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Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

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[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

Every time this comes up I gotta say, who the fuck doesn’t like fried chicken and watermelon?! It’s like making fun of someone for liking sunshine and the ability to breathe. Not that I needed another reason to point at racists and call them a bunch of fucked up morons, but goddamn they are bunch of fucked up morons.

[-] memfree@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

Came here to say that. Barring a few contrarians, EVERYONE likes both watermelon and fried chicken. I know vegetarians who will admit that fried chicken tastes fantastic, even if they no longer eat it.

I also wanted to link to some info about the "Coon Chicken Inn" chain -- founded by a white guy, of course.

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off topic piece on collectors' racist items

[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Holy fuckin shit

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

He has blue eyes, confirming a depiction of a white man in black face, as opposed to a racist caricature of black people. 😠

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 12 points 4 months ago

Not that I needed another reason to point at racists and call them a bunch of fucked up morons, but goddamn they are bunch of fucked up morons.

People are literally killing people who's ancestors adapted to more exposure to direct sunlight than theirs did. I can't not see it in just that simple way and think "what the actual fuck is wrong with people?" You can't even say it's a culture thing they don't like, because they don't actually know the people they cast hate at other than the color of their skin. It's absolute insanity.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It’s like making fun of someone for liking sunshine

At the risk of completely derailing the conversation, I've met a lot of people in the PNW who don't like warm weather or sunshine. When summer rolls around they start complaining about it being too sunny and want the grey skies back. Frickin weirdos!

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago

That's me! The life giving sun can fuck off behind the clouds!

[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I really tried to pick two things that couldn’t be argued with so now I’m just waiting for someone to tell me they don’t like breathing either.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

C'mon guy/gal, don't kinkshame (/s)

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago
[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

PNW weirdo here. I like things to be green and alive, I like my skin unburned, and I like being able to poke around tide pools on a lonely beach. Clouds and rain help all of that.

It's currently sunny and about 77°F, which is about as warm as I want it unless I'm going swimming. Late summer when it approaches 100° is miserable, but for now the bright weather is fine and good for the plants.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's so beautiful today! I'm wearing shorts and flip flops for the first time in months, and I started working on my bike again now that we may have a period without rain for a while.

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

I'm too pale AF to have a loving relationship with the sun. I've been burned too many times. I always use protection, but last weekend the sunscreen failed me :(

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I mean, climate change being what it is, I'm literally brainstorming ways to inject artificial rain clouds into the sky.

My current idea is giant poles all over the city. They have blades at the top. They start rotating like a helicopter, but not designed to takeoff. Instead, it sprays cool mist above the blades so the cool mist gets swirled around in the hot air, that makes the whole city artificially humid. Eventually this should all rise up, and create rain clouds! Which then cool down the entire city.

Edit: Also, I have zero idea if this conceptually is even feasible.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Haha. Dubai had success with cloud seeding recently. But they forgot that they're a desert without adequate drainage or runoff, and flooded their whole city.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Well, shit! Pass that technology over here! We could test it in Nevada, on a daily basis for 10 years. Maybe raining over a section of desert that has literally zero life can turn it into a livable habitat. It could be a test. With the added benefit of cooling a portion of the earth as they do it.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

The sun is actively trying to kill me, you're the weirdo in this situation! I have freckles in places that have never seen sunshine by just EXISTING for a few days in Oklahoma!!

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago

Dave Chapelle had a whole bit about this before he decided to double (and triple, and quadruple) down on transphobia. He makes the very salient point that these things are delicious.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I like watermelon for the first 1.2 seconds where it actually has flavor. Though I did see a picture floating around Lemmy here that made me think the watermelons I've had that gave me that opinion were probably a quantity vs quality issue.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

My mom eats it with salt. It’s actually not bad, I enjoy it either way. The salt does give it an interesting flavor, so maybe try that if it might enable you to like it more.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

Melon with something savory is a widely popular choice. See: honeydew with prosciutto/parma ham and cantaloupe/honeydew with tajin (Mexican mix of savory spices.)

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I never knew about the prosciutto/ham, but tajin makes everything better!

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Tajín makes watermelon so much more refreshing!

[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Thats why you just gotta keep eating more. More flavor! Also yes some definitely have more flavor than others, I’m no good at picking them but if you cut it open and it’s deep red you’re probably in for a good tome.

[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 4 points 4 months ago

Bullies don’t make sense.

Actively working against your own species is fucking brain dead. Especially a species you share the fucking planet with.

The nice part about tolerance is it’s a contract. If you don’t agree to it, nobody who does agree to it has to be tolerant with you. It’s simple

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