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I like the hidden message that whites and Chinese are good at difficult things, and “the community” isn’t.
isn’t that awesome?
that’s the republican approach. whenever something progresses past your ability to keep up with it, just accuse it of being “unfair” to those who are “left behind” in their old, obsolete understanding.
cause that guy strike you as conservative? 95% vote Dem. but nice shallow world view there. keep it up.
he was probably using a microsoft. He need to use an Apple software therefore it would be much easier for him. Microsoft for engineers. Apple is for illiterates and people who like shiny things and doesn’t make any contribute to society. Thats why NASA and government uses Microsoft
Actually, they don’t use all Microsoft. There is much Unix/Linux used, as well.
Hooray for Linux!
Ha ha ha, the government uses Windows. Linux/Unix are used but only in the server role or a highly specialized workstation.
Yeah… I’m pretty sure Windows is not used at NASA…
Actually, I work for Marshall Space Flight Center and NASA does indeed use Windows, no Macs in sight!
I would have thought, the NASA has it’s own operating system.
Freeze –> BSOD –> Crash.
What happened to the columbia.
6…5…4…3…2…
***
A problem has occurred and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
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Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x00000001e ….
Based on the article, I would surmise that he’s not “ahead” enough to be able to afford an entry level mac for $1,000+
I hope you get hit by a bus!
You’re saying macs aren’t used because they’re bad and that’s not true. The reason they use windows and pc is because it’s a lot cheaper. Advanced software companies pretty much always use windows/linux programs. Large companies and the government buy their computers in bulk and macs are too expensive for their budgets. The software companies could design for macs but they just don’t. It’s that simple.
Macs are Racist because they are too expensive only white people & Asian people can afford them… & the plastic on the outside is white plastic.. Its another conspiracy to hold a brother back..
there are a lot of black people that can afford macs. anyway, if u cant get one, maybe u should get yo ass offa your computer and get a goddamn job
“pc are for industry”? makes perfect sense considering “pc” stands for Personal Computer and were originally intended for home use on a PERSONAL level…
Also great grammar…
If you have a computer for gaming, hell for anything, Mac is the worst choice. They sometimes* get software made for them.
Macs are Racist because they are too expensive only white people & Asian people can afford them… & the plastic on the outside is white plastic.. Its another conspiracy to hold a brother back..
Hope I bought U MS.
Wow! Are you serious about the comment you just made. You better thank God I’m a Christian!
you’re an idiot. learn to use sentences and conjugate words into correct tenses
you’re just the typical idiot who thinks he knows everything. you must have been ejected through a car windshield as an infant. i’m a conservative, and as one, i think that it’s incredible that you’re applauding the government, conservative thought’s arch enemy, and NASA, a GRE, on their alleged superiority and abilities when they’re the entity that our entire ideology, your self-proclaimed life long dedication, necessarily fights. you truly must be some bottom of the barrel, dead-end job working, meaningless life living jackass who thinks that because he’s sitting behind a computer with a mislabeled handle and clearly misguided belief, he knows everything, and that his opinion is the ultimatum against which all things are checked. read a book you uneducated disgrace, so you don’t sound like such a douche every time your sweating fingers type out some and unjustified incoherent babble.
respectfully,
a fellow conservative
“That guy” is this a joke. That was the most incomprehensible babble I have ever read.
Real simple morons. MAC is heavily used in publishing. Windows was marketed better and now is cheaper and thats it. Dee-DEE-DEE.
…then you must have a mac. Your spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax are horrendous!
Fortunately for you, they make Rosetta Stone English learning software for both platforms.
i really like there is a post written in English that poor and he calls somebody illiterate lolz
Weird , I would assume nigguz use Ubuntu
Haha, i have an Iphone but i appreciate it for the technology, Black people will label anything racist, they are too dumb and ignorant to figure anything out for themselves. Im glad he said whites and Chinese that gives me a bigger head lolol.
And yea i do know this is a hoax, but blacks think like that. Everything is a conspiracy !!
+1 oh rly. Hello….you are truly an idiot if you believe that. I don’t think you do though. I think you are so entrenched in you ideology that you cannot accept facts as truth no matter how absurd your argument
yeah seriously how can hello even make a connection with the republican party from this?
Yeah, I’m fairly certain he was drawing a parallel between republican ideologies and the way this man is speaking, and in no was was saying this man was a republican.
Reading comprehension folks, learn2use.
It was pretty obvious to me that “Hello’s” comment was meant to reveal a certain common lack of forethought, not to imply that Rakim here was a Republican. Nothing annoys me more than people who have smart-ass comments for other people based on their own half-witted-ness. The next time you think you have an “relevant” comment to add – do the rest of us a favor and don’t bother. Fail indeed.
As it should be . . . that’s called ‘development’
I would say thats the more democratic approach, actually
Yup
Yup
hahaha, how much money you wanna bet this racist black guy is an obama supporter and a punk ass democrat just like all of the other racist black people.
Sadly, racism and stupidity are not confined to a single political belief thus making all these political comments moot.
*high five for fiesty* Thanks, agreed. Racist/ignorant people come is all colors and political affiliations.
But I finish with a quote from a great show
“Calling everybody equal when they are clearly not equal, is called what, Children?”
“COMMUNISM!!!”
“that’s right!”
You should probably read up more on communism…
You should probably watch more Simpsons.
Feisty: first valid political comment
ha yeah because Rakim from Oakland is most likely a republican
Somebody has been watch Keith Olbermann and Maddow way too often.
Oh, you forgot to throw in the term “fascist”.
um I think you mean this is the democrats approach, hence socialism…This is actually almost the complete opposite approach as the republicans who are all about Darwinism….
yeah cause almost everybody in the “community” are republicans.
You’re kidding right? The Republican approach? If this man voted, do you think he voted for McCain or Obama? Oh, and 90%+ of “the community” voted for Obama. Yeah, this represents the Republican approach alright.
Sooo…. and people in “the community” isn’t good at difficult things? Like grammar?
like it or not, it is truth
In Oakism.
In need of a color-blind prism.
Firstism
Trollism
Racial schism.
In other news, Fuzz!
Holy Crow, Sara J’s back!?!? *jumps up and down while clapping hands*… really you could have been back for weeks and weeks and I suppose I wouldn’t know. *wanders away again*
McFail!!! *SQUEEEEEEEEEZE!!!*
*wanders back* Wheeee! *SQUEEZE*
Sara J’is … um … lovely to see ROUND AGAIN!!
Nice to see ya’ Fuzz!
A political leader in the making . . .
i was thinking it and then you said it
… only 12 hours before
Missed it by THAT much.
Yep and these are the people who voted Obama
And listen to Reverened Jesse (high)Jackson, the most white loving one of them all.
Them? Clarification please.
Don’t understand pronouns?
Them…as in that group of people Shnurui was referring to.
Thanks, Coyote, for proving once again that political correctness has gone too far in this country. What, I can’t say ‘them’ now while referring to a group of people? That’s racist?
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/805561/
… “Those folks”.
my parents voted for Obama and im white. YOU FAIL ! ! ! !
Shhh! Don’t say you voted Obama. Nothing to be proud about there.
would things have been any better with mccain? really?
No it wouldn’t have been better, but that doesn’t mean Obama isn’t screwing up.
It’s really damning Obama with faint praise to say that things wouldn’t be any better with Mccain.
nope, they most likely would have been much worse.
Sadly, i think that it doesnt matter who won, Obama or McCain because it’s very possible that a country is run less by its leader and more by his accountants…
And sadly, i think this little forum has gotten a little overly serious for a website for fail. therefore i shall correct it with this *forum wide squeeze* phew, that was tough ^^
I think he was referring to the mentality of the failer, not the race of the failer. See the video on youtube from election night where the lady is so excited that Obama is “going to pay for her gas and mortgage.”
On January 20th, some kid came bounding out of my college cafeteria, proclaiming “Obama is gonna pay for my car!”
Yeah, because you really had to be a genius to vote for asshat extraordinaire George W.
You really needed to be legally retarded and then some to vote republican after the last 8 years.
Georgie W’s politics:
Start war against all international laws at the cost of bilions of dollars an thousands of unnecessary loss of american life to cover up the coutry’s financially aiding a homocidal dictator- Yay! Help people in your own country after a devastating natural catastrophy – naw don’t feel like it, can’t someone else do it?
The thousands of American deaths came BEFORE the war (Remember, twin towers?).
Many American lives have been lost in Obama’s Afghanistan war (it IS his war)
And, before the losers in the natural disaster zone could be helped, they had to run out of ammunition so the rescuers could get in there. Of course, they had NO idea how to help themselves because they were mostly welfare babies.
I’m not exactly Obama’s biggest fan, but he didn’t start any wars (yet), so it can’t be HIS war.
He has the power to stop it. It’s his.
dude, it doesn’t happen overnight like that. Pulling out takes time. It’s the way the world works.
just pull and prey
obamas already said that the war in afghanistan is for americas best interest
My god, you’re an ignorant idiot!
1. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.
2. Obama’s war started SEVEN YEARS before he became president. It’s not his war.
3. Your comments about the Katrina victims are disgusting beyond belief. If I was religious I’d pray that you will suffer from a catastrophe followed by a complete failure to help you one day.
(And Buster: Don’t forget the 100.000+ Iraqis (mostly civilians) who died in the war!)
Well let’s see, the democrats voted 99% for the Iraq war. Youtube it for facts.
Obama has tripled the troops in Afghanistan, so it is now his war.
Millions of Iraqi citizens were being killed by an evil dictator before the war. Now very few are killed.
I agree with you on Katrina and don’t wish that on anyone, but most of the people chose to stay after they were warned and told to get out. We saw this again with hurricane ike.
In 2001 George W. issued an investigation of Fanny and Freddy. Democrats Frank and Raines both denied any problems with these 2 lending institutions. “Wait, lending to people who will never be able to pay their loans” That’s not a problem? All politicians are in bed together whether they are dem or rep. Neither party is good and when America finally wakes up and sees this, we will be a better nation…
Shhhh! You keep using actual facts and pretty soon you’ll be just another racist, right wing nut job who wants to get on your knees in front of George W.
I didn’t say anything about that. (“Youtube it for facts” is pretty funny!)
Obama has now done what Bush should have done but didn’t do. It’s not his war, even though he focuses his attention on the region where 9/11 was planned.
I think Saddam didn’t kill millions of Iraqis, but, of course, still far too many. But I doubt that Iraqis would say “now very few are killed”. 100.000+ of about 23 million is not an acceptable number, especially considering the lack of legitimacy for this war.
Whatever. Wouldn’t you say that the government failed before and after Katrina? Would you even go as far as Wizard^? If not, why do you defend him?
(BTW – I don’t really wish that on anyone).
I didn’t say anything about that topic.
Oh and @hoosierdaddy: No.
Of Course! I mean Youtube is always right and doesn’t have videos made by many lying or uninformed people right? *Looks around Youtube a bit* wait…
But, what you’ve gotta remember, the US is the new Roman Empire. Maybe its just “that time” or something of the sort. I bet the Romans were thinking the same thing right before religion and retarded politicians made it a shithole.
..and to think Ive been wasting time gathering facts from nytimes.com, cnn.com, even Yahoo and Google Scholar. WHAT WAS I THINKING when the obvious choice IS Youtube!
they’re gonna need a bigger bed.
you seem to be mistaking insurgents for civiians
He has the power to stop it. It’s his.
As far as my comments about the Katrina victims, you’re right. Might be disgusting, but that makes them no less true.
You don’t know too much about politics in an interdependent world, do you? Obama can not “stop it” currently, unless he would accept that the taliban regain power in Afghanistan and hence have the same situation as it was before 9/11. Try to educate yourself better and learn to argue agreeably – right now you sound pretty stupid. It doesn’t matter whether you like or dislike Obama, facts remain facts. Ignoring them, like Bush did quite often, doesn’t serve your country well.
