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Old 22.12.2022, 14:01
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Some people seem to confuse the "freedom of speech" with the right to be an ***hole.
They do. As it says in the Bible.

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil - 1 Peter 2:16, NIV.
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Old 22.12.2022, 14:10
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Yet the one against me remains up for all to see. Makes you wonder, eh?
I wrote that post, which for some strange reason, nickatbasel deleted. Perhaps he was blind to see that it was in response to this post of yours:


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I'm trying to work out what the single most irritating part of this whole outrage Clarkson circus is.

Is it the willful misrepresentation of what clearly is a joke? Is it the absurd nation that he was inciting violence? The ridiculous claims he is being racist and misogynistic?

Anyone who has ever watched an episode of Top Gear, or his farming show, or read one of his newspaper columns would see straight away that this is his style. He uses hyperbole, satire, absurd exaggeration. He once said on early evening TV that strikers should be shot in front of their families. In fact, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would realise it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Comedians pretending not to understand jokes has to be pretty close to the top.
Couldn't you see Tony that my post was clearly a joke?

Why are you making these ridiculous claims that I am being racist?*

In fact, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would realise it wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

It was an example of your tiresome double-standards.


*By the way, Fundamental Christian Evangelicism isn't a race, it's merely a threat to civil liberties and womens' rights.
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Old 22.12.2022, 14:26
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I wrote that post, which for some strange reason, nickatbasel deleted. Perhaps he was blind to see that it was in response to this post of yours:




Couldn't you see Tony that my post was clearly a joke?

Why are you making these ridiculous claims that I am being racist?*

In fact, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would realise it wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

It was an example of your tiresome double-standards.


*By the way, Fundamental Christian Evangelicism isn't a race, it's merely a threat to civil liberties and womens' rights.
I didn't see the post but if you need such an explanation, it probably wasn't a very good one
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Old 22.12.2022, 14:55
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Also, I needed to look up the other term in question. And I wish I had not.
Are you referring to Vushka's use of the word "queefs?"

I suppose some of us might take offense to being called a vaginal fart, but I actually find it rather endearing.
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Old 22.12.2022, 15:39
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I wrote that post, which for some strange reason, nickatbasel deleted. Perhaps he was blind to see that it was in response to this post of yours:

Couldn't you see Tony that my post was clearly a joke?

Why are you making these ridiculous claims that I am being racist?*

In fact, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would realise it wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

It was an example of your tiresome double-standards.

*By the way, Fundamental Christian Evangelicism isn't a race, it's merely a threat to civil liberties and womens' rights.
An article on on child brides in the US and the connections to Fundamental Christian Evangelicism.
On average there are 50,000 child brides in the US annually, some as young as 10.
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Old 22.12.2022, 15:42
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I didn't see the post but if you need such an explanation, it probably wasn't a very good one
Exactly!

And, if Jeremy Clarkson's article was a joke - and needed a detailed explanation by TonyClifton to explain that - then it wasn't a good one either.
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Old 22.12.2022, 16:00
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Exactly!

And, if Jeremy Clarkson's article was a joke - and needed a detailed explanation by TonyClifton to explain that - then it wasn't a good one either.
Don’t you love it when THEY prove your point for THEMselves.
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Old 22.12.2022, 16:11
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Don’t you love it when THEY prove your point for THEMselves.
Matty, my dear friend.

Why is it that you hardly ever have any substance to contribute, but always happily and gleefully join the howling and personal attacks? But the one thread where you actually could have contributed with your experience from Japan - you choose to ignore.
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Old 22.12.2022, 16:13
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Are you referring to Vushka's use of the word "queefs?"

I suppose some of us might take offense to being called a vaginal fart, but I actually find it rather endearing.
Is it more or less insulting than brainfart?
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Old 22.12.2022, 18:33
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Is it more or less insulting than brainfart?
It was below the belt

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About 70% of Twitter’s top 100 ad spenders from before Mr. Musk’s takeover weren’t spending on the platform as of the week ending Dec. 18, according to an analysis of data from research firm Pathmatics.
It’s a problem the billionaire can’t afford to ignore, since roughly 89% of Twitter’s $5.1 billion in revenue last year came from ads.
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Old 22.12.2022, 18:36
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Isn't Sasha short for Aleksander? Or Vova for Wladimir? Or Slava for Vyacheslav?

You bitching lot.
I posted "in Slavic languages names that end in "a" are usually female names"

Thank you for posting examples for people who do not understand what "usually" means.
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Old 22.12.2022, 18:39
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I posted "in Slavic languages names that end in "a" are usually female names"

Thank you for posting examples for people who do not understand what "usually" means.
Hey. He's not a native english speaker, so we need to allow for that. (Was that patronising enough?)
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Old 22.12.2022, 19:07
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I posted "in Slavic languages names that end in "a" are usually female names"

Thank you for posting examples for people who do not understand what "usually" means.
Good, you now understand what my post had to do with yours. We are making progress here.
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Old 22.12.2022, 19:08
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Hey. He's not a native english speaker, so we need to allow for that. (Was that patronising enough?)
It's getting funnier every time. We can also run a small quiz to find out what "reliably assume" means.
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Old 22.12.2022, 21:29
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It's getting funnier every time. We can also run a small quiz to find out what "reliably assume" means.
Good idea, do that.

If I was running such a quiz then I would provide the whole sentence so people got the context.
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Old 22.12.2022, 21:30
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It was below the belt

Elon enjoying the cancel culture

Tesla shares slide on demand concerns.

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Shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla slid about 9.5% in mid-day trading on Thursday as analysts grow increasingly uncertain of the company’s outlook.
Longtime Tesla bulls have called on Tesla’s board of directors to refocus Musk away from Twitter and back towards the electric vehicle manufacturer.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/tesl...straction.html

Also, marton please let sleeping dogs lie. It's not worth feeding their power trip. They showed us who they are plenty of times already.

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Is it more or less insulting than brainfart?
It's the intention behind it that is insulting.

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Old 22.12.2022, 22:30
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Tesla shares slide on demand concerns.
Around a year ago Musk tweeted an emoji of a silver medal, a dig at Bezos’ rank as the second-richest person in the world.
When Musk reached No. 1 in late September, he joked in a short email to Forbes he was “sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal.”

Bezos should send it back quickly before Elon falls below No. 2.
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Old 22.12.2022, 22:40
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Around a year ago Musk tweeted an emoji of a silver medal, a dig at Bezos’ rank as the second-richest person in the world.
When Musk reached No. 1 in late September, he joked in a short email to Forbes he was “sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal.”

Bezos should send it back quickly before Elon falls below No. 2.
Maybe he should.
Nevermind that Bezos is only #5 by now, there's no way that this could make it an own goal.

The bile and hatred in this thread is astounding.
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It's the intention behind it that is insulting.
i thought it was all a bit of a fun. plus it seems some of the other members learnt a new word!
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Old 23.12.2022, 12:16
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i thought it was all a bit of a fun. plus it seems some of the other members learnt a new word!
True. And about Slavic names
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