WhatRaySay

378866 pts ยท December 30, 2014


Formerly: CrazyDreams / SomniummRabidum old Xennial dude upvoting funny stuff and commiserating with yall about the state of the world Steelers, Penguins, Tottenham, BVB Dortmund, Indian cricket, Irish rugby, MMA Lord of the Rings, Star Trek (OS, TNG, DS9, Picard), The First Law / The Age of Madness, Bobiverse, The Broken Earth, The Sopranos, The Wire, Rome, Star Wars, The Expanse Elden Ring, Riftbreaker, CoD, ESO, Halo, WoW, FIFA, Chess, Starcraft, Splitgate

I was SO scared of the gym when I was super scrawny, I thought I'd get laughed at. Learned that most serious gym-goers are some of the most encouraging and supportive people out there

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

amen to that. It's exhausting how frequently he's referenced by right-wingers.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

no no. that's not what you did. you found an article, which you likely didn't read, that talks about Brazilian slavery. GO. READ. MORE.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

BRO. I am not your history professor, a free online course or a 1hr google search on academic sources will serve you better than my 140c

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Look, I'm familiar. BUT, I will read your suggestions, because I appreciate it. Please do some homework yourself, and we'll call it even

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Jim Crowe and segregation built on the racist and dehumanizing foundations for another hundred years. It's unique,

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

of racial prejudice and distinction between white and black was particularly pronounced. Also, our plantation system was unique. Then,

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

strange for a number of reasons. We built THE world superpower, and essentially "bred" slaves like never before seen, and the systems

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

genocides and horrors, atrocities like slavery, require volumes to discuss, we can agree they are widespread. What happened in the US was

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

precisely, we built THE world superpower largely on the backs of an enslaved population whose descendants are still fighting for justice.

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

oh cmon. Look, we agreed this is all bad. Brazil and the US are not comparable to the extent you can dismiss the uniqueness of US slavery

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

slaves of an ethnic population.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You're right, I misunderstood. You're not confused, you're wrong. Where else, post industrial rev, was the pop of a world power almost 20%

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

See, there you go, you don't think it was unique. Just say that. Forget squabbling over the semantics, just say your mind smh

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

You're playing semantics, we all know that slavery existed plenty, but what happened in America was unique, it most definitely was

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Bro I didn't say that Chattel slavery nerve existed elsewhere. I said, very intentionally, that chattel slavery in the Americas was unique

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You're being dishonest about the uniqueness of chattel slavery in the Americas. Mercantilism, the industrial revolution, ETC

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

thanks, really appreciate it!

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

BINGO +1

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Oh damn. I hear ya, didn't think it'd count but fair enough I suppose

3 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

if you drive around rural red states, compare the condition of the public schools to the condition of the churches. It's revolting.

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I mean it is a quality gif lol +1

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

lol yeah yeah know, was bummed to only see that 1 deleted comment. Figured I'd try to spark a little convo. I'm old school, I know better

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

DeSantis doesn't make me as stabby as like Trump or MTG, but he's so dangerous because he's dead serious about legislation

3 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

Oh you're fuckin with me? Damnit what reference am I missing cause now I feel stupid lol

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Back at ya brother

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sorry bro, hate to disappoint but yeah you're thinking of someone else

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

yeah he's a total schmuck, and he's got like 250k YT subs and 700k Twitter followers, it's fucking ridiculous smh

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

right? it's infuriating. And, as per most issues, TONS of people voting for it are the ones who'd be most adversely affected

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1