I’m not an American, but I knew that Katrina will hit the US shore several days before it happend – I heard it on the news. I was shocked to see the lack of preparation for that (which, as you know, isn’t something that never happens in that region), and I was shocked to see the incompetence after it happend. If you follow the chain of command you can’t argue with the fact that at that time Bush was on top of that chain. He failed. To blame the victims and accuse them, like you did, is disgusting. Even if a small minority acted hostile towards those who tried to help them (much too late, though), it’s impossible to stick to the facts and blame them all at the same time.
All in all, I’m convinced that you just try to save your view on the world, even if reality makes that impossible for reasonable people. It’s a sign of weakness to be unable to adjust or change your standpoints if the facts demand that. Just sayin’.
The incompetence can be laid at the feet of the morons that didn’t (WOULDN’T) get out of the way of an oncoming train. They knew it was coming, and REFUSED to leave. As far as I’m concerned, they deserved what they got. The SAME type of catastrophe happened in Texas, but THEY knew how to prepare, and didn’t wait on the gubment to help.
You see, there’s a difference between people who have, all their lives, depended on the governement for EVERYTHING, and those who know you NEVER depend on the government for ANYTHING. That difference was made QUITE evident during the natural catastrophes.
And, as far as a catastrophic event happening to me, I know how to get through them without depending on governmental assistance. Been there, done that.
I don’t know where you live, but just as most everyone else, you’ve been fed whatever you see through the filter of the presenter. If you weren’t there, you don’t KNOW.
Obama, or Bush, or whomever YOUR enslaver may be, it’s all the same. Don’t depend on the government for ANYTHING.
Badly engineered dikes are the residents fault?! But how come they build them when all they do is sitting at home and enjoying the overwhelming benefits the US social system gives them? I’m confused.
I’m not enslaved, thanks for asking. And unlike you I wouldn’t enjoy going back about 5000 years to a time where there was no government. BTW – how do you travel in Texas? On streets? What do you do when it’s dark? Turn on the light? Where does your shit go when you flush your toilet? How do you get water to wash yourself? What happens if your house is burning? “Don’t depend on the government for ANYTHING”? Yeah, right.
Hmmm. Can’t find the REPLY link on your most recent response. Is there a limit here?
So, YOU believe that the badly engineered dikes kept the people from evacuating when they had plenty of warning, and it was the dikes that were shooting at the guardsmen and aid workers that were trying to assist.
Interesting perspective, and one that I had not considered.
We’re all enslaved to a degree.
Travel? By roads. Were the first roads built by a governmental entity? No. As a matter of fact, there are many PRIVATE roads across the US that were built and are maintained by the residents in the community.
All your ‘conveniences’ are just that. Of course, apparently all of yours are supplied by the government (to which you’re apparently not enslaved, I guess). I’m not here to change your mind about anything you think.
The point of all this is that Rakim is a moron, and a racist. I wonder if he moved from Nawlin’s.
I believe badly engineered dikes caused THE FLOODING OF NEW ORLEANS. It’s easy: Good dikes: No flood. Bad dikes: Flood and deaths.
Ah, I see, so you only travel on the private roads. Well, if you don’t mind the reduction in choice where to go…
I didn’t mention another thing the government you seem to hate so much gives you: Laws. You might think you would like to live in a Darwinian world without government laws, but I assure you, you wouldn’t think like that anymore when the bigger and/or better armed guy comes along.
But what am I discussing with you? Your points of view are so far of the real world that I don’t think any argument will ever change your mind. Maybe unforeseen incidents will some day if you have bad luck. Until then: Enjoy your life full of absolute certainty and easy answers!
NATURE and a HURRICANE caused the flooding! GEEZ. Get a CLUE. And they KNEW it was coming but refused to leave. Floods happen. Big deal. You seem to want to blame their lack of action on the government. Of course, it’s REALLY all the government’s fault. I’m sure some secret plot to wash the region clean of the filth was concocted, and the government thought that creating a hurricane would do that.
It doesn’t matter. When the NEXT one comes (and there will be more), the inhabitants will be just as stupid and sit there . . .
Laws are fine. I don’t have a problem with a FEW laws. Unfortunately, there’s no law against being stupid enough to sit in the path of a hurricane.
Well, maybe that IS a fortunate thing.
I will tell you that I wouldn’t mind a governmentless society where only the strong survive. It would be a much more polite world.
Yup, Hurricanes cause floods, dikes stop floods from destroying citys. Or not, if they are badly engineered.
So you do want some governement? Or who else should create and enforce a few laws?
Move to Somalia. They don’t have a functioning government. Paradise for you!
Cities can be rebuilt. GREAT stimulus funding project! LOL.
I don’t disagree with you about Somalia. I’m sure I’d do quite well, there.
As a native of hurricane alley, Been through 10+, I can say with 100% confidence that those people were idiots. And the civil authorities FAILED. Thats their job here in the US. The president signs bills into law, administors FEDERAL operations. Disaster preparedness is the responsibilty of civil and state governments. I participate in disaster relief of hurricanes EVERY year. Please stop propogating lies about the fed govts lack of response. Thats the medias job here. We don’t need any outside help.
Wizard is an example of the sad fact that about 95% of people actually posting on the internet are less than 16 years old and have no working knowledge of the world around them.
How is this 49 year old a sad example that about 95% of people actually posting on the internet are less than 16 years old and have no working knowledge of the world around them?
I don’t see you citing example. By the way, Samuel, when were you in the military, and what wars did you fight in? Or, what natural disasters did you go help victims in? Tell us a bit more about yourself, since you’re so worldly and all. . .
I’m waiting to see your photoblog from your stupendous conquest of Somalia. Til’ then, STFU.
you talk a lot of sh1t asking people in what wars they served… this is the internet. people make shit up. why even bother answering that
btw.
in survival of the fittest your old ass would be handed to you. grandpa
There is a quote I love. Its very cynical, but yet so true.
“People who think they are free make the best slaves.”
We as a people are enslaved by the media, which I believe to be slanted either liberally, or conservatively (FOX News) there truly is no such think as an unbiased opinion, sad to say. I do believe that Obama’s victory was in fact, a win for the media. Supporters of Obama have backed down after he won the election, and even tried to stop him. I don’t have any qualms about his presidency, and I wish him success, but I do believe that the majority of citizens are truly ‘under control’ for lack of a better term. George Washington warned of a two party system, and how it would bring the collapse of our country. As I have watched through the years, I have seen the political swing, get further and further apart, to the point that it is absurd as to how different the parties are, when we need a 3rd party to join the ranks. The problem is, the media is too focused on the 2 parties, and millions of dollars are spent on producing ads so as to get elected, that no mere citizen can run for president any longer.
If people are young people will say they are lacking knowledge, if people are old people will say they are senile/arrogant and stubborn.
Seriously the only thing I can say about people’s age is that using it to prove a point is foolish as age dictates very little in reference to a persons intelligence and awareness of the state of the world.
Judging people by age, racism sex or creed is a sign of a truly weak minded individual.
If you were religious, you would be wishing harm on another human being no matter what they said or did. And to think that whatever God you prayed to would answer a prayer like that shows how ignorate you are. You would pray for their soul.
Shouldn’t you be making fun of the racists rather than banging on about Obama and the Twin towers and America rules and everyone else sucks?
A shining result of no child left behind
“The thousands of American deaths came BEFORE the war (Remember, twin towers?).”
Um, remember the thousands of American soldiers that died IN the war? As well as the many thousands of Iraqis that died in the war as well? And, as Samuel said, it will take time to pull the soldiers out of the war.
As valid as some of your point may be, you have to realise that the Iraqi war that you are thinking of has been going on and off since the mid 90s, although i’m not an expert on this since i generally ignore any government made announcements because they usually tend to line other peoples pockets, remember the use of the word usually before you rape me with your replies. hehe
Though, I must say the Democrats didn’t do their best to counter Bush. If they would of put together a solid campaign against Bush, he would of been out in a heartbeat. However, a guy who preaches endangered species control and then orders an endangered species fish for his daughter’s wedding isn’t gonna do many favors for your chances, especially when he couldn’t even win his own state.
Pray tell, who do you mean by “…these are the people…”?
Black people in America? 95% of blacks voted for him.
Baller, Wizard, hoosierdaddy– YOU may be even more racist than THIS crazy racist guy! Holy Shit.
I’m hoping you’re not planning on reproducing!
BTW- the name ‘Hoosier’ didn’t even NEED to be in your name for me to know you are a southern redneck. 50 bucks says you fly a confederate flag too. Well do us all a favor and don’t ever come up North, cause with that mentality you’re bound to be shot.
~Northern WHITE girl
Oooh!
Look who’s being stereotypical by assuming that they live in the south.
A handful of people don’t think Obama is black Jesus and they MUST be rednecks from the south that run around with confederate flags.
It’s Black Jebus. Get it right or pay the price!
Not to mention the fact that last time i checked, Hoosier refers to Indiana… which is rather on the northern side of our country. Perhaps i’m just an ignorant hick myself, and should never leave my Chicagoland home… after all, a white male who doesn’t support Obama and realizes the political power wielded by incendiaries of all races is going to be shot for their opinion.
Additionally, 98% of the African American Population of our country voted for Obama, so it IS legitimate to say that these are the people who voted for Obama.
Finally, Northern WHITE Girl, I must encourage you to do two things. First, don’t piss of people smarter and more informed than you. it will not end well for you. Second, if you must make inflammatory comments about other people, at least have some sort of basis. Nothing any of these people has said is without basis. Anyone can be a political leader if they hold popular views and are willing to go on record. 98% of African Americans did vote for Obama, especially with his constant talk of racial equality, so it is reasonable to say that people like this voted for Obama. Yes, they were comments designed to inflame. They are right. You are not. Indiana is not southern. The confederate battle flag is in fact not a racist symbol. I live next to Chicago, hold a similar attitude towards unfounded and stupid comments, and realize that there is basis to many stereotypes. I haven’t been shot yet. The internet is a rocky place. If you’re going to spout off, do so intelligently if you wish for people to pay any attention.
~Old Pink
Nicely said.
Bravo!
How many white people voted for Bush. You’re the idiot. I found it ironic and even funny that you spent so much time criticizing someonelse’s argument rather than making a decent one yourself:
98% of African Americans voted for Obama?!? what?!? where did you get this statistic. I’m pretty sure 98% of ANY race didn’t even vote. Did you mean 98% of black voters? 98% of all Obama voters were black? Be clearer next time. Even if you meant that…your conclusion was to say that it is legitmate to say that these are the people who voted for Obama…even dumber! even if 100% of all black people voted for Obama there is a chance that the numbers are higher when you combine whites and other races, which would mean that those races voted Obama, not just blacks. At any rate..no race voted for Obama idiot..America, the country, the U.S. voted for Obama (take an elementary social studies class) it’s not about one race. Also, what’s with the fallacies: “98% of African Americans did vote for Obama, especially with his constant talk of racial equality, so it is reasonable to say that people like this voted for Obama.” any idiot with a college degree would laugh at this false cause. “realize that there is basis to many stereotypes”–again DO NOT say this in front of college educated graduates as they will shake their heads in shame at your ignorance. Even if there is a basis to a stereotype (usually there isn’t) NEVER use that basis to justify your opinion of others. Atleast you were right about one thing: The internet is a rocky place. If you’re going to spout off, do so intelligently if you wish for people to pay any attention.
What does Bush have to do with this?
Many white people voted for Kerry and Gore, but I am yet to know any black people who voted McCain.
I’m not sure if 98% is an accurate statistic, but it is believable.
They are probably all racists. If only they were easier to understand, like TV.
i believe (if i remember correctly) it was 53% the first time, 57 the 2nd time for bush. not that that is relevant at all.
it was between 96-98% of black people who voted, voted for Obama. This made perfect sense to everybody but you, tina, and ill bet many people knew it (i did) before he typed it.
i find it funny that you are so condesending, while being such an idiot.
stereotypes do more often than not have a basis in truth. dont presume to know what those of us who are educated would think if you cant think for yourself.
women… Always picking apart words, not arguments.
