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knee tunes · **Posted:** Tue September 20, 2022 11:54 pm

Rob wrote:

knee tunes wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

Here's a potential explanation -

He wants the younger kid to sit in the front (he pushes him into the seat next to him) and he thinks the girl is older than 10 (because she looks pretty big) and wants her to sit in the back.

Wtf

Bammer’s post was… a Bammer post, but what was wrong with Juan’s? Old man, unruly kids… I’ve got 3 young ones, they’re monsters.

The bus is stopped . The driver is standing in the aisle . The kid is crying while the driver pushes him and says to his sister I guess,
"What a pain in the neck you people are. Get out of here"
somebody is recording it.

I don't know.

Let's imagine the driver being black and the kid and girl being white. See, I can't imagine that... because that scenario would never be allowed to comfortably exist .

Rob · **Posted:** Tue September 20, 2022 11:59 pm

He didn’t say “people” he said “guys”. “What a pain in the neck you guys are.” Doesn’t look like he really pushed the sister. I dunno. I prob should’ve stayed out of this thread. I bring 2 of my kids to a bus stop with like 12-13 kids and some days I want to punt a few of them into the next yard.

Bammer · **Posted:** Wed September 21, 2022 2:41 am

Rob wrote:

knee tunes wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

Here's a potential explanation -

He wants the younger kid to sit in the front (he pushes him into the seat next to him) and he thinks the girl is older than 10 (because she looks pretty big) and wants her to sit in the back.

Wtf

Bammer’s post was… a Bammer post, but what was wrong with Juan’s? Old man, unruly kids… I’ve got 3 young ones, they’re monsters.

Oh go heartily fuck yourself

Bammer · **Posted:** Wed September 21, 2022 2:41 am

knee tunes wrote:

Rob wrote:

knee tunes wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

Here's a potential explanation -

He wants the younger kid to sit in the front (he pushes him into the seat next to him) and he thinks the girl is older than 10 (because she looks pretty big) and wants her to sit in the back.

Wtf

Bammer’s post was… a Bammer post, but what was wrong with Juan’s? Old man, unruly kids… I’ve got 3 young ones, they’re monsters.

The bus is stopped . The driver is standing in the aisle . The kid is crying while the driver pushes him and says to his sister I guess,
"What a pain in the neck you people are. Get out of here"
somebody is recording it.

I don't know.

Let's imagine the driver being black and the kid and girl being white. See, I can't imagine that... because that scenario would never be allowed to comfortably exist .

You’re uncomfortable that he got fired?

Mickey · **Posted:** Wed September 21, 2022 4:47 am

School bus driver is probably one of the worst jobs on the planet.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sat September 24, 2022 4:38 am

knee tunes wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Lol I just completed a survey … I’ll spare you the details but it was from a legit organization.

20+ multiple choice questions, of which every single answer started with a capital letter. Except for the race category, of course, where “white” was spelled using lower case. Out of probably 80 answers throughout the survey they made sure of this. Lol.

depraved we are. Is that your point?

My point is that it was intentional.

Their point? Anybody’s guess.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sat September 24, 2022 4:42 am

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

Mickey · **Posted:** Sat September 24, 2022 4:45 am

I am not endorsing any of the above (I don't care) but it's obviously intentional and it's not particularly hard to guess the reason for it.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sat September 24, 2022 8:53 pm

Mickey wrote:

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

This isn’t really what I was getting at.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sat September 24, 2022 9:57 pm

Bammer wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

This isn’t really what I was getting at.

What else could you be possibly getting at?

Rob · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 12:36 am

Mickey wrote:

School bus driver is probably one of the worst jobs on the planet.

This is something we can all probably agree on. I wave to my kids bus driver and say “how are you” whenever I take them to the stop, because that is a thankless job with terrible hours for shit pay.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 3:37 am

Rob wrote:

Mickey wrote:

School bus driver is probably one of the worst jobs on the planet.

This is something we can all probably agree on. I wave to my kids bus driver and say “how are you” whenever I take them to the stop, because that is a thankless job with terrible hours for shit pay.

Bammer thanks his driver on the way out, without fail.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 3:37 am

Mickey wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

This isn’t really what I was getting at.

What else could you be possibly getting at?

Figure it out, my dude.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 4:44 am

No I'm good

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14269

Mickey wrote:

Their point was that white is generally seen (or should be seen) as a descriptor and not a specific identity category, whereas Black designates a more cohesive identity and/or community. Not an unusual position to take, one you can even search for on Google:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b- ... eguide.php

How would you determine if someone was qualified as a member of this cohesive community?

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 3:57 pm

I would not, because as I said above I don't really give a shit about this.

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14269

Mickey wrote:

I would not, because as I said above I don't really give a shit about this.

How does the community determine membership?

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun September 25, 2022 4:12 pm

Bi_3 wrote:

Mickey wrote:

I would not, because as I said above I don't really give a shit about this.

How does the community determine membership?

Again, don't care, not something I'm interested in so not something I think about. Just here to tell Bammer there's a very obvious and easy to find reason for why one racial category is capitalized and the other is not.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42277

Mickey wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

Mickey wrote:

I would not, because as I said above I don't really give a shit about this.

How does the community determine membership?

Again, don't care, not something I'm interested in so not something I think about. Just here to tell Bammer there's a very obvious and easy to find reason for why one racial category is capitalized and the other is not.

That's not what he meant. But also, he doesn't know what he meant.

spike · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am **Posts:** 28196

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

Mickey wrote:

I would not, because as I said above I don't really give a shit about this.

How does the community determine membership?

Again, don't care, not something I'm interested in so not something I think about. Just here to tell Bammer there's a very obvious and easy to find reason for why one racial category is capitalized and the other is not.

That's not what he meant. But also, he doesn't know what he meant.

ie - just bammin’ around

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