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Started by Admiral Yi, June 06, 2009, 03:36:53 PM

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Is the word beyond the pale?

Yes, never use it, don't like it when others do.
23 (28.8%)
Sort of, can be used ironically once in a blue moon.
40 (50%)
No, more nigger all the time yeah!
17 (21.3%)

Total Members Voted: 79

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BuddhaRhubarb

#15
June 06, 2009, 06:43:41 PM
nice demotivator.
:p

Jaron

#16
June 06, 2009, 06:44:12 PM
Just so we're all clear..


Any use of nigger is okay as long as its associated with Tim, right?
Winner of THE grumbler point.

Ed Anger

#17
June 06, 2009, 06:44:53 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on June 06, 2009, 06:43:41 PM
nice demotivator.

When I need to stare at somebody, I'll use that.
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grumbler

#18
June 06, 2009, 06:45:35 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 06, 2009, 06:18:43 PM
What if you are quoting someone?
Unless you are quoting Sam Clemens, you are quoting an asshat.  Nothing wrong with that.
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Sheilbh

#19
June 06, 2009, 06:50:29 PM
I wouldn't use it.  I don't think it's possible to use it in an ironic sense really.  Maybe one day it will be.
Let's bomb Russia!

sbr

#20
June 06, 2009, 08:18:00 PM
Quote from: grumbler on June 06, 2009, 05:51:36 PM
You can use it for ironic impact, but only if your real name is Samuel Clemens.

Any one else using it, whether "black" or "white" or anything in between or beyond, is making themselves sound like an asshat, whether they realize it or not.
This.

It doesn't bother me on the internet, but I have called out people in RL for using it.

garbon

#21
June 06, 2009, 08:31:27 PM
Poll options suck.
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Razgovory

#22
June 06, 2009, 08:40:42 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 06, 2009, 06:50:29 PM
I wouldn't use it.  I don't think it's possible to use it in an ironic sense really.  Maybe one day it will be.

You need to change avatars.  I keep confusing you with that fascist guy.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Sheilbh

#23
June 06, 2009, 10:03:46 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 06, 2009, 08:40:42 PM
You need to change avatars.  I keep confusing you with that fascist guy.
Which fascist guy? :huh:
Let's bomb Russia!

Jaron

#24
June 06, 2009, 10:05:04 PM
Barristerboy
Winner of THE grumbler point.

citizen k

#25
June 06, 2009, 10:38:35 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 06, 2009, 10:05:04 PM
Barristerboy
I think Fascists are too amoral, socialist and undemocratic for BB's taste.

Syt

#26
June 07, 2009, 01:15:59 AM
Is niggard still ok to use?
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sbr

#27
June 07, 2009, 01:55:19 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 07, 2009, 01:15:59 AM
Is niggard still ok to use?
As long as you realize it has the same connotation.

The Brain

#28
June 07, 2009, 03:18:32 AM
In Sweden some bright folks have decided to try to claim the word blatte for the good side. Blatte is an offensive term for non-European immigrant typically of ME origin. It's not a nice word so when I see it in big letters on a sign or something I just groan.

I use the word myself in select company for making jokes etc. In fact I have done so on this very board. Or its ancestor.
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The Brain

#29
June 07, 2009, 03:19:47 AM
Quote from: sbr on June 07, 2009, 01:55:19 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 07, 2009, 01:15:59 AM
Is niggard still ok to use?
As long as you realize it has the same connotation.

In all circles?
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