Where to start… maybe with old pink.
Fist let me note there is more than one confederate flag, but mainly there are actually three flags each of which has had changes to them mostly for the reason of the number of the states in the confederacy. the first of these flags is the “Stars and Bars” flag which was actually the “Confederate National Flag”. The Second flag was the “First Confederate Navy Jack” which very few are familiar with. The second flag was actually the precursor to the third flag that most people recognize and some still ignorantly fly today. The third flag is the confederate battle flag that was used as the confederate troops flag during battle. this is the flag people will often still use and claim as being a symbol of heritage.
It is pretty safe to say the confederate flag or to be more exact the confederate battle flag(since it is what is mainly used) is in fact a racist symbol because its whole purpose for existence was to symbolize the confederacy in a war over slavery of the African American population.
I have heard the argument saying it represents their heritage as a southerner and i ask this question. How does a war over slavery represent your heritage as this is the only thing the flag represents?
I see nothing that can be said that is positive about this the flag as a symbol. At least other certain horrible symbols can claim to have other origins that could be argued as a positive thing. one such symbol is the dreaded Nazi swastika which use has been outlawed in Germany except the Hindu form which is where the symbol was stolen from in the first place.
Since at least one positive thing can be said for such a horrible symbol such as the swastika and nothing good can be said for the confederate flag I can’t see how people claim it as a symbol of heritage and not just racism and hate.
I assume you may still may disagree with this even after my comments on the subject and I ask you other than just strictly your opinion why is it not a racists symbol?
TINA
Semantics..Semantics….Semantics
just because you don’t feel like validating old pinks argument specifically the statistics portion thereof does not make what he/she is saying false and i highly suspect you knew very well what old pink was indicating to when 98% was posted. Choosing to remain ignorant is by far worse that just being uneducated.
The fact is the percentage of African American votes for Obama far exceeded that of any other race as to why that is could be as I see it one of two things either the black community knows something every one fails to comprehend or race did play into the deciding factor.
I tend to think on this occasion the simplest answer is the correct one.
Making the assumption a college education dictates intelligence, knowledge, and worldliness is not a very wise choice.
You are correct about that people of with a sound intellectual mind (or as you put it college educated graduates) would shake their heads in regards stereotypes but not for claim to there being basis for them as that is often true but we shake our heads at the use of stereotype in most application as it make an unsound assumption about a group with variances that will many times vary from that stereotype.
I may agree to the actual posts by many people in here have the sound of ignorance but by far the posts including yours showing intolerance are much worse as ignorance show lack of knowledge but intolerance shows inability to grow both in many intellectual and social aspects.
By the way for the record as if it matters: I did vote for Obama but not because I support him but more so that I dislike McCain.
Yes, I am very much so a college educated graduate who also happens to be caucasian.
You’re views on the civil war need some help there, pal. First of all, the war was only partially about slavery. The confederates were actually in the process of giving up their slaves at the time. The only reason the civil war happened was Lincoln (who I do respect) realized that the United States could not survive without its agricultural side. Lincoln himself owned several slaves, as did multiple northen and border states. In fact, Maine or Maryland (I forget) was the last state to abolish slavery. So please don’t spout your prejudice that everyone from the south is a rascist idiot, and don’t think for a second that the confederate flag is a sign of slavery. Slavery would have died out within the next 5-10 years anyway, with or without the war.
The Confederate Battle Flag is a sign of heritage. Sometimes I think that the north is alot more overzealous about race than the south is. Personally, its a non-issue
And last but not least, it seems to me that Northerns are ALOT more rascist than 95% of people from the south. I live in Virginia, and upon visiting New Jersey, I was disgusted at the amount of prejudice.
Also, more African Americans these days tend to be rascist to white people than the other way around. And yes i guess its understandable, but if you’re gonna complain, direct you’re complaints at someone actively practicing rascism, not half of the country’s population…
Nough said, if you read it thanks, if you didn’t, well whaterver
New Jersey, huh? I was taught ( in a Connecticut school) that NJ was considered the “mid-Atlantic”. Yes, NJ is north of Virginia. it is not, however considered “northern”. And having lived in Virginia for most of my life, I consider both places to be of equal intolerance (the general public being considered).
I also wanna say that I believe race was a large factor, into both guilt-tripping caucasians and encouraging african-americans, which i can understand.
But to say that race was not a factor contradicts that white bed-spread I saw hanging over an overpass with VOTE BLACK POWER spraypainted on it
Yet your comment is proof positive that saying something unintelligently can be just as attention grabbing.
Well said
There’s something wrong with the Confederate Battle Flag?
–> Central Indiana, thank you very much. North enough for you?.
Get a sense of humor.
marion county?
Of course! Is there anywhere else?
Indy Represent!
Right on the east side . . .
Uh, hello, hoosier is the name for someone from Indiana… a NORTHERN state… dipsh!t.
A northern state that voted Obama, I might add.
Damn straight! OBAMA FTW! ! ! !
Obama for the win?? Guess you haven’t noticed how his presidency up to now has been quite a bit of fail.
No, I don’t think many people have noticed that. We’ve noticed how he’s cleaning up the epic fail of the previous president. Try not to be absurd.
Yeah, nothing like racking up 4x the debt that Bush did. Since when is the cure for spending waaaaaay to much money (which Bush did) spending even more?
So you’re saying Obama has racked up over 20,000 billion dollars of debt? Lolno
Try 1.8 trillion dollars in one year. That’s four times Bush’s highest deficit in one year, and over 50% Bush’s entire deficit over 8 years.
Wasn’t there a crisis caused by lax laws which were promoted by the Bush administration? No? Then you’re right.
The current debt is $11,672,781,741,023.09 and in words: eleven trillion, six hundred seventy-two billion, seven hundred eighty-one million, seven hundred forty-one thousand, twenty-three dollars and nine cents with our wonderful president and our wonderful stimulus package. Need I say more?
Then you haven’t watched the news. July was a very bad month for Obama.
I’m not clear on how stealing hard-earned money from Americans, and their children, and their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren is ‘cleaning up the epic fail of the previous president’.
Obama – because EVERYONE deserves what you’ve worked hard for . . .
im libertarian and im gonna say this at the risk of being called a racist, but let’s be honest. the only reason obama won was because hes black. if he was white and said all the same things he did, hilary would have won.
Agreed broski. Unfortunate, but true. NPR ran a survey through several primarily black communities. They asked if they liked Obama, while assigning him all of McCain’s views. The result was an overwhelming yes. They also asked about Obama’s VP, Sarah Palin (yes thats what i meant), and again there was a very positive opinion about it all. Obama could have been a third party candidate and still won tbh.
still won what? black voters or the presidency? if u mean blacks, democrats always vote around 90% for democrats so an huge majority for obama doesnt prove anything. and america is only 13% black. the election didnt hinge on them
Indiana isn’t in the south… self-righteous fail!
I’m sure others have pointed this out, but your name makes me think you’re racist “Northern WHITE Girl” come on.
2 late live 1 hour away from Canada don’t think I can get much farther north than that!!!! Have not been shot yet.
Funny… I live in the south and I see more confederate flags and skinheads with racist tattoos when I visit Michigan than I’ve ever seen living down here.
Brush the chip off your shoulder and realize that YOU are a part of the problem.
Hahaha I live in Michigan and yes, there are so many rednecks up here it’s like the douchebags from the South all decided to move up here at once. My dad lives in SC and he says there are more hillbillies up here than down where he lives. ><
Cool, are you guys starting the war again?? *hands confederate battle flag to hoosier and union flag to Northen WHITE girl* I’ll just get my popcorn and watch the entertainment
Is this seat next to you taken?
News to you “Northern White” Indiana is not a southern state.
I love when people try to argue that someone is stupid and then look just as idiotic when doing so.
Way to gooooooooo!
i didn’t know indiana was in the south.
Nothern WHITE Girl- YOU may be even more stupid than the crazy guy who was quoted! Holy Shit.
You’re a douche!
~Mother of Pearl
Fecking Win. This is the problem these days, people are so busy trying not to be racist they end up over thinking it and becoming racist in a different sense because of it.
Battlefield Earth was a shitty movie
ArthurEld
eivom yttihs a saw Htrae Dleifelttab
Htwoem.
and this ends…. now
Wow! Woh did uoy wonk?
Agreed
I’m TIRED OF THESE MOTHER F’N COMPUTERS ON THESE MOTHER F’N EARTH
lmao
sinners
All hail Stan!
I agree with the hail Satan too.
Oops just read that again but Stan/Satan same difference.
All hail santa?
All hail satin
All hail Atlanta!
All hail Atlantis!
All Hail Mantis!!
All Hail Man!
so true! im sure if computers were easier to use 50 cent and soulja(sp?) boy would be great at computers and would cure cancer or some crap like that!
Yeah it’s just like shoooting pool…..the white ball has to sink the black ball to win !!!
ahahahaha nice one
I bet I will dislike many comments that will be made.
Including this?
No.
How bout this?
*SQUEEZE!*
Ah, I see I’m not the first to try this tactic. Oh, how unoriginal of me!!
But you didn’t died, so no award copy of On the Origin of Squeezes.
Survival of the squeeziest.
Kraft® Macaroni and Squeeze.
The Squeeziest®
*squeeze*
*hands notes about Duroc and “PHOTOSHOPPED”-comment*
Ah, thank you my good man! I’ll add them to the log book!!
*squeeze*
Even this one, Arthur???
No.
*squeeze*
Arthur!! *squeeze!*
Hello beauty!
*squeeze*
Haven’t seen you for ages! How are you?
*Rummages around looking for Arthur shirt*
Fine, thanks. Was on vacation last week, hence no FB. Apart from that I had a great time!
*freezes without shirt*
*Takes pictures*
I was too, I popped in a bit, but was mostly away.
*covers nipples*
Where were you?
And thanks!
(BTW – “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.” Again.
)
I was visiting family in Louisiana and Mississippi. Did you get my reference to the Baltic Sea? Its a song, I added it to my page playlist.
Really? Which song is it?
The sound of silence, mayhaps?
Comment rescinded.
and whose fault is that?
Governementmediasocietyhumanity.
hm, sounds arthuritative
Well, I’m Elderly.
I just hope you never become stiffly arthuritic.
Or abuse your arthurity.
*stretches*
Alright so far, even though stiff happens every now and then…
Stiff? Do you need a carthurtic release?
*sneaky squeezes everyone above this thread*
.
HA!
Arthur’s.
Yup. It’s always Arthur’s fault.
*accepts guilt*
*smooches*
I’m with you. I seek safe harbour.
Comment blocked by the NAACP.
Lol.
Usually a good bet.
my computer, on the other hand, is PC
(pixelly correct)
Booooooooo.
Did you just boo Fuzz?
This cannot end well.
*scarpers*
I agree *scampers..off*
Why are you guys running? I wanna watch!
*hops on couch with huge bukkit of popcorn*
*hops onto couch next to fluffy*
.
*opens 2 Diet Cokes with Lime & hands one to fluffy*
Fuzz is feeling too pc-ful just now to get little Nick R.’s in a twist.
Oh darn. I was in the mood for blood.
I’ll have my popcorn without blood, thanks.
*plops down on couch even though there is no show*
Don’t you mean, “Blooooooooo-d”?
Did I strike a nerve? A vein perhaps?
What I like about the word “blood” is that you say it as tho your mouth is full of it.
* Drives up in Ferrari*
oh sorry wanted to get into this ** thing.
Typical
Radical
Lyrical.
Quizzical.
Inimical.
Satirical.
Poetical.
Exotical.
Romantical.
Ecstatical.
Paradisiacal.
Eternical.
Intensical.
