrote:The confederate flag is #1 a significant portion of American history, and #2 while tied in with the horrible institution of slavery, is still an important symbol of the US and our courage to stand up for what we feel is right.
Which in this case specifically was our rights to owning other people.
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2013/12/14 14:44:31
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Dakka Veteran
Anime High School
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The confederate flag is a universal symbol for someone who feels antagonized or threatened by those who don't share the same opinions as them.
I don't see how you could associate it with anything noble or altruistic at all. You might as well wave a picture of a pouting child
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2013/12/14 14:54:13
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 chromedog wrote:If they have a Eureka flag (It's our 'rebel' flag), they're probably an uneducated redneck.
This one:
"We need a flag, and quick!"
"Already got MS Paint open."
"Excellent!"
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2013/12/14 18:35:45
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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Seaward wrote:You guys have/had some weird gak on your walls in college.
We had the tequila poster with the chick holding the lime between her boobs, Belushi in the COLLEGE sweater, stuff like that. And none of our pick-up attempts involved Stalingrad.
This was my college experience. The pickup line that I used (and it worked) was while dancing with a girl, I asked her if she'd like to go back and continue the dance horizontally in my room. No joke, it worked.
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2013/12/14 18:41:41
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 timetowaste85 wrote: Seaward wrote:You guys have/had some weird gak on your walls in college.
We had the tequila poster with the chick holding the lime between her boobs, Belushi in the COLLEGE sweater, stuff like that. And none of our pick-up attempts involved Stalingrad.
This was my college experience. The pickup line that I used (and it worked) was while dancing with a girl, I asked her if she'd like to go back and continue the dance horizontally in my room. No joke, it worked.
I'd love to see someone dance horizontally; it'd be quite something.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2013/12/14 18:45:42
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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timetowaste85 wrote:
This was my college experience. The pickup line that I used (and it worked) was while dancing with a girl, I asked her if she'd like to go back and continue the dance horizontally in my room. No joke, it worked.
Shockingly, women also want to have sex with people they find attractive.
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2013/12/14 18:54:29
Subject: Re:How do much do you assume about others?
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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 Avatar 720 wrote: timetowaste85 wrote: Seaward wrote:You guys have/had some weird gak on your walls in college.
We had the tequila poster with the chick holding the lime between her boobs, Belushi in the COLLEGE sweater, stuff like that. And none of our pick-up attempts involved Stalingrad.
This was my college experience. The pickup line that I used (and it worked) was while dancing with a girl, I asked her if she'd like to go back and continue the dance horizontally in my room. No joke, it worked.
I'd love to see someone dance horizontally; it'd be quite something.
Obviously it meant something other than dancing in the normal sense. 
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2013/12/15 21:44:18
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Depraved Slaanesh Chaos Lord
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djones520 wrote: azazel the cat wrote:Alexzandvar wrote:I recently had a very interesting life experience that changed my view on a lot of things.
Up until now I assumed lots of things about other people based on what they displayed on there walls/themselves/there other belongings. I would assume someone might be an conservative based on having a Texas flag on there car, or someone would be a tea partier if they have a confederate flag on their house.
I was recently flirting with a girl when I mentioned my room at home is pretty bare, and one of the two things I have for decoration is a Soviet Red Army flag and a Civil War Union flag.
The next day she came and told me her parents told her she shouldn't talk to political extremists like filthy communists
So now I guess Ill think twice before judging now. Still, I really like my antique Red Army flag.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Having a confederate flag on your wall doesn't make you a Tea Partier; but it generally does imply that you're an immoral person.
As someone else already said... "speaking of assumptions"...
The confederate flag is #1 a significant portion of American history, and #2 while tied in with the horrible institution of slavery, is still an important symbol of the US and our courage to stand up for what we feel is right.otherwise.
And what you obviously felt was right was slavery. So, to repeat: an immoral person. There's no assumption there. If you fly a confederate flag out of pride, you support the wrong side of the most clear-cut morality issue ever. No excuses, no mitigating circumstances.
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2013/12/15 21:51:08
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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djones520 wrote: #2 while tied in with the horrible institution of slavery, is still an important symbol of the US and our courage to stand up for what we feel is right. The Civil War, and the schism between the states was about a lot more then just slavery. One could almost call it ignorance to think otherwise.
Man, I think I might get a couple of KKK and SS flags because those guys really stand/stood up for what they believe in!
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2013/12/16 00:03:09
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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I had a Joy Division poster on my wall (dorm room) at Uni for the year I was there. The "love will tear us apart" one. Right above the bed. At home it was a couple of Hildebrandt posters.
Nothing kills the mood quite like having this poster fall on you in the midst of canoodling.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2013/12/16 12:56:45
Subject: How do much do you assume about others?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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 Alexzandvar wrote:I recently had a very interesting life experience that changed my view on a lot of things.
Up until now I assumed lots of things about other people based on what they displayed on there walls/themselves/there other belongings. I would assume someone might be an conservative based on having a Texas flag on there car, or someone would be a tea partier if they have a confederate flag on their house.
I was recently flirting with a girl when I mentioned my room at home is pretty bare, and one of the two things I have for decoration is a Soviet Red Army flag and a Civil War Union flag.
The next day she came and told me her parents told her she shouldn't talk to political extremists like filthy communists
So now I guess Ill think twice before judging now. Still, I really like my antique Red Army flag.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
I once got accused of being a Nazi for wearing a German army coat
And when I say german army coat, it wan't a WW2 era coat or anything, it was a fairly modern affair (the kind of olive-green ones that were all the rage around 2000-ish)...
And when I say german, it happened to have a german flag the size of a postage stamp on one sleeve...
And when I say army coat, I got it from a major chain of clothing stores (so really, it wasn't even an army coat, it was just an imitation of one)
Still, according to the chav I had to endure while I waited for my chinese takeaway, I was a Nazi...
Now I live by the immortal words of Igor:
'Do unto others, before they do unto me...'
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