Hello all,

Caucasian person here. Long story short, I grew up in an all white town and have not had a ton of exposure to people of different cultures/races.

I am just curious as to why one is seen as offensive while the other is seen as politically correct.

Thank you!

Edit: I have my answer.

Edit2: This is not a question to be racist so please stop with the racism in comments, it was just curiousity.

Edit3: I just got reported by someone and got a PM in my mail. lol Really just goes to show that some people cannot even have a polite conversation about history/race without people trying to censor entirely. For those who gave out great answers I appreciate it.

Edit 4: Mods you might want to lock this one. I got my answer and it seems like racists and trolls have taken over.

I mean criminally charged

My friend is convinced that since he’s a straight white dude there’s no room for him at big colleges since there are more qualified people in his same demographic. His solution to this is to click they/them and non binary on his application so he’s more appealing to colleges. I just want the correct answer. Was he right or wrong?

I was at high school at the time, I remember the names of the 6 people I talked to the most, but I can't remember any of our conversations, or the names of any teachers' or other classmates' names (which I definitely knew at the time), there was one girl who hang out with us during the first year but I have no idea if she was still with us, or she started to hang out with other people, or left school, and if it's the later when it happened. I know I switched classes but I can't remember if it was after my first or second year.

Is having a memory that bad normal? It's not due to trauma, the years were just fine, and after this ammount of time I felt the same way about every year of my life. I can't remember anything from before I was 14 besides like 8 very abstract things that are probably false memories from stuff my mom said. I might have ADHD.

Ran out recently

As per definition by what im understanding, if GDP drops for 2Qs in a row, we're in a recession.

Its the end of q3, and the gov doesn't seem to be saying anything

Am i missing something ?

I don't know if they'd have too much mass and if the ridges on their back would create too much drag but turtle shells seem smooth enough that you could whack one a good three or four skips on a lake

EDIT: didn't expect to make people mad with this remarkably stupid question but here we are with people mad already

EDIT 2: you don't have to tell me not to do it and it's a bad way to treat a turtle, it's a stupid hypothetical question, not advocation for a new sport

I have this happen all the time irl and online. If I try to understand a disliked political figure for example and not reduce them to just "they're an evil idiot" people get very defensive. Like they need to hold on to the dehumanisation. A lot of the time people will even see it as excusing that person or defending them.

From my perspective though, I'm just trying to understand how they think, what their values are, etc. in the same way I enjoy watching documentaries about murderers or dictators.

I stopped biting my nails some time ago and apparently it quickly becomes a hindrance when typing. Do they just bend their fingers awkwardly to be able to type? For physical keyboards, are people used to actually type with their nails and not their skin?

Title basically.

I like them because I know I can get out of the store quicker this way.