I see the distinction now. Sounds like a good idea. What do mexicans/mexican americans call themselves in spanish?




>> ^bareboards2:
Hey, I'm just quoting a Mexican. Who isn't Chicano, right? Google tells me Chicano is Mexican-American.
Notice, please, that it is a Chicano movement. Not Mexican-American movement. So even they backed away from the word Mexican.
This is specifically about reclaiming the word Mexican, according to this smart, talented Mexican woman.
I have been stewing over @<A rel="nofollow" class=profilelink title="member since November 18th, 2007" href="http://videosift.com/member/Crosswords">Crosswords post since I read it hours ago. Something about it bugged me.
I think what it is -- why bring up the reasons why the word Mexican has a bad rap? We know all that stereotypical stuff. Why not go the other direction and start to replace this narrow response to the word with other images of dignity?
Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera. Entertainers, sports figures. Politicians. Cesar Chavez. The Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan. The millions of Mexicans who work hard, often living under a pall of fear of deportation, taking care of our children and our homes. Dedicated to their families, sending money back home. Mexican nationals who have lived their whole lives in America, choosing to become soldiers and fight for what they consider to be their country even though a piece of paper says otherwise. Even construction workers who work hard for a days pay, hoping that they will have a job the next day and in fact do a great job.
We need to start reprogramming ourselves to hear a different image when we hear the word Mexican. That is what I heard that famous Mexican woman talking about.
Mexican. Mexican. Mexican.
>> ^longde:
Have you never heard of the Chicano Movement? Chicano or mexican pride has been around for decades. >> ^bareboards2:
One pride movement that is starting, quietly, is the idea of Mexican Pride. I have only seen this a couple of places, and I am cheering it on.
Unfortunately, in America, the very word "Mexican" carries with it the echo of the phrase "dirty Mexican" -- one of the reasons we use back away to be "nice" and say Hispanic/Latino/Latina, when someone is clearly Mexican.
"Nice" becomes really ugly, when the word Mexican should be a descriptive word and not pejorative just by itself.
There are some Mexicans out there who are sick of it, and are starting to reclaim their national identity.
I had never thought of it this way, until I heard this famous actor interviewed (do wish I could remember who it was -- Salma Hayek? Someone smart and beautiful, I remember that.)
I have been trying to use the word Mexican ever since, and have screwed up, because it turns out I can't tell Guatamalen from Brazilian, so I end up insulting folks anyway. But I'm trying.
Mexican. Mexican. Mexican.

Hey, I'm just quoting a Mexican. Who isn't Chicano, right? Google tells me Chicano is Mexican-American.

Notice, please, that it is a Chicano movement. Not Mexican-American movement. So even they backed away from the word Mexican.

This is specifically about reclaiming the word Mexican, according to this smart, talented Mexican woman.

I have been stewing over @Crosswords post since I read it hours ago. Something about it bugged me.

I think what it is -- why bring up the reasons why the word Mexican has a bad rap? We know all that stereotypical stuff. Why not go the other direction and start to replace this narrow response to the word with other images of dignity?

Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera. Entertainers, sports figures. Politicians. Cesar Chavez. The Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan. The millions of Mexicans who work hard, often living under a pall of fear of deportation, taking care of our children and our homes. Dedicated to their families, sending money back home. Mexican nationals who have lived their whole lives in America, choosing to become soldiers and fight for what they consider to be their country even though a piece of paper says otherwise. Even construction workers who work hard for a days pay, hoping that they will have a job the next day and in fact do a great job.

We need to start reprogramming ourselves to hear a different image when we hear the word Mexican. That is what I heard that famous Mexican woman talking about.

Mexican. Mexican. Mexican.

>> ^longde:

Have you never heard of the Chicano Movement? Chicano or mexican pride has been around for decades. >> ^bareboards2:
One pride movement that is starting, quietly, is the idea of Mexican Pride. I have only seen this a couple of places, and I am cheering it on.
Unfortunately, in America, the very word "Mexican" carries with it the echo of the phrase "dirty Mexican" -- one of the reasons we use back away to be "nice" and say Hispanic/Latino/Latina, when someone is clearly Mexican.
"Nice" becomes really ugly, when the word Mexican should be a descriptive word and not pejorative just by itself.
There are some Mexicans out there who are sick of it, and are starting to reclaim their national identity.
I had never thought of it this way, until I heard this famous actor interviewed (do wish I could remember who it was -- Salma Hayek? Someone smart and beautiful, I remember that.)
I have been trying to use the word Mexican ever since, and have screwed up, because it turns out I can't tell Guatamalen from Brazilian, so I end up insulting folks anyway. But I'm trying.
Mexican. Mexican. Mexican.

