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[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Fail for not including Richard Nixon

I also forgot Dick Cheney, Dick van Dyke, Dick Gregory, Dick van Patten, and Dick Butkus.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

How much are your jugs worth?

Oh I don't know.....lets say a sexy man........or 2.......

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

If it weren't for the internet I never would have known that there are a bunch of people from countries in the Americas who get butthurt at Americans calling themselves Americans.

Same here. Those types like to point out that all of the land in the New World was called "America", and we should be more specific and say "United States". But how does "United States" convert into an adjective?
"American" is almost a dirty word anyway. A lot of Indians hate being called "Native Americans" because the word "American" is being foisted upon them and undermines their heritage. They don't like "Indian" much better, but at least the connotations of the word "Indian" are less offensive, coming from the Latin "in dios", or "of god" (I think; get Zeph in here). Of course, they'd really prefer to be called whatever tribe they're from.

Oh I don't know.....lets say a sexy man........or 2.......

DP or finger trap?

 

[waif]

In Canada everyone calls them natives. I guess it's reasonable.

Sometimes I wish they'd all been wiped out just so we wouldn't have to worry about what to call them. Then I feel bad.

But that would make shit so much easier.

 

[Vossyrus]

We called them Indians but then it was changed to Aboriginals and then it was changed to Natives but then it was changed to Indigenous peoples and then it was changed First Nations and now I think it's back to Natives...maybe. I probably missed a few but it went something like that, not necessarily in that order though.

 

[Pessimism]

"American" is almost a dirty word anyway. A lot of Indians hate being called "Native Americans" because the word "American" is being foisted upon them and undermines their heritage. They don't like "Indian" much better, but at least the connotations of the word "Indian" are less offensive, coming from the Latin "in dios", or "of god" (I think; get Zeph in here). Of course, they'd really prefer to be called whatever tribe they're from.

Yeah, literally every "native" I've ever talked to doesn't really give two shits about the ethnic designation. Indians, natives, etc., whatever - it's mainly the same shit. Most agree that first sons sounds weird though.

 

[Episteme]

Vacant_Planets is turning me on a little. Y U DO DIS?




Just kidding. Not really.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

In Canada everyone calls them natives. I guess it's reasonable.

Sometimes I wish they'd all been wiped out just so we wouldn't have to worry about what to call them. Then I feel bad.

But that would make shit so much easier.

I have a better idea, if you don't like us.........you could simply leave......we really wouldn't mind much. lol

 

[Dak]

Burn. I do find it hypocritical every time the US supposedly flies off around the globe to help some poor victim of supposed aggression. Too bad the Indians didn't get any help when the US Army was raping and burning.

 

[King Richard]

Dude the US government is a cesspool of hypocrisy and deception.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

DP or finger trap?

Gotta go with DP all the way. lol

 

[Dak]

Dude the US government is a cesspool of hypocrisy and deception.

But it was a DIFFURANT TYME DUDE!!

 

[Vacant_Planets]

But it was a DIFFURANT TYME DUDE!!

That's why we have deception, it's still acceptable if the public doesn't see people dying!

 

[King Richard]

But it was a DIFFURANT TYME DUDE!!

oh yeah...

 

[skeptik]

Posting from new laptop. I've never used a laptop before. This keyboard will require some adjustment. The laptop is bigger than I thought.

 

[Blind Guardian]

I've used a laptop for so long that I feel awkward using an actual mouse nowadays.

 

[The Ozzman]

I've used a mouse with a laptop forever. Touchpads suck donkey cock.

 

[skeptik]

I've used a mouse with a laptop forever. Touchpads suck donkey cock.

Oh my god yes. I bought a nice wireless mouse. No way I could get used to using that damn touchpad. I turned it off because it gets in the way when I type.

 

[waif]

I don't mind the touchpad, but a mouse is always preferable, especially if I'm doing anything involving a lot of clicking (Games, GP, etc).

 

[Vimana]

They don't like "Indian" much better, but at least the connotations of the word "Indian" are less offensive, coming from the Latin "in dios", or "of god" (I think; get Zeph in here).

Of god in Latin is dei, I think the de deus could be used, too, but I've never seen it that way. Indian comes from the name of the Indus valley. Indus was a Dravidian name, I believe. Either that or it's the Sanskrit version of the Dravidian name. "Us" is a very Indo-European declension that I've seen (with some variation) in pretty much every (ancient) Indo-European language.

Btw, dios is the Spanish word. That may be where you got it. And "in" in Latin more or less has the same meanings as it does in English, but it can also mean on, onto, or into depending on context.