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| bd139:
--- Quote from: Syntax Error on July 15, 2020, 07:58:39 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2020, 07:42:46 pm ---Bad idea that was. At school a friend of mine was entrusted to wire a plug for the new TV in the library. The librarian turned it on and quickly found out that the idiot had wired Earth to live :palm:. She was ok just a bit shaken by it. --- End quote --- B'coz brown is the same colour as earth -> :-BROKE --- End quote --- Nope because the kid was a fucktard. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 15, 2020, 02:30:49 pm --- --- Quote from: MK14 on July 15, 2020, 01:10:57 pm ---Because history is history. Facts are facts. --- End quote --- If only things were that simple, life would be easier! As the old joke goes "In Russia, how can anyone predict the future when it’s so hard to predict the past?". Examples: https://www.pbs.org/redfiles/prop/inv/prop_inv_ins.htm --- End quote --- Thanks, I enjoyed reading it all. I didn't realise that 'photoshopping pictures'/airbrushing, was actually done/used a lot, a long time before the internet/computers, were commonplace/existed. They do say, "History is written by the victors". Anyway, history is often/usually very much an interpretation/speculation, of the 'facts'. E.g. (factitious, made up example) Was this wooden gear shaped thing, from thousands of years ago. An artwork, early computer for calculating the moon phases, religious artefact, or simply a child's play toy ? Back on topic, and being rather cynical. I think what is really happening, is as follows: A boss of a giant entity, is considering the recent racial tensions. Do they really/properly address the situation ? I.e. Make sure their workforce is (locally) racially diverse enough, and racially fair, to everyone ? Total Cost $10,000,000,000+, and annoy hundreds of thousands of otherwise, happy employees, and maybe an inconvenience for a billion customers worldwide and annoy many shareholders (maybe), with any disruption and extra product costs, to recoup the cost. Or (they always hated the horrible IT department, anyway), do they say "They have just ordered the IT department to ban/remove all references to master/slave, from the companies software" ? Total Cost $10,000 (<), and annoy the 10 people in the IT department, and around none of the customers, would be annoyed. tl;dr I think the announcements of "We are now removing all master/slave refences from ..", to be a cynical attempt (pretence) of taking anti-racism action. Purely for publicity reasons. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote ---'Fear of being called racist' stopped police from tackling Leicester's 'slave' sweatshops, Priti Patel believes --- End quote --- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8513825/Fear-called-racist-stopped-police-tackling-sweatshops-Priti-Patel-believes.html Where are all of those protesters when there really is slavery in the UK, going on today? :palm: It's also blamed for the spike in COVID-19 cases in the city, which has had to go back under lockdown. https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/07/leicester-factory-change-modern-slavery-boohoo-quiz-opinion-comment/ |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 15, 2020, 09:30:44 pm ---Where are all of those protesters when there really is slavery in the UK, going on today? :palm: --- End quote --- So, they were kept in terrible conditions, with little food, had to work 18+ hours a day, and were not necessarily paid much, if at all. But, they checked all the companies source code, and the word 'master' didn't occur, even once. Get your priorities Right! :-DD EDIT: Rewritten to be partly less offensive, and details of story are made up, as I'm not sure about the details in the news story about it. |
| SkyMaster:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 15, 2020, 07:39:41 pm --- --- Quote ---The reason for the blue/brown is due to some common colour blindness seeing red and black as the same colour. --- End quote --- Another example of snowflakes interfering. A colour blindness test used to be part of the interview prosess before being offered an apprenticeship ,fail it and your out.But of course failures not allowed anymore. --- End quote --- snowflakes interfering? No. Colour blindness affects almost 10% of men (to various degrees); it is a genetic disorder. The genes responsible for this disorder are on the X chromosome. :) |
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