Esoterical.
mirakurumi
Symmetrical
Biblical
economical
geometrical
Multiple! (Jinx!)
Quizzical.
Biblical.
Diabolical.
Comical.
Anatomical.
Socal.
lackadaisical.
Philosophical.
a number of these comments should be c-c-c-cull’d
C-c-c-combo breaker!!!
Plizzinomical
Testical.
That’s because Chinese people are cowards.
What about folks from the land of the yellow smiling sun, hm?
We are jaundiced, not cowardly. It is a slightly different shade of yellow.
Those folks are very happy.
Happier on Monday.
Even happier on Tuesday.
Wacky on Wednesday~!
Blue on Judy
Commando Thursday
woot! commando Thursday!
Tomorrow, abstract. Hang on for one more day, ‘k?
Yeah. Keep your pants on, abstract!
but, but, i already took them off and threw them in the pile…….
Every day is commando day. Heathens.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday… *repeat as needed*
You are a weekendist!
You misspelled industrious.
I’m sure in person you are a homosexual Frenchie.
Hypocrit.
That’s racist.
My daughter says that old people shouldn’t have computers. That’s not racism, though, it’s ageism.
Hey, wait a minute, I think she may have been referring to me….
*lower lip quivers*
No! Brewski!!!
*tries to telepathically communicate with Brewski*
.
Wha? No! Stop! Go away! I just bought that iPod, it’s mine! Give it back! Nooo! Not my smartphone too!
*sob!*
Did those nasty hobitses steal your precious?
Been meaning to say this, “Welcome aboard”!
Click on my name, in case you haven’t seen this yet. It has some useful stuff. Go to Gravatar.com to get an avatar.
Yes, The cruise on the Fail Boat is quite the experience indeed.
Make sure you give us your capsize! We’ll be handing out commemorative hats!
Mothafukin honkies makin diz computerz all complicatid. I’s find dey too hard.
Them white man is keeping us brothas down with their shift keys and their start buttons
They’re fixing this. The new design incorporates the following changes:
1) The F1 key has been replaced with an “axe fo’ hep” button.
2) Caps Lock has been replaced with “YELL”.
3) And the OS will come with ebonics recognition software.
I’m going to get slammed for laughing about this, but *LOL*… that was funny.
I say, don’t make computers easier to use, make them HARDER! I work customer service and tech support. Many, many customers refuse to read any instructions no matter how big you make the words or how easy you make the pictures to understand. Any color of people. Though I do notice certain US states tend to produce more idiots per capita, though I’m not saying which. No I’m not talking about Alabama. So make them harder, make them less user friendly, then maybe morons with more computing power than major universities had in the 80s won’t be using it to play solitaire.
Not me. I’m keeping dem black folk down with the ctrl key and the apartheid key.
As I was reading Rakim’s quote, it struck me that he may have meant that computers simply needed a remote control…
that way one can job search on the couch with a bag of corn chips and beer.
Does not compute?
hee … something in this picture just doesn’t add up
Not exactly healing the racial divide…
I thought computers were racist because they were made in white.
My PC is black and silver.
My PC is ebony and ivory.
That goes together in perfect harmony.
My keyboard is black. I think it’s a government conspiracy.
Mine too!
Mine has white letters, it’s an abomination!
That didn’t happen 20 years ago!
My keyboard’s letters glow blue. Not sure what that’s supposed to mean.
Mine is grey, best of both worlds?
My keyboard is black to, black like the government spy helicopters. You might be on to something.
My laptop is red, should we start blaming th Native Americans now too?
Yes everyone is a little bit racist, sadly this fail is proof that some people were baptized in it.
racism is only possible in the dominant majoriy, because racism is one a question of power and two a question of its abuse. people of a non dominant cultural majority can only be prejudiced. so no, not everyone is a little bit racist.
WRONG!!!
Everyone can be racist.
Blacks can be racist, have you ever watched Comedy Cantral? More socially accepted racism.
Mine is black. So neither I nor my computer is racist. But I like drag races, so I must be a drag racest. Damn…can’t win.
I have the whitest computer in the hood. it’s a white macbook o.O
i don’t want to be a racist T.T
Everyone’s a little bit racist.
if we all could just admit that we are racist a little bit…
Even though we all know that it’s wrong?
Everyone except me.
Don’t forget math, that is racist too and while we are at it, might as while include the science and grammar as well.
Tax declarations – racist! So racist that it’s anti-white, too!
jules, thanks for this. your quote brings me to mine. it’s not that white folk and chinese folk can operate computers better than black folk. it’s that black folk haven’t been, statistically, taught to use them.
computers are not too difficult to use, they are still simply too unfamiliar.
“Do not teach a black child mathematics and science. It will not need it.” —Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd, Minister of Bantu Affaires under Apartheid
Wait, so this guy is saying that black people are not as smart as whites and asians? Can you be racist against your own race?
My brother once saw a black nazi with a patch which said “I’m ashamed of my colour.” so yes you definately can
Oh dear.
to what can one attribute such a thing?
So all Asians are Chinese? How racist!
While playing a game called Taboo (give clues to get your team to guess a word without saying the list of taboo words) with my family, my father drew the word Chinese, and had to get my wife to guess that word. The only clue he said was “slant eyes”, and he said it over and over, louder and louder, getting very angry that my wife didn’t get it from that clue. Was that racist?
that’s the only thing he could think of? lol, that is racist, and uneducated.
It’s not racist if it describes a feature that EVERY Chinese has.
Taken from the Encyclopedia Dramatica article on racism, which almost certainly guarantees that it’s fake.
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Racist
What an idiot! He probably blaims everyone but himself for everything!
It was the white man that made me do crack and smoke weed! It was the white man that keeps me down even though I never went to school much and did not graduate because I like to smoke weed! The white man wants to keep me down because I smoke week. Put a brother in office and weed be legal, free, and I can get me a job working in community organizing!
Amen! Put the blaim where it belongs!
Aimin’! … wait … did I miss the pint?
*hands fuzz another pint*
Chears! Try this week, it’s smoakin’.
Yeh, I lik too smoake week to. Din do nuttn too me cep loose a job or too.
Ooh, and you even got “lose” wrong! Bonus points for you!!!
Good point brent!
So he is a crack addict and a weed smoker? How do you know?
BTW, whites actually made me smoke weed.
Did they put a gun to your head, and force you? *Wonders how hard it is to make Arthur do anything* Trust me, I’m white.
Me too…
Shocked! Shocked, I am! I can’t believe you two smoked an illegal substance!
*cough cough*
*giggles uncontrollably*
*uses Visine*
*stuffs face with Doritos and Twinkies*
*bangs down door*
FREEZE!!! FBI!!!
*freezes the FBI*
*waits for the perfect moment to serve it*
ROFL!!
Win
aah, the Fail Blog Instigators!
It’s the white man’s fault! The white man I see in the mirror.
The white guy in the mirror has had it in for me since day one.
*shakes fist at white guy in mirror*
But he’s so damn cute!
*smooch* hey Starfish…..FTW!
*smoocheroonies*
Good morning abstract.
hee hee goood mornin’
i iz lonelys.
Who’s to “blaim” for your inability to spell “blame?”
Arthur.
Yes.
Black people are the most racist people on the planet because they’re the only ones who can get away with it.
Is this the dumbest comment ever? Do we have a winner?
nope – it’s the truth
Ooo, and a runner up here!
*sigh*
*agrees with Arthur post at top of fail*
I could do without fails like this. For the obvious reason.
Nah, let’s wait til someone posts the satanic youtube video 20 times.
Nah, he has to be the dumbest comment ever for another half an hour for him to claim the prize… of… a shoe to the face.
I think I saw you on TV. You should practice throwing the next time. Missing twice… tsk.
*snork!* With a head that big to aim at, how did you manage to miss!
At least the ears! But no.
Well, I think the steady stream of hot air, and huge pile of bs had an effect.
Och! Now we see the violence inherent in the system! Come see the violence inherent in the system!! Help, help! I’m being repressed!
You saw it didn’t you!?
Getting closer…Awards will be withheld until all contributions are evaluated.
*Contributes vat of Roger Rabbit ‘dip’*
So true. If you say anything bad about someone who’s black you’re immediately a racist, but if someone says bad things about white people in general he’s just complaining.
I’m suddenly reminded of a certain Chris Rock sketch…
Nope, good point though. The ones who get away with it the most are the ones you don’t even realize are getting away with it. That’s how prejudiced works; it functions far better when it is commonly accepted and people don’t recognize it.
Now that you mention it, Brent, it HAS been awhile since I smoked any week. I blaim you.
Keyboards are hard to use… Keyboards are Brentist.
Where is Reggie White in all this? Oh, yeah, he’s dead…nevermind.
Hmmm, if only we could get a black guy as Presdint. Then all our troubles will be over…
racism cannot get fixed.
i’m very worried… did he died?
Does anyone else realize that blacks are more racists towards everyone else, especially whites, than anybody? However, blacks can have BET, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kwanzaa, the United Negro Fund, and their own colleges… BUT if whites were to have Robert E. Lee Day, a white entertainment channel, the “United White Fund”, or their own colleges – we’d be the racists ones? Hypocrites….
Yeah! I want a Adolf Hitler Day, the KKK should be legal and all those profits made during slavery should still be in the hands of the companies that… wait, forget about that.
You do realise there’s a very big difference between white people, and people who have discriminated or even enslaved black people, right? Even black people discriminated black people and enslaved black people in history.
Are you an US-American?
no, they spelled realise with an ‘s’…
Technically, the KKK is legal, just not their actions. I heard that they were into merchandice recently. :shocked:
Gah, smiley fail!
(got the slow down, you are posting too fast message.)
Actually, yeah, my friend told me about how a KKK store in the small town where she grew up was destroyed a few times. I guess the guy got sick of rebuilding after the third time or so, because it finally closed. She was disappointed because she always wanted to buy the KKK cuckoo clock he had on display. She’s black.
awesome … now I’ll always associate KKK with “Koo Koo Klocks”
Exactly. It’s just a shame no one can address the issue you describe without being labelled a racist.
Nathan the not-so-wise…
INDIVIDUALS are racist, and that’s it. DO NOT brand everybody of a race with anything! There are bigoted idiots everywhere, in all races, religions, and creeds.
Very true, but as a society it is rather obvious that outbursts by certain minorities are accepted even when they are genuinely racist. Such acceptance of racism isn’t universal, creating feelings of resentment in other groups.
Why society accepts this has always been beyond me. Racism is unacceptable in all it’s forms, in my opinion.
I can’t stand intolerance!
Kudos Kudos Kudos to Brewski and Shushnik, well spoken both. To shushnik I would say that plenty of people of all races (you included) DO NOT accept racism from minorities, so I’d say that’s on the right track.
I less than three you for that statement Erm.
Intolerist
there is no racism without POWER, only prejudice people.
prejudice+[(-use)power]=racism.
This is an important point. As soon as you say something about a group of people, you’re revealing prejudice.
The competition is getting stiff…
Many nuts for you.
Ain’t that the truth. Amazing how quickly they fall out of the trees when there is an Award.
just out of curiosity, what is your demographic?
Squirrel…Brown Squirrel with heterosexual tendencies…mostly…brown that is not the hetrosexual thingy.
ROFL!! ohhhh
Balloon reflections here. Rainbow colors.
Racism on their part is acceptable and that needs to change. If anything the strongest opposition to “reverse racism” should be leaders of the black community. It reflects poorly on their race as a whole, just as the most ignorant Klan member or Neo-Nazi reflects poorly on whites, but it seems we have condemned our racists while they have excused theirs.
Racism reflects poorly, but accurately, on mankind. Unfortunately.
Talk to the Han, honey.
A-ha-ha! You are as PRESUMPTUOUS as you are POOR and IRISH. Tarnish notte the majesty of my TOWER of HATS.
Huh?
Uh, ya ok there, Zurack?
