I've seen some people defend the ESPN "Chink In The Armor" headline by saying the phrase isn't racist. Which, no, by itself it isn't. But when you use it about an Asian guy, lo and magically behold, it's suddenly racist.
How do people not understand the concept of context?
TNG is tired: we ran 3 miles this morning, and then we went to the dog park, where she ran around a lot and almost met some other dogs.
Now I should call a plumber, and fix my brake light, and do laundry, and clean the kitchen, and vacuum the house. Bah.
15 minutes at a time 'Suela
I vacuumed one room and cleaned out the nasty disgusting veggie drawers. omg so gross, everything was bad.
Thank you for the birthday wishes! A few cards, a sinful cupcake, one refusal to sing, and dinner plans: so far, so good!
msbelle, this is why we don't use the veggie drawers. Or, well, we keep long-term stuff like apples in them. But green stuff we're supposed to use and eat? In plain sight in an open-ended bag on a shelf, or we'll forget it's there. Because we're both veg-resistant and just don't *think* of vegetables unless we see them.
Other, better organized and less vegetable-impaired people may have other methods, however.
This is just a weird picture of a sex toy. And by weird, I mean, how in gods' name could you tell it was a sex toy? What does that tell you about it? Size? Purpose? Anything?
(The picture is totally SFW, but the domain may set off a net nanny filter)
Easily confused with a bar of soap. At least visually.
Happy Birthday, Beverly!!!
I was really appalled at ESPN. I just could not believe that shit. WTF were they thinking.
I didn't think it could get worse than NY Post's "AMASIAN", and yet ESPN reached rock bottom and kept digging.
What did ESPN do?
I gather it was a Lin related atrocity.
Had a caffeine headache and an achey back. Went to liedown and do my back exercises (which I did) and then napped. Headache is gone but back is still sore.
What did ESPN do?
Used the headline Chink in the Armour wrt Lin and apparently said it on the air as well. The writer of the headline was fired and the announcer was suspended for 30 days. It was also repeated on their radio station, but apparently the person who said it was not an employee of ESPN.
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