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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
@Fondren & Main Correct
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Where do you think you are
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Quinn Ewers was a good QB for us. Colt McCoy played his position as well or better than literally anyone ever has. What are we doing here?
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Trump’s America
No. “Woke” means to be vigilant and aware of racial prejudice and systemic injustice. It was about critical thinking and used that way for 70+ years. Quite a few people have criticized my increasing condescension towards people on this board, and I have taken their feedback to heart. So rather than patronizing you myself I asked ChatGPT 5 to explain this for you: How did woke go from meaning vigilance and awareness of systemic injustice to what it means today? The short answer is: political struggle, media amplification, and semantic drift. The longer story shows how a word tied to Black political consciousness was broadened, commercialized, and then weaponized. 1. Original meaning: “stay woke” “Woke” comes from African American Vernacular English (AAVE). As early as the 1930s–40s, it meant being awake to danger, especially racial injustice. By the mid-20th century it clearly meant awareness of systemic racism—police brutality, discriminatory laws, economic exclusion. “Stay woke” = stay alert, don’t be fooled It implied critical thinking, not ideology It was inward-facing: advice within a community, not a label for others This usage resurged during Black Lives Matter (2013–2016) as a shorthand for social awareness. 2. Expansion and dilution (mid-2010s) As “woke” entered mainstream culture, two things happened: A. It broadened beyond race It came to mean awareness of many injustices: gender, sexuality, climate, colonialism, disability, etc. This wasn’t inherently negative—but the word now covered: deeply thoughtful critique shallow signaling sincere activism performative gestures One word was doing too much work. B. Corporate and cultural co-option Brands, universities, and institutions adopted “woke” language: marketing campaigns HR trainings symbolic gestures without structural change This created “woke-as-style” rather than “woke-as-analysis.” Once something becomes a brand, it becomes a target. 3. Backlash and weaponization (late-2010s → now) Conservative media and politicians recognized something important: “Woke” was vague, emotionally charged, and already contested. So they redefined it from the outside. Instead of meaning awareness of injustice, it was reframed as: authoritarian moralism hypersensitivity identity obsession censorship and punishment elitist scolding Crucially, this reframing collapsed distinctions: good-faith reform efforts clumsy institutional policies fringe activist behavior All became “woke.” It became a negative umbrella term—useful precisely because it’s imprecise. 4. Why the new meaning stuck A few forces made the shift durable: Media incentives: outrage travels faster than nuance Bad actors: some activists did embrace puritanism, purity tests, and coercion Institutional failures: top-down policies imposed without consent bred resentment Language asymmetry: defenders had to explain; critics just had to sneer Over time, “woke” stopped functioning as a self-description and became almost entirely pejorative. Even many progressives now avoid the word. 5. Where that leaves us Today, “woke” usually means: A bundle of perceived excesses associated with contemporary progressive politics That’s very different from: Being alert to injustice and power. So the word didn’t just “change.” It was pulled apart by conflict. The original meaning still exists—but mostly without the word. In one sentence: “Woke” went from a warning within a marginalized community to a mass-market identity, and finally to a political insult, because once a term becomes powerful, vague, and visible, someone will turn it into a weapon. If you want, I can also: compare “woke” to earlier words that met the same fate (e.g., politically correct) map how different groups use the word simultaneously in incompatible ways or trace how this plays out differently in the US vs Europe
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,656 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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The Democratic Party
This but unironically
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The Gun Owner’s thread
Coincidentally, I ended up buying the .357 SP101 with the 3” barrel for my self for Christmas, and I really like it. Definitely built like a tank, makes the King Cobra I was considering almost seem delicate. I strongly considered a .327 mag, but the cost and PITA factor of finding .32cal practice rounds convinced me to stay with a .38/.357
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Gun Control
- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,654 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- Trump’s America
- Trump’s America
- Trump’s America
I love this so much. Reagan was fucking terrible.- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,653 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- Boom M'Fer T Shirts - Second Run
Ayo am I too late for a shaggybevo version?- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,652 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
Btw, do you work with a broker, or are you going the OneDigital/Sequoia PEO solutions route?- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
Indeed, and also the duplication of administrative work, often sloppy irrational plan decisions, perverse incentives, price distortions, all the middlemen, etc.- Trump’s America
One more Sinatra fact- his mother was a Democratic ward boss and political organizer in the Italian immigrant community called “Hatpin Dolly,” because she was a midwife but also did abortions for the women in the neighborhood, leading Francis to be banned from singing in the church.- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
I’m pretty clearly not talking about Medicaid eligible hourly workers, I’m talking about everyone above the upper income cutoff, but still, something like one in six workers would quit their jobs but stay there to retain healthcare benefits. I hardly think it’s good for hourly workers to depend on their employers for their health and life in addition to income. But it’s also bad for the economy and entrepreneurship, in addition to depressing wages:- Trump’s America
- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
You act like that’s a bad thing. Healthcare is the single biggest factor that prevents people from seeking better employment, choosing to live on one income instead of two, or starting businesses of their own. When employers can’t handcuff their workers with healthcare, wages are the primary tool they have to keep them, and if they choose not to pay market rate, they will suffer the consequences. Don’t confuse bondage with benefit.- General Health Care/Health Cost thread
That is a key feature, maybe THE key feature of any reform that seeks improvement to the private health insurance market, not a bug. All employees are ALREADY paying the full boat cost, they are just bartering some amount of their labor for it and giving their employer the entire tax break, in return for a suboptimal risk pool and no portability.- 25-26 Dallas Mavericks Thread: The Season of Our Discontent
- Trump’s America
The saddest retard on planet earth also drops wack rage bait - Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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