Is there a movie reference here we’re not getting?
very true!
Assuming that everyone of a given race is racist is…well, racist (unless you think being racist is a good thing). On the other hand, if I were to start up the NAAWP, would I be a racist (no, don’t do the whole KKK thing, unless you want to compare them to the NAACP)? We need to get past all the crap and start valuing individuals for who they are and not what they are. Period. There are bad/evil/icky/stupid people of every ethnicity, religion, sex, orientation – whatever.
Bravo, bodo. Thank you.
No, that’s not racism, that’s called a stereotype. It’s only racism if you have negative feelings towards them because of it. Stereotypes are not necessarily racist…or inaccurate.
And yes, if you tried to start the NAAWP or WET (White Entertainment Television) you’d be ostracized from American society. Especially by those Caucasian people who secretly agreed with you.
racism n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
prejudice is the act of judging someone prior to meeting them, which more or less covers anyone who believes in stereotyping people.
I can do that too:
rac⋅ism
/ˈreɪsɪzəm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rey-siz-uhm] Show IPA
Use racism in a Sentence
–noun
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. Because they almost always have some element of truth. Some are harmful, some are not, and some are much more true than others. Racism involves hatred, that’s the difference.
My point is, saying something is true about a race in general, is not racism, it’s stereotyping.
I also notice you didn’t address the other part of my comment, which was the real point to begin with. I don’t think that point can be argued, though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a truism.
*steps on soapbox*
Majorities can have a tendency to oppress minorities. Hence it is often taboo to organize a majority-race organization, because it is too closely connected with the foresaid oppression, whether it be perceived or real.
I’m just sick of it. I don’t care what race, religion, or sexual orientation people have. I don’t care if my president is black, white, asian, aboriginal, gay, straight, transsexual, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, etc. None of that should have any influence on the ability to govern effectively and in the best interests of the people.
*steps off soapbox*
You have your own president? I want one too!
*pouts*
Well you can’t. Get over it. Sheesh.
*Appropriates Brewski soapbox*
Majorities do indeed have a tendency to oppress minorities. To this end, the majority has decided that it’s not allowed for the majority to oppress the minority.
Whether this represents oppression of the minority’s interest in allowing the majority top oppress the minority is an open question, and further study is warranted once we’ve voted to pass this bill that grants the DoJ with the authority to deal with the current majority-oppressing-minority scenario.
*Absconds with the soapbox while the audience is suitably confused.*
brewski, you a pseudo liberal. the bed wetting sort, huh?
“…involving the idea that one’s own race is superior…”
So, repeating myself, if racism is bad, assuming that everyone of a given ethnicity different than your own is racist means you believe your own race to be superior to them, at least in that respect. Is that a reasonable statement? Certainly everyone is prejudiced – that’s part of survival (as long as it’s experience-based). Who doesn’t judge someone else based on their appearance? And certainly there are cultural behaviors that one can anticipate, but you can’t assume them.
*places soapbox on ground and steps onto it*
*unleashes Herman (the chip on my shoulder)*
Here’s my two cents:
Main Entry: 2stereotype
Function: noun
Etymology: French stéréotype, from stéré- stere- + type
Date: 1817
1 : a plate cast from a printing surface
2 : something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially : a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment
Stereotypes most certainly do not “almost always have some element of truth.” If that were true then all blonde and Polish people would indeed be dumb as doornails, Irish people would be a bunch of drunks, etc. etc. (too many for me to go into). Stereotypes are harmful, racism is harmful. Saying otherwise shows lack of thought.
As far as the point about the NAAWP or WET, yes the originator of such groups would be ostracized in American society, and rightly so. I believe that racism in all forms needs to be abolished. Also sexism and ageism.
That is my two cents.
*reins in Herman*
*steps down from soapbox*
*claps* Hi Herman! Nice to meet you!
He doesn’t get out much anymore.
The most unfortunate thing in the whole “race” issue is that the ones pushing racism the hardest – because they make a very lucrative living at it – are the same people allegedly leading the fight against racism. See Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc…
I think Jesse is legit, but Mr. Sharpton, in my opinion, is like the bad televangelists who have, over the years, shifted from a genuine fervor into enjoying the power (and money) it has brought them. But that’s just my opinion.
numbers. deluge them with the numbers.
@bodo
But there’s a subtle difference in your contention and mine. *Assuming* that *all* members of a given race are , is indeed a racist attitude. However, to say that a given race is *generally* more racist than others, and not assuming that someone fits that description as soon as you meet them, is stereotyping.
@Brewski
Agreed on all points. However, I still contend that stereotyping is not inherently immoral or inaccurate. It just means that I believe that groups of people in general act in certain ways. I don’t see how anyone can even argue with that. People are grouped together by similarities. Of *COURSE* stereotypes exist and are usually accurate. This holds true whether the grouping is due to a belief system, a disease, experiences, or genetics.
@Lurk
“Stereotypes most certainly do not “almost always have some element of truth.” If that were true then all blonde and Polish people would indeed be dumb as doornails, Irish people would be a bunch of drunks, etc. etc. (too many for me to go into). Stereotypes are harmful, racism is harmful. Saying otherwise shows lack of thought.”
Untrue almost across the board. Stereotypes do not apply to all people of the given group. They apply to a significant number of that group. Also notice that I said “some element of truth”. Stereotypes, just like urban legends, can grow and deform over many years. Stereotypes are not inherently harmful. For example:
Most goths are Caucasian or Asian
Gang members are thugs
White people like mayo
Black people have rhythm
Black people have soul
Men like sex
Women are better at multitasking
Those are all stereotypes, none are in any way harmful, they all apply to a significant number of the group, not all, and I contend that they all have some element of truth.
“As far as the point about the NAAWP or WET, yes the originator of such groups would be ostracized in American society, and rightly so. I believe that racism in all forms needs to be abolished. Also sexism and ageism.”
And that’s where we can totally agree.
At the perceptual level, our brains are wired to create stereotypic models — “pattern” recognition makes perception in some ways more “efficient.” Such efficiency, however, runs the risk of losing detail and nuance.
Thankfully, we have a forebrain with the potential to NOT follow our more automatic mental habits.
Now, if we just used it more … before A., Zombie shows up.
*squeeze*
Thank you.
*gives TMI a cookie*
That’s almost exactly what I’ve been saying, unless I’m missing your point, though you put it much more concisely.
We, as humans, recognize those patterns because they *do* exist, and there’s nothing wrong with that as long as you have the forethought to give every individual a chance and not assume that the pattern applies to everyone.
except that in the wrong hands:
goths are banned from club soul train
thugs get stiff prison sentences instead of after school programs to keep them off the streets and out of the system
miracle whip decides non-whites have more buying power and chages the original flavor of their mayo
all music becomes rhythmless
govn’t decides the baptist and pentacostal churches of the south east are unconstitutional.
there is nothing that will stop men from having sex.
jobs are outsourced to males in other countries (that is a hard one)?
alot of stereotypes do have basis in truth. i have no way to tell you about blondes, but a simple search showed that Ireland has the Forth highest alcohol consumption in the world, behind uganda, luxemberg, and czech republic, more than 6 gallons of pure liquor by volume per person more than in the US.
but thats not a basis in truth huh? these things come from somewhere. people start them probably not with the best intentions, but if they didnt have any basis in truth, it would be much harder for them to pass from generation to generation as a stereotype.
So, on the last statement about “As far as the point about the NAAWP or WET, yes the originator of such groups would be ostracized in American society, and rightly so.”…does this mean that the NAACP and the Nego College Fund organizations should also be dismantled?
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
I wonder why they put that in?!
As far as the second part to your original comment goes; I don’t claim to know how a group of people or society will react, so can’t argue it with you.
You’re right I suppose, it could be accepted with open arms. I doubt it though.
but cultures are different and spawn from different areas of the world the same as ethnic groups do, this is why saying that it was the ethnicity that created the differences passed the smell test for so long. Globalization is handily doing away with the previous high correlation between race and cultural background. Superiority is in most cases a totally undefinable thing except to say that it is subjective. I would venture to define it at the cultural level though as the ability to achieve that which one desires, a measuring stick by which humanity are a bunch of sorry scew-ups in general.
I have a feeling that a station called WET would have a whole different demographic.
Is this where I shout “BOOBIES!”?
*pats bodo on the shoulder*
No, dear, it isn’t.
*hands bodo a cookie*
I’d yell just about anything for a cookie right now…
*puppy eyes*
But… they’re pretty!
If you put them back I’ll give you a cookie.
*hold cookie out to WIK*
gimme gimme gimme!!!!!!
Did someone shout BOOBIES and or Cookies?
*hopeful*
*dons HasMat suit*
*loads plate with cookies*
*places cookie plate on table*
*runs before feeding frenzy begins*
*passes boobie a boobie-shaped cookie*
But…but…I’m diabetic…oh well, I guess I can give it to the kids and watch them fight over it…thanks though!
Oh, and where is that I shout…
Gah!
.
“…is it that I…”
Only 2 situations:
1) You’re greeting Boobie Traps
2) You’re in a strip club
Oh, and here.
*hands bodo a sugar-free cookie*
Ya know, those still have carbs in them, but thanks! They’re still much better glycemic-index-wise. I’ll save it for after lunch and adjust my carb-intake accordingly.
I know, right? I’ve been joking about that for years.
Ostacized mostly because NAAWP and WET are really, REALLY bad names.
Because white people generally are on top of the social hierarchy and do not need special interest groups?
No, the only reason we can’t have a white entertainment station is because it would be called WET.
*insert awkward silence and dirty looks here*
GOD DAMN RIGHT!!!
Fortunately, my Troll Mallet knows no color. Looks like I’ll be getting good use out of it today
*swings mallet high overhead*…
Hey, that’s mine!
*snatches mallet from Edogg*
*puts mallet back in safe*
There.
doo dee doo dee dooo… oh, hey guys. I HAVE MALLETS FOR SALE OVER HERE!!!! MALLETS FOR SALE!!
Damn eighties! Oh wait, I thought you said mullet.
lol! no, but can I interest you in a troll smashing mallet? This mallet is guaranteed to smash trolls to smithereens and cannot be used on non-trolls. perfectly safe for every situation. BondFan, can you please give a demonstration?
I still have mine in safe-keeping. It’s getting pretty dusty, though. I’m out of practice.
I prefer rapier wit, thank you.
I like the ‘Heavy Armor’ approach…
I prefer the “don’t feed the trolls” approach. I’m kind of fond of the cake-in-the-breakroom, too.
Caaake!
Ooh, what kind?
I’m an Equal Opportunity Cake Eater. I’ll eat just about any kind of cake that you put in front of me. Which doesn’t mean that I’ll eat strange flavors like “tomato” or “mud.” Bleah.
*squeezes Bearly*
I wanted to say that the dragon on the game that you linked yesterday looks like Gaynorvader to me.
Does it come with dragon-foomed marshmallows?
Nooooo! Don’t FOOM the Moomin!
For the moment, I could use a mullet mallet, though…
Militant Mulletist?
Is *splat* a color?
Yes. Troll blood.
Isn’t that a show on HBO?
I really don’t know if I can do this fail. I just read all the other comments and am feeling kind of gross. There are a lot of racist people (trolls) coming out of the wood work here.
It happens every time a fail like this comes along. But there are the rest of us here, too.
*squeeze*
But this will go on for… well, ever, I guess. I bet it’ll be a 1000+ fail in a week (or sooner).
Have we gotten to the 1000+ barrier yet? I know we have at least been very close.
Actually, things have been a bit slow lately. Some of the regulars have gone missing, and some people are on vacation.
There was one 1000+ fail during my absence and at least one more (Hitler perfume). Dunno about the Audi fail…
And don’t forget the infamous AT&T $.002 fail. That had the most comments of any that I’d seen.
People are still commenting about the Carnivore Win one from time to time.