>> ^Crosswords:

Again, like the birther issue, for Bin Laden to still be alive would require a massive conspiracy in which all feuding parties agree to participate in. The US would have to be involved, Bin Laden's wife, Pakistan and Al Qaeda. Conspiracy theories ask us to be suspicious of small oddities or coincidences, but we're supposed to swallow that two factions that have killed each other by the thousands are actually BFFs that are trying to get you to pay an extra dollar a gallon every-time you fill up at the pump.


Exactly. Nobody is required to have some sort of blind trust in Obama or the US government, you simply need to believe that the US really is at war with Al Qaeda.

There's no advantage for Obama in lying about a thing like this. Hell, there's a huge risk in saying anything about it if you're less than 99.9% sure you're right. If you're wrong (or lie about it), Osama bin Laden can pretty easily prove he's still alive by making a videotape where he holds up a post May 1st newspaper, and destroy the US's reputation without leaving his own back yard.

I haven't done co-op, but this review was pretty much sums up my opinions. Way too many connectors. Now some of those connectors were puzzles in of themselves, but for the most part I found them a bit tedious. Still a good game... or just as Crosswords said... I did need to look up hints on 4 puzzles. On two of them I was on the correct path, just a matter of refining things, another once I had the start figured out I was golden...

Yep, and the irony of course is that sagging as a fashion statement is generally believed to have started in prison where they take your belts away. The place this guy will inevitably end back up.>> ^Crosswords:

I understood 'sagging' in the sense you didn't want your pantline a few inches under your chest, but when most of your ass is hanging out and its a detriment to your mobility it might not be the smartest fashion choice. That said, it obviously has its benefits as seen in the video. Hopefully one day it becomes fashionable to wear razors around your junk, that way anyone dumb enough to do it is eventual removed from the gene pool.

In regards to Crosswords wondering if there's more than one way to solve the puzzles in Portal 2, I'd say yes, but not to the same degree as the first game in my experience (played the single-player 3 times now). Many test chambers require one specific solution with not much room for creative puzzle solving, well, besides the trial and error process of figuring a puzzle out; it seems that the introduction of all these new mechanics (the three kinds of gel, hard-light walkways, forward/backward tractor beams, faith plates, etc.) cumulatively make for much more specific solutions with less room for player delineation from the designer's intended sequence of events to complete them. So, the instances of forging your own path are there, just not as abundant as in the original. The puzzles themselves are varied enough to make repeat playthroughs still enjoyable, imo. The fantastic sense of atmosphere and thoughtful level/sound design, writing, and story also help.

I haven't played the co-op yet, so no clue on that front.

About the DLC stuff, it seems likely Valve will soon release more level packs, hopefully free. It would make no sense to spend dev resources making paid hats/gestures/doo-hickies if all there is to enjoy them in is the out-of-the-box coop campaign. It would be a smart move to counterbalance paid, non-vital cosmetic stuff with more meaty-but-free maps to ensure a vital and thriving community, a less disgruntled one at that. Valve is usually good about making the essential stuff free, and the paid optional stuff at least theoretically attainable through other means (if TF2 is any indication, also Portal 2 hats/gestures are able to be Found by playing/achievements a la TF2, not sure to what capacity though).

Some advanced chambers of the single-player stuff and a Challenge mode would be nice too. But I digress, we'll see which direction Valve takes it soon enough! Just an already happy customer thinking out loud about how Valve could make it even betterer than it already is.

I really enjoyed the special challenge modes from the first one too, but I don't think there are such modes in 2, which is a disappointment. There are certainly some creative ways to get through some areas, but there's no way to pick one specific room at a time. I'm replaying it again now to look for the achievements which are really pretty well thought out and fun to find

>> ^Crosswords:

