Author Topic: Now this is the when people say racist/dumb stuff and get fired thread. (Read 30848 times)

shosta · « **Reply #240 on:** October 28, 2018, 12:49:04 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on October 28, 2018, 12:33:20 AM

i've been installing ubuntu on my laptops since 2006-ish

the dark age of linux when you had to make sure all the components of the computer you bought had drivers before you bought it

Mandark · « **Reply #241 on:** October 28, 2018, 12:52:59 AM »

I'm probably the millionth person to say this, but Megyn Kelly blithely defending blackface after she acted super indignant about black mall Santas is pretty precious.

benjipwns · « **Reply #242 on:** October 28, 2018, 12:55:42 AM »

talking about Kapersky's FSB watchdogs reminded me of a Tetris related story, but I thought that was going way too off topic (even more so than I had) for here so I stuck it in the Random Gaming Thread: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=33514.msg2521030#msg2521030

agrajag · « **Reply #243 on:** October 28, 2018, 12:59:44 AM »

the backwards R in Tetris serves the function of the letter 'Y' in Russian alphabet, making little phonetic sense.

Kara · « **Reply #244 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:03:25 AM »

When you learn how to read Cyrillic faux Cyrillic becomes quite nonsensical.

agrajag · « **Reply #245 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:09:52 AM »

The P = R and the Y = U always throws people for a loop

shosta · « **Reply #246 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:11:44 AM »

I never could figure out how to pronounce ы

agrajag · « **Reply #247 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:16:58 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on October 28, 2018, 01:11:44 AM

I never could figure out how to pronounce ы

Like a cross between an oo and an ee sound. I'm trying to thing of an English word that replicates that sound, but I can't come up with anything. Maybe the i in bih. Or the i in mobil (the UK style).

Ok, here you go:

Edit: it's pronouncee kind of like the "i" in "sin," now that I think of it.

agrajag · « **Reply #248 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:21:00 AM »

Note that the normal "i" sound, like in the word "kill," doesn't exist. Which is why people with the stereotypical Russian accent pronounce it as "keel." Can't speak for all Slavs, but I'm pretty sure it's the same scenario. I know the Ukranian alphabet has the letter "i," but I think it is also used for an "ee" vowel. This is very off topic, maybe there should be a linguistics thread.

Kara · « **Reply #249 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:29:08 AM »

Quote from: agrajag on October 28, 2018, 01:09:52 AM

The P = R and the Y = U always throws people for a loop

Don't know why but for whatever reason it doesn't click that it's a Greek alphabet for anglophones.

I'd sometimes fall back on frats / sororities (or Arabic) if I'd have trouble with a letter.

agrajag · « **Reply #250 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:36:13 AM »

Quote from: Kara on October 28, 2018, 01:29:08 AM

Quote from: agrajag on October 28, 2018, 01:09:52 AM
The P = R and the Y = U always throws people for a loop

Don't know why but for whatever reason it doesn't click that it's a Greek alphabet for anglophones.

I'd sometimes fall back on frats / sororities (or Arabic) if I'd have trouble with a letter.

Yeah, close enough.

benjipwns · « **Reply #251 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:38:28 AM »

agrajag · « **Reply #252 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:40:34 AM »

I would be especially suspicious of Tovarisch Shostakovich.

benjipwns · « **Reply #253 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:42:11 AM »

me reporting Kara or vice versa is one of the FBI's favorite running jokes

Nintex · « **Reply #254 on:** October 28, 2018, 07:31:45 AM »

I'm thinking we need a McAfee thread because like with the FSB story it's really hard to 'label' this shit.

chronovore · « **Reply #255 on:** October 28, 2018, 08:47:25 PM »

Quote from: Kara on October 28, 2018, 01:03:25 AM

When you learn how to read Cyrillic faux Cyrillic becomes quite nonsensical.

Newsfeed, please.

shosta · « **Reply #256 on:** November 02, 2018, 07:58:15 PM »

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/michael-cohen-trump-racist-language

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #257 on:** November 02, 2018, 09:08:56 PM »

Quote from: shosta on November 02, 2018, 07:58:15 PM

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/michael-cohen-trump-racist-language

agrajag · « **Reply #258 on:** November 02, 2018, 09:36:54 PM »

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=45929.0

Assi got fired from TheBore.com for racism/sexism/transphobia/homophobia/xenophobia

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #259 on:** June 10, 2020, 09:58:08 AM »

I don't really update the thread anymore but since we are having a moment with racists being caught left and right here is a link for book-keeping purposes.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/everyone-whos-been-fired-during-the-2020-racism-reckoning-from-the-times-james-bennet-to-vanderpump-rules?utm_source=digg

bork · « **Reply #260 on:** June 10, 2020, 10:25:09 AM »

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hartley-sawyer-fired-flash-misogynist-tweets-surface-1297483

Had an episode of this on, centered on his character, when this story broke.

News:

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