It’s been a while since someone tried to win a Kindle…
I believe Conspiracy Fail is the current leader with 1413 comments.
I resemble that remark! Well, I guess not now that I’m here…
Let’s see…
Czuhc is on a 3-week vacation
Mal is starting Law School
Aiki is a newlywed
There’s 3 accounted for. Where is everyone else?
Diana is otherwise engaged.
Mr Cuddles was blocked. WN had the big bad man come down on him. A lot of the ICHC gang has gone back to home base.
WolfgangMunzerl2
POB
Christopher
Ryannon
I just had to do work, honestly what is the world coming to when my failblog time is taken up by copy typing civil partnership documentation.
*squeezes all fail friends*
*skips off whistling*
What?! That’s downright uncivil of them!
*squeeze*
*squeeze* thanks!
yeah great… let’s dumb everything down even more.
♬ Völker hööört die Signale…♬
Another entry into the contest…
Snickerclicky.
Love the flag…are they Chinese?? (see previous fail, just in case)
I heard what you SED.
You get high marx for that one.
I’m Lenin towards agreement.
Communist on over and join the Party.
I’m Stalin til I make a decision.
Man, if we could only all sit around a smouldering fire in front of a mud hut, thwapping on a drum, then we would all be equal. Evil whitey be using that brain as a weapon and sheet.
Click on my name.
This is why there are no blacks on the internet
“ihoj” = International House of Jerks
Ignorance Has Overcome Jocularity
(I don’t know ihoj … but he/she may just be punning a meme … my linky is in moderation and may appear later below: )
ht tp://encyclopediadramatica.com/No_girls_on_the_internet
Impotent Hose of Jerks
As A black person, I am ashamed lol
as a person, so am I
Finally, someone has come up with a way to stick it to the Microsoft. I smell class action law suite against Microsoft for all our suffering. Now if I just figure out how to add myself to a minority group and cash in on some of the ill gotten loot.
Years ago, the Doonesbury comic character, Uncle Duke, got an appointment to be American ambassador to the People’s Republic of China — where of course one in every four human beings on our planet reside. He claimed to be perfectly suited for the position, because he was “good with minorities.”
Oh crap! He figured it out! Back to the racism design table.
Racism is like, sooo nineties! God!
Metrosexuality is the new racism?
Uh! What-ever!
*wipes off guyliner*
*takes off manzierre*
Yeah…hey…could you, uh, maybe put that back on? Thanks!
I was going to reply to this, but I’m busy shaving my stomach hair into a seven-pack, sorry.
I’m an equal opportunity racist. I hate everyone equally.
then your not racist dumb ass -.-
Then his not racist dumb ass what?
now THAT was funny. *golf clap*
B2F!
*smoochie-squeeze!*
Missed ya!
Hey Judy!
*squeeze*
B2th! You’ve been missed!
But our aim is improving. Just kidding.
*squeezes B2F*
GOODGAWDAMIGHTY – is it really you B2th?!?!?!?!
B2th!!!! Welcome back.
*squeeze*
Earth to moron…that’s why it’s funny, see? It’s a joke…
Sitting out until the next Fail is posted …
Actually — hangin out over at ICHC …
i think i’ll come visit, I’m sick of this evil
Not a bad idea.
*follows along behind abstract*
Then go vote for my LOLs (oh, and get offa my lawn while you’re at it, dagnabbit).
Don’t you be tellin’ me what to do!!
FINE! But could you still get off of my lawn? KTHXBAI
wow stupid ass he should go to elementry school
Your comment would perhaps be better if you could spell, punctuate and capitalize. But maybe not even then. So shhhh, kitty.
Elementary my dear Watson…
SilentWhiteTiger is not-so-silent?
He owns a Firefly cellphone for sure…
He must be talking about Macs.
Do they even eat apples?
wow, that almost made sense.
My guess is he had a issue pressing the little buttons with pictures on them taking an order at McDonald’s.
*snorkitysqueeze*
That’s why the Waffle House has pictures on their menus, so drunks and idiots can order.
Can’t say for drunken idiots…
What? Did someone just call for me? What? Hello? Why don’t they put the phone cord on the same end of the receiver every time? Who designificated this piece of crap anyhow?
This article is from The Onion.
Shh! Don’t tell them it was meant as a joke! Then it won’t be funny anymore.
Actually, an interface may be biased towards certain groups, because people have different frames of reference and such. When you design an interface you have to make it as all-encompassing as possible for the target user group, though often the interface ends up a result of designers’ views and concepts of things. This is of course not racist in any way, as the designers can’t turn themselves into different people, they are ultimately constrained by who they are.
Furthermore, computers are too complicated, inherently so because they are extremely multi-purpose. The more functionality you put into one machine, with its limited input methods, the more complicated it gets. If you instead have several single purpose machines with input methods adapted to their functionality, you’ll have an overall gain in usability.
For more information check out the article “Less is More (More or Less): Uncommon Sense and the Design of Computers” by Bill Buxton or the field of ubiquitous computing in general.
Clearly this Rakim person is paranoid about racism, but that doesn’t change that it’s a well known problem that computers are overcomplicated and therefore unusable by many people.
Your conclusion, after describing the complicated process of designing interaction software for a computer, is that computers are hard to use?!
TVs are easy to use, but complicated to make. I can’t understand how computers are any harder to use than a car, they just require some basic training. If anything, you have proven that computers are undercomplicated as you have pointed out that they are incredibly hard to create and yet they are usable by the majority of people willing to learn…
I suggest you read the article mentioned, since you failed to get the point. And these are not my personal conclusions, they are established conclusions within the HCI field.
billbuxton.com/LessIsMore.html
That guy is a fool. I know the article was written 8 years ago, but technology has done the exact opposite from what he predicted! More and more of the time we are using one device to perform many actions. What he’s suggesting is outrageous! That we should for some reason purchase multiple things to perform different tasks? That’s a step backwards Technology has been moving to integrate multiple things into one device. Mobile or cell phones being a case in point; they now have MP3 players, cameras, video recorders, internet browsers, etc all built in. Why in the world would the average user want specialist software? The only point in specialist software is to boost performance for professionals. People don’t buy the HD cameras used for modern movies, they buy camcorders. He seems to ignore the fact that there are specialist software (Photoshop, Word, etc.) and focuses on the fact that the general purpose software is what most people use. This is because most people don’t want to specialise on any one thing as computers are generally used on a casual basis outside of companies.
It’s not even about software… Again missing the point. Oh well, I’m done discussing.
The original topic was about software. And I discussed both hardware and software.
Of course you’re done discussing, you didn’t know enough about the subject matter walking into the discussion.
So much for trying to end a discussion in a respectful manner. Now I’m not just done with the discussion, I’m done with you, since neither are worth my time.
How is ignoring my points ending the discussion in a respectful manner? And I think you’re implying that I was insulting to you. If that’s the case I would just like to point out that all I meant by what I said was you had not presented any additional arguments to what the article you were presenting had in it, therefore I was left to assume you either didn’t have any knowledge beyond the article, or you agreed 100% with everything he said, something you made me doubt when you ignored my responses based on the article. (FYI “I’m done discussing” is an incredibly disrespectful way to end a conversation; you’re basically dismissing all my points out of hand)
I own calculaters that are more complicated to use then the average ‘computer’ application.
Just saying.
I own two (2) guitar amplifiers that are WAY more difficult to use than the average computer – basically they ARE computers, and they do everything. Line 6 Vetta II.
Which is why so many people bought them a few years ago when they first came out and traded them back in 2 weeks later when they couldn’t get any decent sounds out of them.
Six months after I got mine I’d tamed the beast, and I can get basically any guitar amp sound known to man out of it, and I mean ANY sound, including effects. All from one box. But the loosiers who wouldn’t/couldn’t spend the time to learn the technology just sold theirs and called it junk.
People are funny
I once found a stick that someone had dropped because they thought it looked stupid. I picked up and used it as a drum stick for my hand drum. It is not the people but their imaginations or limitations of patience.
I had to actually read the Owner’s Manual for some of the stuff my car can do. Not so with my laptop. I guess that means that a Chevy is more complex than a Dell, right?
That’s not a valid comparison as your laptop manual doesn’t cover every piece of software you will ever use, and therefore all functionality you will attempt to access.
I have strong opinions about user-interface design. Most companies do a very poor job of it. Apple is a rare exception. Engineers should not be allowed to design user interfaces.
The two Steves* went to my high school (they were gone before I got there in 1974); I live in Cupertino. I had a copy of the original Apple HIG manual (I don’t know where it is – if I lost it or gave it away or what). I am frequently appalled at the design of websites. What are they teaching these days?
*Wozniak and Jobs – Jobs was in my sister-in-law’s class.
Things should not take six months to learn how to use. That people blame themselves/others for lacking the knowledge or patience to use things is more an indicator of how well people adapt to conditions which are essentially wrong, rather than blaming those conditions.
We don’t all have the same abilities (and I’m talking about individuals, not any given group). For one person learning something might take a week; for the next person a month, for the next six months. Having said that, I was fascinated to find that (from the Apple book) during testing, they would have someone use the software and simply observe and take notes without helping at all. When they were done they would ask them why they did this or that in what order etc. and adjust things accordingly.
Helping would defeat the point of the test. The goal is to find how users reason, not have them complete the task as fast as possible.
You need to know how your users reason to know how to design an interface that’s intuitive for those users.
Rezackly.
He’s black!
Excuse me, I did not see you at the reunion and would appreciate it if you did not sully
ourmy family’s good name.*looks remarkably askance at the lower case starfish*
*raises eyebrow*
*shakes head*
WN!!!
*squeeze*
Did somebody say there was a Starfish family reunion?
*squeezes*
Starski!!! Put on your nametag and get some food, wall to wall shellfish.
I’m going to a Lurk family reunion this weekend. Does that count?
*looks hopeful*
Ooh. Shellfish! Can I come?
bizzle my shizzle mizzle azzle! yeahhhhhhh boyyyyyyyy
Is he serious? Seems like a joke.
If not, it is quite obvious how he gets along in life. If something is difficult, blame someone else. Like the whites and Chinese. *rolleyes*
retardation win?
Steve Urkel?????????
And i will bet you my life’s savings, my house, my dog and my wife that he voted for Obama.
Time for a change?
What a complete idiot. He just dissed his own race. He just needs to shut up, right now.
Really? I totally missed that when I read it. Wow, shower us with your insight.
Basically he said:
TV = easy to use, therefore fair, Computer = hard to use, therefore racist. Good job = need to use computer, which implies you must be smart enough to use the computer. He finalizes the conclusion that the “[black] community” is inherently disadvantaged in accomplishing harder tasks that are inherently done by other races. In laymans terms, he just said his race was incapable of keeping up with other races, and blames them for going too fast.
Sorry for the logic flow chart
It is pretty obvious he is saying blacks are too stupid to figure out how to use computers.
After careful deliberation, the panel of judges has determined the winner of this Fail’s Dumbist comment goes to….
Ouch. Where’d all this mean come from?
I dunno – some fails just bring out the worst in people — the comment threads here have not even branched out into “off topic” goofiness like they usually do. Too bad this is probably the fail for most of the day — well, back to ICHC … (was hoping for a new fail… is disappointed)
I believe we’ll have one in… 45 seconds.
YEA!!!!
*facepalms, sighs*
Why? Who the hell let him be interviewed in the first place?!
Doh!! Wait, that would be this Fail’s Leased Intelligent comment goes to…
Ahh nevermind. Can’t we all just get along??
Of course we can’t, silly squirrel thing. When we would have nobody to mock and ostracize we cease to exist.
I think we can probably say he definitely does not take responsibility for his own actions. Today and definitely in the future, computers are going to be a large part (and possibly larger) of society. If you want any kind of job at all, even a store clerk, you will need to know how to run a computer. It is just the way things are going. So if you don’t know how then go find help!
Being black I totally resent that lol sad thing is people really think that way.
