Anybody want to waste some time through a long conversation?

[OhWoeIsMe 47]

Entertain me squires! For boredom's sake!

[verycreativeusername 1,800]

What if it's true? What if our eyes aren't real? Then how can mirrors be real?

[Taviscratch 453]

Pick a subject and let's go!

Ah I see we have a subject. Well Jaden Smith is insane. Like, he seriously needs help...but kind of a cool point when it comes to philosphy.

[OhWoeIsMe 47]

@Blixhauq If you say banter with the lads 3 times in a mirror, a cheeky nandos will appear

@Traviscratch Marmalade rocket shoes

[verycreativeusername 1,800]

@Blixhauq If you say banter with the lads 3 times in a mirror, a cheeky nandos will appear

I'm not British enough to understand that. ;_;

[OhWoeIsMe 47]

I'm not British enough to understand that. ;_;

I'm British because i eat crumpets and passively mutter about things I disagree with rather than confront them

[verycreativeusername 1,800]

I'm British because i eat crumpets and passively mutter about things I disagree with rather than confront them

British protest sign:

 

"I must say that I respectfully disagree with the government's decision and that I have a slight distaste for said government."

[OhWoeIsMe 47]

British protest sign:

 

"I must say that I respectfully disagree with the government's decision and that I have a slight distaste for said government."

I'm British and I hate the weather, but I still decide to live here rather then move away because I secretly enjoy complaining about things and being under stress

[verycreativeusername 1,800]

I'm British and I hate the weather, but I still decide to live here rather then move away because I secretly enjoy complaining about things and being under stress

Part of me is saying I'm like that and part of me is saying I'm not. I think my quarter-British descent is kicking in

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I'm part Swedish. And Irish. And hispanic. But you know, it doesn't really matter. We're all just people.

 

If we referred to everyone merely as a person, rather than a woman or a man or black or white, old or young, would there be less prejudice in the world? Or would the people who benefitted from their position complain?

[OhWoeIsMe 47]

I'm part Swedish. And Irish. And hispanic. But you know, it doesn't really matter. We're all just people.

 

If we referred to everyone merely as a person, rather than a woman or a man or black or white, old or young, would there be less prejudice in the world? Or would the people who benefitted from their position complain

So true, and if your posting this because of the British banter I'm from Wales so it's cool

[Dsanders 5,750]

I'm part Swedish. And Irish. And hispanic. But you know, it doesn't really matter. We're all just people.

 

If we referred to everyone merely as a person, rather than a woman or a man or black or white, old or young, would there be less prejudice in the world? Or would the people who benefitted from their position complain?

 

I'm Swedish, Hispanic, but not Irish. What a shame. We could have been perfect blood brothers.

 

I'm mostly Swedish though 

[Taviscratch 453]

I'm not British enough to understand that. ;_;

I'm British and I don't bloody understand it XD

 

Well on one side I'm a mix of Irish horse thieves and Italian doctors and on the other side I'm English as all fuck. Kind of proud of my roots actually: the English side were responsible for just about building an entire town, upon mentioning my Irish family name to a retired Irish jockey my brother was looking after he said "good people, the [insert family name], might steal your horse though" so I guess the notoriety is kind of cool and I don't know much about my Italian side because the Italians are terrible at documentation but a long lineage of doctors is pretty awesome.

[verycreativeusername 1,800]

I'm part Swedish. And Irish. And hispanic. But you know, it doesn't really matter. We're all just people.

 

If we referred to everyone merely as a person, rather than a woman or a man or black or white, old or young, would there be less prejudice in the world? Or would the people who benefitted from their position complain?

Good question, it's something which I'm not sure of. Labels can be used for many things, positive or negative. Of course, labels such as black, white, woman, man, etc. can be used for judgmental people to discriminate against people not like them and such. It's something that is slowly going away with time and further globalization, however, which is something great, but I'm not seeing the labels going away. People like to label themselves and they all still recognize that they are human. Of course, these labels can either bring people together or pull them apart. Referring to people as just humans, I think, would not do much because we would still have subconscious labels of a person and identify them through those labels. The way things work seem to always be built around labels. We label people, we label countries, etc. Labels are everywhere and inevitable. I think that breaking down negative stereotypes would reduce prejudice and hatred around the world more effectively.

 

Hope I said that well, not the best at talking.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Blixhauq

[Taviscratch 453]

Good question, it's something which I'm not sure of. Labels can be used for many things, positive or negative. Of course, labels such as black, white, woman, man, etc. can be used for judgmental people to discriminate against people not like them and such. It's something that is slowly going away with time and further globalization, however, which is something great, but I'm not seeing the labels going away. People like to label themselves and they all still recognize that they are human. Of course, these labels can either bring people together or pull them apart. Referring to people as just humans, I think, would not do much because we would still have subconscious labels of a person and identify them through those labels. The way things work seem to always be built around labels. We label people, we label countries, etc. Labels are everywhere and inevitable. I think that breaking down negative stereotypes would reduce prejudice and hatred around the world more effectively.

I completely agree. It's like when people say "oh I just don't see colour"...OF COURSE YOU DO! The difference is if you have preconceptions about somebody because of their colour...or sexual orientation...or sex. Breaking stereotypes is much more important. We should always be allowed to be distinct and adjectives such as black, white, male, female, heterosexual, homosexual etc. actually help this. The problem is the prejudice inside people which needs to be eradicated. As for the stereotypes being broken down, it has to come from all parties, including those who are stereotyped; we cannot break stereotypes if those who are stereotyped live up to said stereotypes. I'm not sure if that made any grammatical sense so I'll put it this way: I am a white, heterosexual cis male and I'm tired of people (admittedly mostly on Tumblr) assuming I'm a bigot. I am not a bigot but there are enough white hetero cis males who are bigots that it is understandable why people assume people like me are all bigots. If we want people to stop assuming we're all dicks then we need to stop being dicks.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Taviscratch