Banter Random Discussion Thread 146 - Quinz still thinks he has a job

[kane249]

Who owns the media?

I just assumed he meant the lizard people

 

[RookiePick]

Yeesh...

I don't understand the big hate on gender stereotypes. It works reasonably well for 70-80% of folks I'm guessing. Now I'm not condoning any sort of bigotry or dehumanisation of the proportion of folks that it doesn't work for but, in my view, at least it still gives a framework to help work out who they are and what makes them tick.

A complete blank canvas of possibility is pretty overwhelming. Not everyone is cut out to be an introspective navigator of their own existence. Who the **** wants to spend a huge proportion of their teen-adult life trying to work out what makes them tick and makes them happy? Some sort of framework to bounce off has to shorten up the process for the vast majority imo.

 

[kane249]

This adds a whole other layer to the Montreal Screwjob.

But Shawn Michaels never made Bret Hart submit

 

[larrikin]

Yeesh...

I don't understand the big hate on gender stereotypes. It works reasonably well for 70-80% of folks I'm guessing. Now I'm not condoning any sort of bigotry or dehumanisation of the proportion of folks that it doesn't work for but, in my view, at least it still gives a framework to help work out who they are and what makes them tick.

A complete blank canvas of possibility is pretty overwhelming. Not everyone is cut out to be an introspective navigator of their own existence. Who the fu** wants to spend a huge proportion of their teen-adult life trying to work out what makes them tick and makes them happy? Some sort of framework to bounce off has to shorten up the process for the vast majority imo.

That's the thing. Stereotypes aren't a bad thing at all. They actually occur naturally and are a way for us to sort through masses of information and characteristics. The danger with stereotypes is when they are applied strictly and/or used to limits people's choices.

 

[squashface]

Just realised I have 21 posters on my ignored list

21 posters but Biggie ain’t one

Tell us the list

 

[FKASC]

Tell us the list

HoneyBadger, Ochre, et al

 

[squashface]

HoneyBadger, Ochre, et al

Could’ve just said the clique

 

[Keys]

That's the thing. Stereotypes aren't a bad thing at all. They actually occur naturally and are a way for us to sort through masses of information and characteristics. The danger with stereotypes is when they are applied strictly and/or used to limits people's choices.

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

 

[Biggie]

Could’ve just said the clique

 

[larrikin]

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

Actual footage of Keys

 

[Biggie]

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

JESUS, like straight out of hollywood!

 

[Chris_6678]

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

Lol she was pretty much giving you a 1k-1.5k gift to drop her off somewhere

 

[kane249]

A friend told me a similar sort of tale to Keys from above about never judging someone on their looks or age profile.

His dad was in his local IGA buying some pet food when he was approached by a nice old lady who appeared to be Eastern European of nature. She started up a conversation with him and said she was from a charity was looking for volunteers to help with animal rights or something like that.

So anyway she's talking to him for a bit and gets him to sign his name on a petition.

My friends dad doesn't think anything more of this, pays for his purchases and goes about the rest of his day.

Later that night he gets a call from his credit card company, we've cancelled your card due to suspicious activity, it was used in a shop in Sydney today while you were also using it in Perth.

So what they suspect happened is the old lady had a card skimming device in her bag. When she was getting him to sign the petition she was actually making sure she was getting close enough to him to skim his cards and get his details.

 

[Keys]

Lol she was pretty much giving you a 1k-1.5k gift to drop her off somewhere

I know nothing about drones or how much they’re worth - she did say it was worth about $150 so I figured it was a crap one. Even then it was still way more than needed to be offered for a short ride and SHOULD have been an obvious clue that something was awry. It just didn’t

Good thing I didn’t take it though as I’d have been guilty of receiving stolen goods

 

[Dazzler9]

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

This is why I never ever help anyone.