It is a far worse example then the norm though.
Probably got locked out from surfing pr0n at work. That’s oppression!
If you learn to read in school instead of grabbing your crotch and jumping around like aborigines to 100 decibel sound you might be able to get ahead…
*sniff*
*sniifffff*
Does anyone else smell troll? Anyone? No? Oooh, is that a mallet?
This guy is stupidity personified!
Silly black guy, silly
what an idiot. Glad he knows he is dumb
HAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAha
HAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAha
I cant stop, this is epic, HAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAha
Well that’s weird, I come in to say that this guy looks like Dave Chapelle and there’s already some other Nash here…
So, do I have to cut your head off with a sword or something now?
ya’ll white people don’t understand. I agree with this and think there is nothing FAIL or funny about it! PCs should be made for all people, not just white folks. They need to be simple and easy to use. What’s so funny about that?
Sorry, guess we white people assume that all races are equally capable of doing things. Guess that shows how racist we really are.
WIN for R
ya’ll just racist.
try a mac
MLK would be proud
His using his race as an excuse for being a moron is one of the most racist things I’ve ever seen. He deserves a nice punch to the face.
Is this actually real… or just the reporter being a prick (or satirical) and wondering if noone will notice if when slip something like this into an article.
You see this all the time on Fox news (and in other right leaning media). A journalist or technican slips in something absurd knowing more than likely the idealogues in the editorial staff will wave it through.
No, sir… you fail. ALL media does that. Not just “right leaning media”.
It’s pretty funny how this non partisan joke of idiocy and misunderstanding of what “racism” means has on THREE occasions caused attacks on republicans/Right leaning politics.
Guys – not everybody agrees with you. Disagreement is the foundation of our political system – there is no “good guy” or “bad guy.” Without debate we have a one sided overbearing controlling government. We disagree, and it’s a GOOD THING that we do. GET OVER IT.
Or it could just be the Onion… I know a troll when I see one
FFS… it would go a long ways to put an end to racism if people of the different races in question would stop fulfilling their racist prophecies. If you want to be known as something other than stupid… STOP BEING IT.
Remember ignorance is fleeting but stupid is forever.
Sqwirk, yoiu obviously don’t know news, Fox reports news, the other left leaning networks only show their liberal views!
Well, that’s why they invented books like Computers for Dummies, or Microsoft Windows for Dummies, you know bro?
amen
The goal of interaction design should always be to make accessing functionality so easy that one would never need a manual. While there will always be a few people who will need a manual, that “for Dummies ” books, which are essentially manuals, are sold in larger volumes, just shows how complex the computer is.
You need to settle down with your mistrust of the fairly simple to use computer. Need a word document, double click the word processor of choice… Notepad, easy…. sigh you make it seem as though computers are the most complex thing out there. Yet there are so many posters on the internet here having no trouble at all, yourself included, how did you figure out how to post here, let alone, turn on this complex machine?
My personal ability to use the computer is rather irrelevant to the HCI field. And well, anyone here could claim it’s easy, but you’re here, so you’re not exactly the right people to ask.
Computers are still complicated, I can understand this in an intellectual level even though I find them simple to use and at times get annoyed with people who can’t figure out how to do stuff for themselves.
IMHO. Computer is just a tool. It is whatever you do with it can be complicated or simple. If you just want to play games, or read blogs – there is nothing complicated about it. But if you want to write a program, which simulates the flow of particles in four dimensional space… you get the point.
You need to know how to do it in real life before you simulate it. But most programming is logical.
That follows for all technology though. I bet you I can find people who can’t operate a phone correctly. They might claim it is too complex and prefer face to face conversations.
Yes, but a phone is a single purpose tool, whereas a computer is a multi-purpose tool. You do a lot of different things using the same input methods. This makes it more complicated. Task-specific input methods are easier to use. Several specialized tools are better than jack of all trades ones. You don’t cook and eat with a Swiss army knife, right?
Consoles also suffer from complexity, by having lots of different games you play with the same controller. An improvement is the Guitar Hero guitar controller, which is an example of task-specific input. I certainly wouldn’t play Guitar Hero using a regular console controller.
While there are always people who will have trouble with technology, the tasks one today accomplishes using a computer could be made significantly easier if one instead used several different specialized tools.
I’d say the biggest obstacle to moving away from the personal computer which has been in an interaction standstill since the 80′s, is the lack of ideas. People accept the computer the way it is and don’t consider alternatives.
The phone is no longer a single purpose tool, at least not cell/mobile ones. You realise that the swiss army knife wasn’t made for household use? It was made for camping/military use, and in that situation, yes I do cook and eat with it.
You’re not trying to argue that consoles should have different controllers for each game are you? Because that’s just ridiculous.
Specialised tools don’t always make things easier…
Interaction with computers has changed over the years, just not much because whenever someone tries to change it, they fail as people are used to the interface they have now. Interfaces evolve rather than suddenly change. The general interface has actually been the same since the 60s or 70s, but that’s not the point. Browsers have changed radically in the last ten years. Laptops went through several alternatives to mice before more or less settling on the touch pad. Interaction is looking to change with the coming of touch screen PCs, but it might not work as people might not like the idea. Cost is also an important factor in computer design, we could have a fully-immersive 3D interaction environment with today’s technology, but it would cost too much to be marketable.
Deportation fail.
Oh my, what’s next?
Calling suicide bombers racist?
Fail.
I know this guys, he’s a republican!
Eh…Obama is a Democrat.
maybe if the keyboard was written in ebonics.. (runs and hides)
Stuff like this is soooo annoying
People always claim stuff is racist, because they know they can get money for it or get out of something. When my grandpa owned a business, he fired a guy for not doing his job, but the guy sued and claimed he got fired because he was Puerto Rican.
And Julia Z- I hope you’re kidding. All of the Republicans I know are the least racist people ever. And if I am correct, wasn’t Obama[A Democrat/Socialist] the one who claimed we were “typical white people”?
he’s right it took me two hours just to come to this website
This FAIL is a brilliant piece of parody…an awesome portrait of “victim” mentality, which is certainly NOT limited to any race (or gender, or insertyouridentitygrouphere). “Whatever my personal failure, it can’t possibly be my own fault. It has to be that there’s somebody out to get me…because I’m uniformly wonderful.” It reminds me of the commercial that brightly says “Get the credit rating you deserve!” when it’s almost certainly true that you already DO have the credit rating you deserve!
Mebbe da blak man would haf uh bedda chans if mikrosoft winduhhs be writn n ebonics yo.
How racist of him
Yeah, you dimwits aren’t smart enough to see that this is a hoax, a parody, and since you think its real, belie yourselves to be racists as you ridicule this fake character who is ridiculing you. Sweet. Ya’ll are a bunch of miserable fails.
Sir, I admit I am dumb, retarded, brain dead, a moron, and I bathed my brain in sulfuric acid several times.
Now would you please care to explain to me why you think it’s a fake? Have pity for a disabled person.
Just curious, are you black?
I doubt it, since he’s using a computer… duh!
Actually this character, whether or real or not, represents a real segment of the population who have been taught all their lives not to work productively towards improving themselves, but to instead blame others (namely white men) for their failures, which is both pathetic and racist. What is more frightening is that their vote counts just like yours, and there is no shortage of politicians who are happy to make careers of obliging the “injustice”.
Of course they’ve “have been taught all their lives not to work productively towards improving themselves, but to instead blame others.”
It’s quite the industry. Most people refer to it as “community organizing”. Many politicians get their start there.
in southern California?
Sure. Or in eastern North Carolina, central Texas, etc.
Again, quite the industry.
He’s just fighting fire with fire. So what? Haha.
This guy is obviously stupid. If he wasn’t he would have heard of this:
http://www.plasmicsloth.com/gallery2/d/225-1/Word.jpg
I just laughed like for half and hour looking at this,
how stupid can you be not to be able to run a computer?
I’d understand if he was using vista
but if it was XP
thats kind of sad
Look like something from The Onion to me.
Lol!
Same here…
well, the only thing left is to drag this story through CNN and FOX for 3 days. Then, have Obama invite this guy and Bill Gates for a beer in the white house. Problem solved.
Rakim’s problem isn’t that he’s black, it’s just that he’s too lazy to study and concentrate well enough to learn how to use a computer. Lots of people who aren’t black have the same problem.
Hey I thought only disagreeing with far lefties was racism!
I just thought it was because they didn’t capitalize White.
Don’t worry, you are correct. Disagreeing with liberals is exactly what racism is.
Well, he’s right! Black people are too dumb to use computers, everyone knows that. Wise man…
lol computers are build by racists.
that’s also why we built the mac – easy to use and we just sell it to whites. every person who orders one will be approved of his white-ism.
I think the folks that say Macs are easier to use have never actually attempted to use a Mac.
Believe it or not, such theories are very common in under-developed countries, especially in the muslim countries where people believe in some conspiracy theory that jews are behind evertyhing.
Wait… they’re not?
They are.
Then when you walk past they jump out and go ‘boogaboogabooga’ and scare the willies out of you.
Muslim countries are not under-developed. It’s just that they cover up so much there. In fact, they have some pretty big jugs over there. I mean, obviously if we’re talking about an adolescent girl, she’s probably not as developed. But for an adult woman, if you were to take accurate measurements of a significant representation of a cross section of the female population, they’re just as developed as anyone else on average.
We are talking about breast size right? I mean that’s what’s important, right?
Plenty of stupid people use computers, just read the comments on here to see that. I guess he’s right though, most of them do appear to be white. This guy is living proof that all stereotypes are based on reality.
I don’t think most of the comments on here are actually real. Probably a lot of them are photoshopped.
Computers are NOT RACIST!!! They use Windows, Mac and Linux.
It is a pity that no one is willing to pick up a manual and learn the basic operations of a machine that is in almost every business, and a lot of homes. I bought a brand new laptop with Vista this past winter. I had not had the pleasures of Vista prior to this as all we have are XP machines until this laptop. Within a week, I had all my basics figured out and was on to the harder stuff. Now, my husband and one of his friends did “optimize” in other words get rid of the bundled software, but they said even that wasn’t terribly hard.
I will happily admit to being a southern white, but I cannot see where the color of anyone’s skin affects their ability to use any sort of technology. The only barriers I see to basic technology use are self-inflicted: i.e. a lack of interest in learning. Can I program or code? No. If I really wanted to learn, could I? Yes. It’s called find a friend who is good at it and ask. It’s called take a class at the local community college.
I have now used both Windows and Linux and do well enough to get by on my own. And maybe it’s just me, but when I get stumped I call and ask someone I know to help or I pick up a book and try to find an answer. It makes me mad that someone is so self-absorbed as to accuse an INANIMATE object of being racist. Sorry for the rant.
This made my head hurt. I really hope it’s not true.
May I introduce….The next candidate for the Darwin Awards!
I feel slightly guilty for agreeing with this, but I do anyway.
serisle. how can that b rasist?
This really, really looks like it was taken from The Onion.
Someone else commented that it was, in fact, taken from the Onion.
lol self owened
This makes me think, though.. because everyone’s so worried about racism towards blacks and such, but nobody cares that it’s being directed towards white people just as much. Why doesn’t anyone stick up for us too?
Wow! Another new thing to blame the White people for! At least this was original! LOL!
Why is we complaining? When we first imported the slaves from Afrika they worked just fine. When we tried to UPGRADE we ran into slow, stalled, and/or corrupt operating systems. I’ve never owned an original African but I have dealt with several “hand me downs.” They simply won’t work. It’s just best to stick with Asian or Caucasian.
Too much change. They need to find something that works, and just stick with it.
You guys are pretty f*cking racist, man.
“Find something that works, and just stick with it.”
Africans=people, not a ‘thing’
Don’t assume all black people lazy a$$es that try to be soulja boy. I know many intelligent blacks.
I don’t mind the ocasional stereotype jokes, but this is way too far.
