Latbear4blk

Agree with @Suckrates. It is called economic trend, and it started under Obama. We are still to see the effects of Turmp economics.

Another lost thread.

Thank you, @Lucky, but @Suckrates is right, the attacked was not addressed to me. Anyway, there we went again. The thread was flowing pretty well until we started the bitching. Let's try to go back to topic, please.

Tissue? I think we need a paper towels roll.

I am not very fond of fundamentalisms. In this kind of community, I think the general expectation should be that the mods should not edit content, and in editing content I include splitting threads. However, I think there are circumstances that may allow or even ask for the mods' intervention. The general expectation should be that the OP sets the topic and we all respect that frame. However, a thread may naturally flow through an array of subjects without violating the OP's intention. And we could continue listing how each one of the rules in the forum should be ignored or twisted to actually respect the very spirit of the rule that we are violating. It reminds me to my recent time out from Daddy's. So my point is I agree with @AdamSmith, it is extremely important to respect the content, but I disagree when he poses it as a fundamental, I would say sacred (holy is a little bit too much, but just a little tiny bit) principle. To me, everything depends on the circumstances. So rather than discussing whether or not threads should be split, I would debate whether or not @TotallyOz made the right decision by splitting this specific thread in this specific circumstances.

I would love having this baby in my kitchen, but I prefer to invest my money in whores. I love coffee, I do have a regular coffee maker and an espresso machine at home. I also have a grinner but I am too lazy and stop buying beans. Unlike @RockHardNYC, I can enjoy any coffee average quality and up. I do appreciate superior quality coffee, but if I do not have premium product at hand, Starbucks and even Dunkin Donuts are enough to make me happy. I do dislike burnt old coffee, so common in America, I only enjoy it when it is fresh, just done.

I do agree, but I think your last line is an over statement.

The logging in has been acting up since he site was revamped. It is working for me right now, but I am not confident it is going to stay that way the next time I do it.

Dismissed? If you think this is a dismissive statement, I do not think you understand existentialism.

One of the very interesting to me things in her essay was her beautiful argumentation for the inherent meaninglessness and fruitlessness of life, to knock you out with a sudden and absolutely unexpected punch of superstition. It is a kind of intellectually dishonest and untalented trick that contradicts the beauty of 90% of the article. I think it even weakens her ultimate goal, because her ultimate argument is that we must believe not because God exists and is good, but because we need Him.

I was absolutely loving this article until she brought the need for God to the table. She is wrong there, projecting her own need. But everything else is very well thought and articulated. Thank you for sharing this.

It should be limitless, or several days long. My problem is not editing the posts to change or improve the content, but my horrible grammar and spelling. When people like my post or quote it, I reread what I wrote and I am often ashamed. Perhaps 7 days would make me happy.

And I am miraculously reinstated 5 days earlier.

Is that worse than the USA? Are you counting the cost of war crimes?

I love that quote. I will make it my motto.

Yep, he is not a trans, but a muscular drag queen. I also wanted to see more. It was too crowded.

Please, remember this thread is about Bourdain.

Well, I cannot speak for @RockHardNYC, but when I read his post, it seems to me he is using his personal experience to discredit Anthony's. That is what I am arguing against in the post you quoted.

Look at this beauty I found in the DC Pride Festival today. IMG_0479.MOV

I do not think this is a competition to declare the winner in the race for the most Racist country. I thought we were discussing Race to better understand the different ways than Racism take in different socio-cultural-political contexts. I appreciate @Latindude contribution for many reasons, but specially because I was thinking the same when I was reading other posters, but I was not sure because I do not know Brazil as well. Look at the success of Racism in Argentina, where there is an official history and a mainstream self image that does not correlate with reality. Many if not most Argentines would be offended if you point out to racist discrimination in the national culture. I agree that like in Brazil classism is more important, however it is often so intertwined with racism that is hard to tell what predominates.