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I'd hardly call academic language an imaginary thing. But yes, part of being a student is being able to adjust to the different expectations of your teachers. This is one of the more useful skills in the real world, as your bosses are going to care very little about your personal opinions and much more about your ability to meet their expectations (however arbitrary they might be.)

and what the heck is hurl to do in 20 or 50 years (am assuming good health for hurl) when "colored" becomes the appropriate language for any non-asian? will hurl simply move on and embrace the new language conventions or is he gonna question the validity o' labels and the power we give to them. I'm a big fan of changing language, really, I find etymology fascinating. If you are in an academic setting, I think it is an important skill to master the language of academia, and to also understand that it can change over time, or even from professor to professor.

Colleges as a hotbed of liberal gibberish? Le Gasp! A liberal studies professor talking crazy? Double Le Gasp! If only we could go back in time to the 60's and 70's where everyone at American Colleges was conservative and respectable.

So I am playing through the prologue for Shadow of Revan. This is a pretty long prologue. It was fun, but it's pretty combat heavy and the bosses take way too long to get through. Maybe I'm just not a flashpoint guy.

Just because some crazy people talk crazy on twitter does not mean: A: you are going to lose your rights to free speech. or B: you need to adopt their language and start talking like a crazy person.

Even in a history class, I don't know why I would even need to use the word colored to describe black people, unless I was quoting an older source or talking about etymology. But yes, context is important. I doubt this professor put this in the syllabus on a whim though, clearly they have been dealing with students who lack the ability to grasp how to use academic language properly.

The right to offend is extremely important and I will defend publications like Charlie Hebdo with my last breath. But that doesn't mean I want the editor of Charlie Hebdo running the country.

If you are describing people with words like tranny and illegals in an academic setting, you should get docked points. It's pretty sad that even needs to be in a syllabus. The whole female male thing sounds pretty unclear. But yeah, how hard is it to use academic language in an academic setting? You can go back to the frat and talk any way you want.

Sod off. That is ridiculous.

Are you under the impression that has not already been done? I just don't get why you are so worked up over this. How is what you are doing any different than someone yelling "That's offensive!"? You are fighting fire with fire. Just replace "That's offensive!" with "Stop whining!"

You do not pay to unlock the tiers, at least from what I can gather. They will unlock as more people pre-order. So your one pre-order simply puts you in the pool. It's a weird system, it is supposed to generate interest and get people pre-ordering, but it isn't quite a nickel and dime scheme. edit: I think they just unlock progressively no matter what actually. It's kind of unclear. edit 2 : Ok, I see. Each tier unlocks over time. When a tier unlocks, you choose a reward. Everyone who pre-orders gets 4 rewards and the 4 day access. You do not pay more for more rewards, although I think there is a collector's edition.

I assume we are talking about Trump. If his offensive remarks are taking away from his actual substance and platforms, that is completely on him. Although oddly, it seems to be helping him in the primary. Hard to say how that would translate in a general election, you would think offending large swathes of the country would be a bad strategy. Way to dodge my question btw. edit: Just to rephrase it, what is your 'suggestion' for people that are offended by what Trump has said?

See there is a huge difference between your two sentences. You make it sound like they are inextricably tied together. You can be offended by something, you can point it out and explain what is wrong with that something, etc. That is not censorship. It isn't even close to censorship. I mean, what is your plan here? Do you want to censor anyone who ever gets offended by stuff in order to keep society from being politically correct? Overzealously committing yourself to offensiveness is no better than overzealous political correctness.

Uh, you can a bit of decorum without being a tyrant.

Oddly enough, I avoided Divine Divinity for like a decade because of the Diablo comparison. When I finally gave it a try, it was way more story and exploration-centric than I ever expected. I enjoyed it much more than the button mashing that was Diablo.

There is a fair amount of trashy cyberpunk novels, but decent might be a stretch. Ready Player One is the only one off the top of my head that I really loved.

I'm pretty partial to Giada myself, but she is pretty entertaining.

I avoided wine for a long time. My parents were super into it and my wife is actually a descendant of one of the first wine makers in California. But I just never enjoyed more than a sip or two. Then a couple years ago I took my wife on some tasting event for her birthday, and I got into it. Since then I've come around, my favorite part is the way it pairs with different types of food.

Larian's writing is pretty much the same as it has been since Divine Divinity. It has some charm, but if you expect them to improve on it, you will be disappointed.

It's not my fault I'm not 40. Blame my folks for not getting started earlier. At first I was like "How dare you say I'm 40!" and then I was like "Oh wait, I am almost 40." Aging is weird.

I've been spending the last few days working on my front room after work to create a bit of a man cave/bar. Now I've got a pretty decent setup with my sonos player set to the baseball game and a cold beer in hand while I play around on the computer. Life is good. I still need to buy or build an actual bar, and get some good chairs. I've got a TV coming next week. I wish I had carpenter skills.

My toughest job will be maneuvering my son past all the other toys out and trying to get him to want the Star Wars stuff.

For my first ever keg in my brand new kegerator, I got Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA. It is fantastic. It took a couple days to settle down, get cold enough, and for me to master the right carbonation, but now I've got an amazing pour on a Friday night. It's a perfect mix of hoppiness and citrus, refreshing and flavorful.

Actually there is something to shows having a time and a place where they appeal to you. I tried to get into It's Always Sunny for a couple years, and then one day it just clicked with me. It was probably when I started to daydream about owning a bar, and I found comfort in watching terribly incompetent people do it.