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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Racism is insane; it fixates on superficial characteristics like skin color rather than important ones like IQ and time preference.

I'm sorry, "time preference"? Is this piece of shit referring to Colored People's Time as a scientific concept or am I missing something?

This is such a cursed tweet ughhhhh

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

racism is insane

…ok…

introducing racism 2

Oh I see

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The plot of Seveneves, but worse.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think that is a reference to the 'eat 1 cookie now or wait, and get 2 cookies' childrens thing. Racists refer to it often. (This also means the black eat the 1 cookie kids can't build empires bla bla bla).

(when I search for the term on youtube, it instantly gave me a video linking it to cultural degeneracy for example. Really annoying you can't block channels properly. Also the mises institute has a video on it)

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh cool it's even worse then!

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

(This particular study, if there even is a real study, is infuriating because what it's really measuring is how much you trust a figure of authority to keep their promise. I wonder why black kids would have issues with this!)

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Study finds greedy white children would rather have two fictitious cookies than one real one they can eat.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago

One weird trick explains venture capital!

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago

Poor hungry kids also more likely to want to eat now than later. Big shocks, clearly this must mean the poor are deficient in some genetic way.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

referring to Colored People’s Time

to the what now? What cursed horror beyond my comprehension am I going to learn today?

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I recommend looking it up. I believe it’s a term that has been reclaimed by Black people. Obama referenced it as CPT (in response to some other event) in his 2016 WHC dinner speech.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 10 points 2 days ago

I hope at least CPT does not have daylight's savings

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Black people are late sometimes" but in a racist way instead of a "Repent, Harlequin" kind of way.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

White people are late sometimes too...?

It goes back to the old "steppin fetchit" racist charicature of the lazy black man, usually either enslaved or formerly enslaved depending on when we're talking.