 

[Georgie 404]

Not your finest post

Maybe not..but when I hear people discussing “mental health” they may as well be (IMO) discussing ( for the most part) the pro’s and con’s of 1+1 = 3
Empowering Orwellian Terms as if they some basis in reality (Nature)
They don’t, and are a (intentional) inversion of reality (Nature)
To break down and atomise as opposed to unify and strengthen

 

[HoneyBadger35]

The Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people, under the supervision of the reverse vampires are forcing our society to believe in mental illness in an Orwellian plot to scam people with depression.

 

[Georgie 404]

Yeesh...
I don't understand the big hate on gender stereotypes.

You mean like - xx and xy ??
That’s not a stereotype..

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Surely recognising patterns of behaviour, seeing differences etc is basic survival instinct ??
Id imagine in nature any animal that refused to discriminate- to see differences and act accordingly- would collect their Darwin Award, and go the way of the dodo bird..

 

[Keys]

Mental health is an issue. To think otherwise is stupid. Sane people don’t set fire to their wife and children (which is not to excuse what that clown did btw) and there are a myriad of other non-violent manifestations of mental illness that impacts individuals and the wider community

That said I’ve no doubt some people use it as a screen/excuse for otherwise shitty behaviour when they called out on it

 

[kane249]

That said I’ve no doubt some people use it as a screen/excuse for otherwise shitty behaviour when they called out on it

*cough*

 

[Keys]

Surely recognising patterns of behaviour, seeing differences etc is basic survival instinct ??
Id imagine in nature any animal that refused to discriminate- to see differences and act accordingly- would collect their Darwin Award, and go the way of the dodo bird..

The pattern I should have recognised, but didn’t, was someone offering to pay me with something of far greater value than what was being asked of me in return. Nothing to do with race

As it turns out I could have reacted to a racial stereotype and made the right decision but it would have been for the wrong reasons.

 

[Georgie 404]

Mental health is an issue. To think otherwise is stupid. Sane people don’t set fire to their wife and children (which is not to excuse what that clown did btw) and there are a myriad of other non-violent manifestations of mental illness that impacts individuals and the wider community

That said I’ve no doubt some people use it as a screen/excuse for otherwise shitty behaviour when they called out on it

It is about what the term “mental health“ encompasses
What is deemed mentally healthy
And what isn’t

If what is deemed mentally healthy is in fact not, then the term becomes toxic

 

[Dazzler9]

Also when negative stereotypes are used to discriminate people unfairly

Speaking of which

On Monday night, I was approached by a lady in her thirties at a guess needing a lift from Whitfords shopping centre to the train station about 5 minutes drive away as the next bus was a 30+ minute wait. Offered to give me a drone as payment which should have triggered suspicion but inexplicably didn’t. She was polite, spoke coherently and seemed harmless enough so since I was at a bit of a loose end at the time gave her a lift

Dropped her off at the train station no dramas, told her not to worry about the drone and that was that. Or so I thought

Yesterday, I got a phone call from the cops. On Monday night a woman was clearly visible on CCTV going on something a stealing spree through the shopping centre, walking outside, getting in a car (my car) and driving off. For all intents and purposes it looked to them as if it was prearranged rather than the chance encounter that it actually was.

A 5 minute phone call cleared it up leaving me to ponder what I might do next time and whether I’d act differently by not ignoring the negative stereotype I could/should have applied
in this instance

And to think I thought I was doing the right thing

Your mishap reminds me of a story from the day after Halloween a couple years back. We had some excess lollies left over in the car. I had to duck out for something without my kids and I saw a few random kids on the street. Without thinking things through, I pulled up and asked them if they wanted some lollies. They were obviously well schooled in stranger danger and said no, giving me a disturbed look. I then realised how things must've looked.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

You mean like - xx and xy ??
That’s not a stereotype..

Except that’s not at all what we’re talking about.

The stereotypes we’re talking about “you are a woman therefore you shouldn’t play football” or “you are a man therefore you shouldn’t be a stay at home parent” stereotypes.

 

[Dazzler9]

Also, if your little girl has been naughty and you threaten to send her to the Naughty Girls' School, do NOT google "Naughty Schoolgirls" infront of her to show her what they look like.