Of course computers are racist. The hard drive is master/slave.
heck, im chinese, and i think even TV’s are too hard to operate.
It took me forever to figure out you cant just turn the TV on by pressing the power button, u actually have to plug it into the power outlet before ur able to turn it on.
I feel your pain. If only they would make TV’s easier to operate. Damn racists…
The race card is to minorities as boobs are to women. Just whip it out whenever you need it.
Computers should be only for
weed high guys only.
I usually just check out the fail pics and ignore the chat… but this one was bound to get some peeps all worked up! BTW it’s nice to see some hoosier love XD
so, if I like Macs and not PCs, what does that say about me
Probably you’re a racist. Mac’s are white.
reminds me of this
Well… if we make computers for black people only…. ‘the easy ones to use’ then wouldn’t that be racism as well?
“Dell, it’s so easy to use even a black man can do it.”
Please tell me this is someone’s stupid joke, like a racist Onion knockoff.
People can’t be this stupid. I refuse to believe it.
I had a look through The Onion thinking the same thing, found nothing. The Onion is racist anyway because its too hard.
Lol, this entire thread was interesting to read! Very humerous! Check me out on face book if you want to chat funny people!
(Zachary Rodriguez, the one spuing out japanese phrases)
Yeah! And why can’t the racists make medicine easy like TV too? I know how babby is formed, I should have a good job as a surgeon!!
See, regardless of whether this guy himself is racist or not, its always in the Comments section where you find the huge population of racists on the internet. I never knew how many cultural ignorant fools were on the internet until I started really reading the comments sections. I guess it makes since though, cause these people don’t get out of their house to actually social
Hahahaha, this guy is just a fail. He’s making things worse for himself, let alone discrediting his own ethnic background. What he really should have said is “See, computers are oppressing us poor folk who are too retarded and in-love with beer to get off our azzes and get an educations/career”.
Did he diatribe?
I’m surprised you didn’t ask “Did he dialate?” when I gave birth!
*squeeze*
IIRC, I was too busy fainting.
*squeeze* back atcha.
If he thinks computers are hard to use now, I’d hate to see him have a go at using one 20 years ago.
The Obama computer is need ASAP!!
While the goal of interaction design is to make a computer usable to everyone, programming a universal interface that allows for everyone with every level of education is simply impossible. Also, writing a program is not as simple as, this is how it wanted to work, and it magically works. Computers work with mathematical calculations and if/then statements. They are designed to be useful, to create an interface that is easy for everyone to use, without any practice would create a very significant loss of functionality. Simply because some people need to be carried step by step, and others dont. If people have to use an interface that carries them step by step when they can predict what to do next without help, they will get frustrated by the simplicity of the software.
Productivity for complicated software would also decrease significantly, and time would be wasted. A computer is as intuitive as it can be, considering it is designed for the masses. Bottom line is that people are not the same, some are better at some things than others, While it has nothing to do with race. it does have to do with genetic predisposition and upbringing. Like everything else in life, using a computer is based on a learning experience, And learning anything takes effort. IF people are not willing to put forth the time, then they cant really expect the same results and the same abilities as the people who are putting forth the time.
You have a good heart and a good motivation in explaining so sincerely the mechanics of computer vs. social interaction and societal functionality theory, but you have earned the “Mr. Obvious FAIL”. The only argument worthy of discussion is why anyone feels the need to defend this person. Call him what you will (and I have a few possible options), but this guy cannot function in normal society because he hasn’t tried hard enough…. Oh, and some ideas for what to call him…. Societal retarded, societal handicap, mentally handicapped American, Jesse Jacksonist. You can probably think of many more… go for it.
Whoa whoa whoa dude, don’t feel ashame of yourself!
Obama IS president! Power is IN the people!
We beat the Texans, thank god for computers and the internet!
Those old farts don’t understand the net, like, pipes? WTF?
Dude, Obama’s birth certificate could’ve been fake (they’re investigating it) and if it is, he’s gonna be impeached.
So, where is your power…now?
Not to stereotype “the community” but………………………………
i’m not sure how nobody brought this up yet – TVs were invented and made by whites as well.
i think this website is racist cause the background is white and there’s more of it than black text. conclusion: failblog hates it when black text tries to get ahead.
This comment thread full or idiots. Idiocy does not discriminate between white or black, conservative or liberal. This place illustrates that more than anything else I’ve ever seen.
Please try to thing for yourselves people.
…or use right English or spell think right.
Score one for the bad guys!
I love how “the community” is the black person’s code word for “BLACK PEOPLE in the community.” Seems obvious and pretty selfish to me. Just an observation.
To be fair, it’s probably his community (as opposed to, say, the rest of the US). However, he does win the “douche” award, since I’m willing to bet that there’s Caucasians, Latinos, and maybe a few of those dastardly Chinese living in his neighborhood.
What is he talking about, computers are easy to use. I mean, who can’t use a computer? Their made to be easy to use, I can’t see why anyone could complain; I’ve seen 3 year old children use it proficiently. In short, quit whining since there’s nothing to whine about.
Sorry. Negro brains are not the same as Caucasian or Asian. Asian brains are more complex than Caucasian. Face up to it and stop whining. ALL men are NOT created equal. If there’s something that radical going on on the OUTSIDE then there must be something EQUALLY radical going on on the INSIDE!. GET IT!!??
So basically this guy is too stupid to use a computer (and probably turn a doorknob without help) so he insists that ALL black people aren’t smart enough to use computers and that it’s allt he fault of the evil whites and Chinese. Someone get him a foil hat.
The sad thing is this sad-sack probably voted in the last election. (Obama natch)
I’m sorry I’m not used to see this degree of ignorance. I think the subliminal message is “Let’s all just become retards and make things more easy, or otherwise be racist”.
Most of Black (Gangsters), Arab and others are hackers. So WTF !
I like to think stupidity crosses all racial barriers.
Wow… how sad is it that someone’s effectively being racist against his own kind by claiming that something is racist?
He’s right, let’s go back to DOS days when computers were simple to use. Windows is just too hard, you turn it on and it actually works…so stressful.
Ignorance crosses all party lines, democrat, republican, libertarian, green, whatever. Politics really don’t play a part in someone’s ignorance, stupidity, and racism. There are plenty of black republicans, a ton of white racist democrats, and everything in between. This guy’s ignorance only shows that yes, there are a lot of racist blacks out there. Many more than the black community would ever care to admit. At the same time, it shows that we as a society have a very long way to go in breaking down these useless barriers. As long as people like him exist and spread around this type of crap, white, black, asian and so forth, we as a society will never be able to move past it. And let’s face it, we need to move past it. We bleed the same blood, breathe the same air, one little pigmentation gene or eye-shape gene shouldn’t matter. Call me altruistic, call me a dreamer, but I dare you to tell me that I’m wrong.
You are just so right
This guy is a good student of Lib idiology. He would fit right in with Obama’s old church too.
get a mac!
This is just a good smile for my monday! The use of “the community”, oh lord thank you for the Internet
… is the rest of you making “reverse racism” and political party jokes on both sides. This is a stupid individual who happens to be black, misinterpreting his own ignorance for other’s racism. The idea that there is any political party or racial group who would support his perspective is almost equally idiotic.
Submitter: This is from the Onion, dummy.
“Everybody’s a racist, except for me, cause I’m black!”
is he $%##@ serious??
Thats one stupid Ni**a!
theese are the people who fuel my desire to become a dictator. I CANNOT STAND IT when stupid people think they are EVER right.
It’s always the “whities” faults.
holy shit who’s racist now
Damn back to the drawing board, he found us out! Just when we thought us white and chineese people were getting ahead our plot has been discovered, Bravo Rakim of Oakland, Bravo
Why couldn’t this be just about some really stupid guy, making a really stupid comment?
This guys is stupid, stupid, stupid and does NOT SPEAK FOR ALL of Black America!
He is just some idiot who was unfortunately allowed to make a fool of himself in print.
Enough said! This happens everyday and in every race.
NOTE: I am an African American who voted for Bush I , Bush II twice, Obama—only after the Palin selection, otherwise I would have voted for McCain. If you must know…
My take on all of this: Republicans are evil, Obama’s great, The Guy in the picture only wants attention, and all of you are hopelessly stupid!
You know that Republicans and Democrats are the ying and yang of fail lately. Really, you feed off the hard-headedness of the right and mix it with the utter retardation of the left, and you get such a wonderful mix. And Obama is not really that great, and will never live up to his hype. He could be a solid president, but still fail, because people expect too much from him. He promised stuff that can never happen in such a short span, and is now concentrating a lot of energy on stuff that shouldn’t be the main focus right now. USA is in a depression, why focus on gay marriage?
Anyways, that’s my lil rant for today.
Milk was a bad choice.
Homeboy used to ask me for help with his computer. I installed linux. Then he popped a cap in my ass and doesn’t call me anymore. Long Live Linux.
“he was probably using a microsoft. He need to use an Apple software therefore it would be much easier for him. Microsoft for engineers. Apple is for illiterates and people who like shiny things and doesn’t make any contribute to society. Thats why NASA and government uses Microsoft” -Conservative4Life
Whoa….a FAIL within a FAIL!
…..trippy….
Didn’t anyone tell him? He has to install C*** 3.0 to Windows, or N****Please 3.5 for the MAC. His ” black ” computer probably takes a year to boot up / shut down when prompted. He’s so stupid. Tell me it’s fantasy. Way to represent the race, Amos. You just keep turnin’ back dat’ clock, ” ya’ hear ? “
actually, while this guy appears to be a moron, even knowing how to use a computer doesn’t mean you don’t spend a lot of time screaming at it. My laptop (PC) drives me @#%& crazy most of the time. Going to try a Mac next and see if it’s any better…but like earlier poster, I hope this is an Onion piece, otherwise it’s just sad…
I’d advise trying Linux. It’s a fantastic OS and it’s free! Plus it’ll work on your PC.
he needs scientology
political and religious comments on this fail blog
FAIL BLOG FORUM FAIL
I have a much easier time doing complex things on my computer than just taping a damn episode of One Tree Hill on my TV
wow
stupid racist black
GET OUT OF MY RACE
wow…just one reasone why black people annoy me
You may never Master a Broom because it is smarter than You and made by Blind People!!
Oh My God And F–k. I guess I must be white or chinese then, because I study computer science in a non-english speaking country. I always suspected I was kidnapped and tattooed this color as a baby. And the other black and odd-coloured students from the other parts of the globe studying doctorate maths and engineering can only be aliens masquerading as non-whites/non-chinese. It also explains why no one sent me a ballot for his unanimous election to spokesman for all non-whites/non-chinese. What a relief!
Please don’t drink and go searching for a mate. You might find one and have to admit someone like this guy is your child.
Yes- Hooray for Linux!
And I looked for this in the Onion, and googled for it, and have failed to find any hints it isn’t real… Help!
Damn… he lives up to the stereotypes, and I’m so sorry that he gives people such a bad name. Wow
Because of this fail, I am starting to turn into a racist.
this is y black people suck.
and that is y you suck.
What are you doing over Here LOL. Get back to the pool table fail LOL.
Well he for sure WON’T get ahead! lol
That has got to be some of the stupidest shit I have ever heard. I can tell the education in this country has really paid off. That man is about as stupid as they come.
Arthur Eld: Go take a brain pill moron. This is supposed to be funny not political you losers. Get a life. Jeez half of you are probably living in ur mothers basement. Holy Crap.
You should try taking your own advice!
Relax kiddies. This guy made it on the FAIL website. That means he is an idiot. He and others that share views like him are in the minority. They make it big on sites like this but not in the real world because they are known to be fail prone. Natural Selection will weed idiots like this out (of all races) over time.
Hey Wendy if you see this post, me and the Shaun are gonna head out to see Alice in Wonderland. Text me if you wanna go cause we have enough to get 3 tickets.
LMFAO
Seriously, that is golden.