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Is this kind of thing still socially acceptable on the left?

Sardines said:
I strongly prefer the metric system. I work on equipment and I've mostly worked on equipment made in Germany, France, and Japan, so I mostly use metric tools. That said, Fahrenheit is the perfect scale for outdoor temperatures. If everything else went to metric I'd be cool with it as long as they kept using Fahrenheit for weather reports.
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**** celsius
 
Miggs said:
I didn’t watch the bit so I don’t know exactly what was said but in general, people look to get upset about things. Comedians being ones of those things is sort of laughable.
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I kind of passed over this before.

The bit is based on the notion that there are black people and there are n-words. Chris Rock is playing the old bit that there are two types of black people. One that I suppose he is suggesting should be respected, and another that should be treated like n-words. If I hadn't heard this exact same argument about 6 times in my life before Chris Rock did that bit maybe I would find the idea interesting. Of course the people I heard this from were people like my good friend's uncle who very eloquently while on his 9th Miller Draft explained to 7 year old me what the difference between a black guy and a "******" was. From 7 years old until when this bit by Chris Rock was performed when I would have been 19 I had this distinction explained to me by several other people who were pretty adamant about their non-racism.

So Chris Rock told an old joke. One that is based on the belief that there are people in the U.S. whom we should refer to as "******." It is a term of derision and meant to demean and humiliate. The joke isn't funny unless you accept the premise. It's a bad joke. It was in 1996 when Chris Rock did that set and it is even dumber today.

@Jason the n-word singular is blocked, the n-word plural is not. fyi
 
FalseFlagg K said:
farenheit and imperial generally can go choke on a massive bag of dicks
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Speaking of which, 8 inch is definitely more evocative than 203.2 millimeters. One is "oh God, give it to me", the other is "aww your millimeters are so cute and tiny". Yeah sorry mate, imperial wins by a mile. Uh, or is it 1.609 kilometers.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Speaking of which, 8 inch is definitely more evocative than 203.2 millimeters. One is "oh God, give it to me", the other is "aww your millimeters are so cute and tiny". Yeah sorry mate, imperial wins by a mile. Uh, or is it 1.609 kilometers.
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Bigoted rhetoric

Imagine having a temperature scale where the point of water freezing Isnt zero. Oh let’s call the freezing point ….lets go for 32 degrees. wtf
 
FalseFlagg K said:
Bigoted rhetoric

Imagine having a temperature scale where the point of water freezing Isnt zero. Oh let’s call the freezing point ….lets go for 32 degrees. wtf
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I notice how quickly you skirted the convo re. 8 inchers. Millimeters it is! Don't worry mate, your secret is safe with me.



I just imagine a scale of temperature where an outside temp of 100 is meaningful and relatable. Hard to relate to 37.778. oh boy, it's 36.245 outside today better, uh, I don't know carry an umbrella or something? Vs. damn, it's over 100 today, get the sunscreen!
 
My old boss used to say that a good knee trembler was as good for you as a 5 mile run. I said great that means I can cover 5 miles in two minutes, 3 if I have a post coital cigarette.

I should really tell the ladies its 180 seconds, sounds vastly more impressive.
 
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