Oh for Fuck Sake!

[Ex-California]

And I think the valedictorian from my high school got a full ride to USC, wasted in on an art degree, and is now a teacher at the Catholic elementary school that we went to together

[Hwen Hoshino]

And people are supposed to care that a tradition doesn't "make sense" because...?

Because are human, more evovled, smarter etc...

Oh, you have to do way better than that. Tradition is a result of us being more evolved than other animals.

We question tradition, animals don't.

[Speaker to Animals]

Animals do not have tradition.

Tradition is the collective wisdom of your people. It's what produced *you*. The alternatives to tradition were ideas held by people who failed to reproduce and sustain their culture.


The people in our society who often disparage tradition are evolutionary dead ends. Their ideas mean jackshit because they won't reproduce. So fuck 'em.

Maybe refine my earlier assertion that enfranchisement should be limited to veterans. It should be limited to veterans who have at least two children.

[Hwen Hoshino]

Animals do not have tradition.

Tradition is the collective wisdom of your people. It's what produced *you*. The alternatives to tradition were ideas held by people who failed to reproduce and sustain their culture.


The people in our society who often disparage tradition are evolutionary dead ends. Their ideas mean jackshit because they won't reproduce. So fuck 'em.

Maybe refine my earlier assertion that enfranchisement should be limited to veterans. It should be limited to veterans who have at least two children.

I guess no tradition was ever discarded in history.

[Speaker to Animals]

Animals do not have tradition.

Tradition is the collective wisdom of your people. It's what produced *you*. The alternatives to tradition were ideas held by people who failed to reproduce and sustain their culture.


The people in our society who often disparage tradition are evolutionary dead ends. Their ideas mean jackshit because they won't reproduce. So fuck 'em.

Maybe refine my earlier assertion that enfranchisement should be limited to veterans. It should be limited to veterans who have at least two children.

I guess no tradition was ever discarded in history.

Sure, usually as a result of genocide.

[BjornP]

I guess no tradition was ever discarded in history.

I'm guessing you realized that animals didn't have any traditions to question, eh?

And the fact that someone, sometime, somewhere discarded some traditions is not equal to those traditions all making no "sense" and somehow "deserving" to be discarded. Also, you know what usually happened when one tradition was discarded? A new one became practised instead. Or more often than not, an old tradition got infused with new ideas and altered the old ways, without actually destroying them.

[doc_loliday]

I was under the impression that senior prom was a big deal in America, didn't any of you critters go to your senior prom?

No limosine, I had to pay for everything with my fast food job, but prom night was awsome. We went out to eat, went to the dance, followed by a huge house party. Everybody was all dressed up, the girls looked amazing, we were all dancing, drinking beer and liquor and howling af the moon all night.

[doc_loliday]

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[Smitty-48]

I was under the impression that senior prom was a big deal in America, didn't any of you critters go to your senior prom?

No limosine, I had to pay for everything with my fast food job, but prom night was awsome. We went out to eat, went to the dance, followed by a huge house party. Everybody was all dressed up, the girls looked amazing, we were all dancing, drinking beer and liquor and howling af the moon all night.

Oh I didn't pay for the limos, I had army money but I was just dining out on the rich kids tab with the limos and whatnot, thing was, I showed up stag, in uniform, and that pretty much made me the centre of attention, being in the army is kind of a novelty in Toronto, so everybody was hollering for me to join their crew, chicks dig a uniform, even in the 6ix. Cool part was, the army actually gave me the day off so I could drive all the from Petawawa to get there on time. My Sergeant-Major actually insisted, he's like "you can't miss the prom, son, here's a day pass" which was the first time I was like "hmm, maybe these Sergeant-Major's ain't so evil after all".

[MilSpecs]

I took what were called Regents classes, (I guess they're sort of like AP classes today) which means you could actually achieve a failing grade but pass the class if you passed the Regents' test at the end of the year (I think they were only available in New York, but systemic racism probably ended them.)

Someone stole the Algebra Regents in my sophomore year. It's the only time that's happened as far as I know, and everyone was excused from taking it that year - we all got automatic passes.