Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

maenad nuri

So I got off work early because I was feeling sick. Which is good, because I started throwing up before I even got to the parking garage.

It was a very long night.

*eats crackers, sprite, and water*

Oh no sad
Feel better Nuri <3  

[Fiddlers Green]

I hate it when that happens Nuri. neutral

Deo, my Amesha request a source of fire be kept when you go to sleep, or when you are awake in the dark. It could be a match or the like, but it is sorta important for them to help ya.

So, right, one of my World Religions instructors said that Zoroastrians worshipped the God of Abraham and that, like Christianity, it was a direct descendant of Judaism. this is why the Islamic conquest of Persia was so Peaceful and Compassionate. scream
Third class I have been expelled from for calling the teacher a liar or a fool and demanding better service for the ridiculous rates I was paying for his "services".  

[Taliah]

Fiddlers Green

So, right, one of my World Religions instructors said that Zoroastrians worshipped the God of Abraham and that, like Christianity, it was a direct descendant of Judaism. this is why the Islamic conquest of Persia was so Peaceful and Compassionate. scream
Third class I have been expelled from for calling the teacher a liar or a fool and demanding better service for the ridiculous rates I was paying for his "services".

scream That's truly sad. I've only started a World Civ. 1 class and I could tell you all that was wrong, wrong, WRONG. I would have been every bit as angry for paying someone to teach me such utter shite. I don't suppose you can get a refund for the class?  

[maenad nuri]

How does nuri spend a day goofing off cause she's sick? By talking with her mom, planning new garb, and reading Racism/Privilege 101 blogs.

I've been feeling like I'm just not getting it recently -- talking the talk, not so much walking it.  

[Calixti]

My history book is terrible. If I have to read one more word about FEARLESS explorers who ventured west into DANGEROUS AND HOSTILE INDIAN TERRITORY and the COMPASSION of the US government in their attempts to turn those SAVAGE INDIANS into good honest farmers, I think I'm going to gouge my eyes out. Or laugh hysterically remembering the professor on the first day, when he told us how the US is the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD because we examine our own history objectively and we should all love history because when we study it we PROVE HITLER WRONG!* gonk

*Actual summary of his lecture on the first day of class, not exaggerating. He opened with the quote, "No one will ever ask the victor if he told the truth," spent forty minutes telling us how honest and objective the study of American history is, then told us we should enjoy this class if only because when we do, we prove Hitler wrong.  

[maenad nuri]

wow that's really, really horrible.  

[CuAnnan]

The Indubitable Katie-Kat

My history book is terrible. If I have to read one more word about FEARLESS explorers who ventured west into DANGEROUS AND HOSTILE INDIAN TERRITORY and the COMPASSION of the US government in their attempts to turn those SAVAGE INDIANS into good honest farmers

I wonder if they used potato eating Irishmen as their front line.

The Indubitable Katie-Kat

the US is the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD because we examine our own history objectively

Yeah, coz we Irish study it subjectively.
So do the English, French, Germans, Spanish, Italians, etc.  

[Calixti]

CuAnnan

The Indubitable Katie-Kat

My history book is terrible. If I have to read one more word about FEARLESS explorers who ventured west into DANGEROUS AND HOSTILE INDIAN TERRITORY and the COMPASSION of the US government in their attempts to turn those SAVAGE INDIANS into good honest farmers

I wonder if they used potato eating Irishmen as their front line.

The textbook only mentions Chinese and Mexican immigrants, actually. Like I said, terrible book.

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The Indubitable Katie-Kat

the US is the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD because we examine our own history objectively

Yeah, coz we Irish study it subjectively.
So do the English, French, Germans, Spanish, Italians, etc.

Hell, I'm willing to bet that other countries study their history MORE objectively than a lot of mainstream American historians. Every history class I've ever taken--including college-level now--has been obsessed with teaching students what a BDH America is and how oppression in this country is a thing of the past and we're so progressive and have more rights than anywhere else in the world, which anyone with a lick of sense knows is a bunch of bullshit. Sigh.  

[maenad nuri]

Wow....you got up to the 60's?

I don't think any of my history classes through high school got past WW2, except maybe a cursory mention of the civil rights movement in February (totally ignoring MLK's later call for justice for the poor and anti-war movement)  

[Deoridhe]

Fiddlers Green

Deo, my Amesha request a source of fire be kept when you go to sleep, or when you are awake in the dark. It could be a match or the like, but it is sorta important for them to help ya.

I have candles nearby; is that good enough?  

[Fiddlers Green]

The only honest history teacher I have had was my American Government teacher.
He told us we would face two types of history teachers in most places, liars and fools.
Liars know the truth, but need a job.
Fools are ignorant, and therefore honest, except that they aren't qualified for their jobs.
Neither have any love for the truth, for the ignorant fear it, as it makes them seem the fools they are, and the liar will stand exposed.
The fact that any modern mob rule system is based on equal parts lies and ignorance makes the situation unlikely to change.

Candles are good Deo, so long as there is light in the darkness. 3nodding  

[patch99329]

There is lots and lots of snow...I have a day off!
The blackbirds are up to their bellies in it and have to jump to move. xD It's cute and funny to watch.

I've been thinking about the word Gypsy in general use. Now, It's obvious that most use it innocently, honestly having no idea that it is a slur...but I'm sure that many don't even know it is used to describe an ethnic group eek .
The other day my friend was complaining that gypsies were at her place of work, so I explained the term and she says '...no, I just mean people in trashy clothes'.
And another friend was telling me the story of his uncle, he refused to answer to door to a man with a tatty car because he thought he was a 'gypsy' (in this case...a bad builder who knocks on doors). confused  

[saint dreya]

patch99329

misconceptions of the G word

i had a friend at work who willingly took that word off of one of his profiles, because he had remembered a conversation we had had and thought i might have been offended that he had it up there.

i felt like it was a victory, smile  

[TheDisreputableDog]

Self-styled "druids" are invading my circle. There used to only be one, and now there are TWO because the first one converted the second! From some type of self-styled Wicca. I think they are both ADF. But I don't know a lot about the ADF so I don't know whether the only problem with Celt-y ADF is the use of "druid" or if I will be shooting at a tree to object to the use of "druid" when there is a whole grove of other issues as well.

They're talking about holding an "ADF druid ritual." This is actually the same pair that did the Lughnasadh ritual last summer with the sacrificing. And they are saying that anyone with negative feelings about it can just not show up because it would give some kind of bad spirit opportunity to play havoc.

I don't know how to say "you're doing it wrong" without just ******** it up even more, or even if that's the right thing to say in this situation.

Halp!