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[–]Akali 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

To be fair, Skin color isn't a race thing either, it's just Melanin pigment in the skin.

100'000 years ago, you could have argue there were homo erectus with homosapiens coexisting. But that time is long passed.

Today it's more about communism hiding under the ''concept'' of ''people of color'' and when you look at that picture, that islamic dude has color in his skin. The only people who lack coloration in their skin are Albinos people.

The entire post modernist ''racism'' is just Communist vs none communist being rebranded as melanin Ethnicity based hatred.

[–]Comatoast 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That, and admixture from ancestors. High five, I guess, if you're 100% European?(Hypothetical non-person) A lot of us aren't, but no one cares about that. It's solely based on appearances because of the whole "white passing" thing garnering the privileges of skin color. I don't want to play too hard on the topics of privilege, mostly because I don't really want to spend time being irritated, misunderstood or confused when I'm fucking off on the internet in my fragments of spare time.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't really want to spend time being irritated, misunderstood or confused when I'm fucking off on the internet in my fragments of spare time.

What size are these fragments? Mine tend to come in blocks of 16 hours or so

[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Little pockets anywhere between 5-15 minutes during the day, or much longer if it's late in the evenings.

You're retired though, you've got the gift of free time now. Do you enroll in active learning activities or anything to keep sane, or are you able to deal with free time well?

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What I don't deal well with is tabs, like this one for your comment, lurking among the other 130+.

It would be helpful to have more structured time (or even at all), but it's more of a question of what I'm in the mood for. I'm not sure how sane I'm remaining, but I browse the internet, comment, game, or do other stuff as it comes up.

My splint/wrap comes off my left arm tomorrow, so can hopefully get some gardening going. Still have hot peppers that overwintered, and will be growing some more.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Even the "white" peoples of Europe didn't coexist under a common "race" in centuries past. It was more of tribal environment. Religion mattered more than skin color.

[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More efficient tool of control when you're conquering areas to and fro. You can still conscript people to be your soldiers, workers, whatever, if they look different. Using a raceless religion as a backdrop (or foredrop, if that's a word) to collect everyone you've conquered under your petticoat and control them is far more effective.