Not had a chance to play II yet, but I did wonder if people would view Portal II's puzzles as easier because they were trained to 'think with portals' in the first one. I found a lot of the replay value with the first one was solving the levels in a way not intended, which is why they have all those challenge modes, least portals, least time, least steps. Hopefully while II has obvious paths for advancement they've made it so you can advance using less obvious methods.
>> ^residue:
Just finished the single campaign. It was much easier than I expected but the humor was great. I think the ease of the game comes from being used to "thinking with portals" from the first game. They also did a bad job of making the solutions really obvious. If you're in an entire room of non-portal surfaces" and there are only 4 small panels that are "portalable" it gets pretty obvious.. The catwalk rails were also irritating. Here, walk on this catwalk until you find the ONE place where you can possibly fall off and oh, what are the odds, there's also one single white panel on the ground below... ARE YOU GETTING THE HINTS?? ARE YOU??
still pretty fun for the story. I'm excited for co-op

>> ^Crosswords:

It does indeed. I find it kind of odd why people are so accepting of steam, my self included, yet hate any other form of dial home copy protection. Maybe its cause steam is up front about what its doing, or because it offers a lot of features people find desirable.


I assumed it would. Unfortunately that means I won't be buying it.

>> ^Crosswords:

Being a professional profiler is easier than I thought. I'd figure it'd at least need a masters degree in criminal justice or psychology. As it turns out you just need a GED and a resting blood pressure level below 140/90 and the ability to make decisions based on who annoys you, and you too can be a professional profiler.


"Would you like to know more?"

>> ^Crosswords:

>> ^Hybrid:
Yes, the DLC for skins, hats, taunt animations etc. are waaay overpriced. Not a good move by Valve, surely they make enough money nowadays to not have to rip people off!?

I could care less about purely cosmetic DLC, but the pricing point on this crap has always confused me. Most people seem to find it a huge rip-off. I can't help but imagine it'd be financially more successful if it were priced a lot lower. Or maybe I underestimate the number of people that'll blow money on something a gnat's nuts away from being completely useless.

I remember reading (or watching. I can't remember if was a video or an article) that their highest grossing item in the Team Fortress 2 store is the highest priced item in it. But the second highest grossing item is the lowest priced item in the store.

>> ^Crosswords:

...Or that a bunch of butthurt culturally isolated ignorami, that think parsley flecks in mashed potatoes is an exotic abomination that will surely lead to the steps of damnation, have latched onto a red herring that's being trolled behind the USS GOP...


Dear God, I'm stealing the mashed potatoes line. It's frakin epic.

>> ^Crosswords:

I've always faltered between calling myself agnostic or an atheist. I tend to gravitate towards the latter as I have no belief in God,gods or other various superstitious religious hoodoo. But I've never liked how atheism is portrayed as a statement of knowing there is no God et. al and answers to all the important questions. The issue isn't that I don't know what I am, its the ability to correctly convey my stance to others in a single word that causes me to wonder which is the best description. Which would be both and neither for reasons pointed out by Mr. Jillette.


You sound like a weak agnostic, explicit atheist. Trying to fit something into a single inaccurate word does your belief a injustice. Atheist refers to not currently holding a theist position; you know of the idea of Gods but don't currently believe in it. And also agnostic to the position that it can be positively stated either way. Most atheists are agnostics. I am in the same category as you I think, for short hand, I just call myself an agnostic atheist, as most agnostics are weak, and most atheists are explicit.
>> ^Drachen_Jager:

Statistically speaking Gods do not and can not exist.


Says what statistic? Statistically speaking, you are closely related to a banana...you are far different from a banana. Truth isn't statistical, it's absolute. 99.999% isn't truth. Highly accurate isn't necessarily true. Undeniably certain is truth. And "cannot" claims can never be gained from statistical knowledge, ever, so I would embolden you to expand on this claim if you would be so kind. 1,1,1,1,1. What the statistical probability that 1 is the next number is high, but it isn't certain. "Cannot" can't be used via statistical analysis. It is why we still cannot predict if prime numbers are truly random or not...for now they appear to be, but appearances aren't certainties. The statistical probability that PI is irrational is completely unknown. Statistics are very useful, just not in the way you wish to use them, IMO.

@Crosswords

Yeah, their funding comes from the Russian government with the intention of saying whatever western liberals will believe that's good for Russian self-interest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29

>> ^blankfist:

>> ^Crosswords:
Russia today, trying so hard to be like FOX

If it doesn't pander to Democrats it must be evil.


Actually what they're saying does "pander" to me. My problem with RT stems from the seeming fact that all their vitriol is reserved for the US, while any Russian news is unabashedly pro-Russia. To put it another way, they don't think their shit stinks.

>> ^Crosswords:

Russia today, trying so hard to be like FOX


If it doesn't pander to Democrats it must be evil.