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[PsyberianHusky]

Also carry the stereotypes of being suspiciously obsessed with male homosexuality and generally arguing ad homeneim.

Hey, the poor guys don't have any rationality to use, don't begrudge them the only ammunition they've got!

The occasionally chuck the bible in there, or some shit about natural law which they generally don't understand too well anyway.

Consider that the age group of most internet lego players.
Don't argue with them, you could be giving them more opportunities to prove themselves correct in their minds.
State your case, don't indulge people who are going to bicker you.
If you want to truly change their mind, less is more.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Also carry the stereotypes of being suspiciously obsessed with male homosexuality and generally arguing ad homeneim.

Hey, the poor guys don't have any rationality to use, don't begrudge them the only ammunition they've got!

The occasionally chuck the bible in there, or some shit about natural law which they generally don't understand too well anyway.

Consider that the age group of most internet lego players.
Don't argue with them, you could be giving them more opportunities to prove themselves correct in their minds.
State your case, don't indulge people who are going to bicker you.
If you want to truly change their mind, less is more.

I am terrible at not arguing on the internet :<

[Jackrabbit]

You know apparently Giraffes are the mammals most likely to become homosexual?

This is incredibly amusing for some reason.

[scriver]

Giraffe males rape the loser after a fight to establish domination. I'm not sure if we want to count that as actual homosexuality

Also, an acquaintance linked this to me. I found no source, but it's interesting none the less.
And also positive, for once.

[Jackrabbit]

Giraffe males rape the loser after a fight to establish domination. I'm not sure if we want to count that as actual homosexuality

I meant, like, mating. Not the sexual kind, though I'm sure that's part of it.

[PsyberianHusky]

Also, an acquaintance linked this to me. I found no source, but it's interesting none the less.
And also positive, for once.

" Themarysue.com: A guide to girl geek culture" is a fine reputable journal, that I site in most of my archeology papers.

[scriver]

Original article is from USA Today, but I have no knowledge of whether or not that is a reputable paper. Research was done by the "Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies" of University of Western Australia, however, and seemingly published in something called Early Medieval Europe.

Can't read the article, so I have no idea what kind of article it is and how truthful it might be.

[Vector]

Originally, the researchers who have been studying Viking society mis-identified the remains of the settlers as male because they were often buried with swords and shields. Finally sorting them by their bones, instead, it was recently discovered that approximately half of the remains were female.

GOOD JOB GUYS

And not only does this discovery prove that there were a lot more female Vikings than previously thought, but researchers are also theorizing that the whole “rape/pillage/war” thing that Vikings are stereotyped for has also been exaggerated.

Slightly less good job.  If you've got evidence for rape/pillage/war, having women around with their swords and shields does not mean that the colonists were just there to make babies.  It could, in fact, mean that women were raping, pillaging, and warring.

[Truean]

Because clearly one's gender alone determine's one's motivation....

What on earth would they do with me?

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Originally, the researchers who have been studying Viking society mis-identified the remains of the settlers as male because they were often buried with swords and shields. Finally sorting them by their bones, instead, it was recently discovered that approximately half of the remains were female.

GOOD JOB GUYS

And not only does this discovery prove that there were a lot more female Vikings than previously thought, but researchers are also theorizing that the whole “rape/pillage/war” thing that Vikings are stereotyped for has also been exaggerated.

Slightly less good job.  If you've got evidence for rape/pillage/war, having women around with their swords and shields does not mean that the colonists were just there to make babies.  It could, in fact, mean that women were raping, pillaging, and warring.

Vikings now more badass if that's true. Fuck gender roles got a village to burn.

[Nikov]

Actually it doesn't mean they were fighting in the line. It means women were buried with swords and shields as well as men. Furthermore she may have never touched the sword she was buried with her whole life and it was just a funeral gift, or maybe she used it to chop carrots. Further evidence is required before we go assuming viking women were out raping the English countryside.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Actually it doesn't mean they were fighting in the line. It means women were buried with swords and shields as well as men. Furthermore she may have never touched the sword she was buried with her whole life and it was just a funeral gift, or maybe she used it to chop carrots. Further evidence is required before we go assuming viking women were out raping the English countryside.

Absolutely.

The image is still cool though.

[Nikov]

I dunno, getting raped by a Viking woman sounds like something I'd not enjoy.

[Siquo]

Yep, that's about it. Because some white people are racists, suddenly all white people can't use the N word. Fuck that.

How could you pick up on the one statement I made that's completely irrelevant to this point?  I'm impressed.  It allows you to skip all the points I and everyone else made explaining to you what the difference between a black person saying the N word and a white person saying the N word is.

Yeah, one is degenerating (because the guy saying it is white, for some invisible reason) and the other is "reclaiming" (because the guy saying it is black, or it's self-deprecating (even though he's also deprecating all other black people)). It's Logical, Nor Fair, and even worse, by extension, telling me I can't say the N word is fucking racist. Excuse my english.

It's got nothing to do with "because some white people are racists" and noone suggested that (as far as I tell you're concocting that to paint your opponents as overgeneralizers).  The fact is that the N word is inherently offensive to black people, and if you say it outside of inverted commas you will be seen as being offensive because you're implying that black people are beneath you.  I don't see why you're having so much difficulty processing that.

Untrue, a lot of black people can say it outside of inverted commas. That's my difficulty. Either everyone can say it, or noone.
By reclaiming it, they reclaimed it, for all fucking mankind.

Also, since I'm a GLBTH, some consideration, please.

[Vector]

Actually it doesn't mean they were fighting in the line. It means women were buried with swords and shields as well as men. Furthermore she may have never touched the sword she was buried with her whole life and it was just a funeral gift, or maybe she used it to chop carrots. Further evidence is required before we go assuming viking women were out raping the English countryside.

Further evidence also required before we assume their purpose was baby-makin'.