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by arthwollipot
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:13 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

Yep, I was bullied extensively at school - rarely physically, though that did happen, but verbally and psychologically. It made me into a human that was scared to put his head up because of the fear that if I did, words of abuse would follow, or occasionally a small rock. I did band and theatre, whe...
by arthwollipot
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
Replies: 129
Views: 9463

Re: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid

stanky wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:01 pm I've never heard anyone use either term.
(But i don't get out much)
Yeah, if you haven't heard about the Right's war on Woke by now, how's life in that cave deep in the woods? :D
by arthwollipot
Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

Sorry, but as a bullied kid myself, I am particularly sensitive to the reasons kids bully other kids. In the most progressive capital city in Australia, a kid wearing a cat-ear headband probably wouldn't be bullied - in fact they might be seen as pretty cool. But in conservative middle America, &quo...
by arthwollipot
Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
Replies: 129
Views: 9463

Re: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid

Hardly surprising. Yes, "cis" is being used as a slur, like "woke" has become.
by arthwollipot
Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:35 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

Okay, that's a fair answer. I was just wondering if you had some kind of axe to grind with regards to furries, but if it's just truth you're after and you would have been just as concerned if the story were about kids smoking, that's pretty reasonable, in my opinion.
by arthwollipot
Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

Why do you care?
by arthwollipot
Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:55 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 350
Views: 46421

Re: Weather

Reminds me of bushfires.

If you know that there's a bushfire in your area, get the hell out. You can think you're perfectly safe and then a wall of flame suddenly appears.
by arthwollipot
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

Meadmaker wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:20 pmOh yeah. I read that article.

He (Seth Sorenson) was lying.
Oh, well that settles that then. :roll:
by arthwollipot
Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 895
Views: 219123

Re: Planet America

No evidence of 'furries' in Nebo School District despite allegations, social media firestorm PAYSON — Allegations of students at Mt. Nebo Junior High School dressing up like animals and biting, barking and pouncing on fellow students created a social media firestorm on Wednesday. As it turns out, t...
by arthwollipot
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:20 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock
Replies: 58
Views: 8829

Re: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock

And hey, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band is in the current round of the Forumvision game on ISF.

Coincidence? I think not.