@Pasty Still trying to figure this place out. I've actually never used Twitter before so this setup is all new to me. Being a hodgepodge of different instances makes it a little trickier to wrap my head around. Living in 2007 in 2017.
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@shel Obviously I draw more from the seemingly traditional use of the word caucasian in North America. I'd typically only use it when having to check a box. As for the meaning of the word, I'm not surprised it has gone through a transformation over time.
As for loaded stuff, yep, there's loaded stuff. Always is, always will.
@shel I do get your beef with race and ethnicity being classified as the same thing. To call myself "ethnically white" would be weird, though neither comfortable or uncomfortable. For race I guess I'd be called caucasian. The race classification makes sense as it carries certain physical characteristics. What I wouldn't call my race is "Canadian". I guess my ethnic group would be Canadian, though that's quite broad. Even "English Canadian" is quite broad.
@shel My skin colour is white. My ethnicity or race is "Whatever, I don't think about it and is not important (other than for those who want to place a label).".
@LexYeen While people out there complain that big guns out there are not doing enough to develop alternative energy sources, the hobbiests continue chugging away, unknowingly, to the outcome those people desire.
@LexYeen I suppose the thing is to make it safe for the simpletons like me.
@noelle That sounds exhausting to me.
@noelle What do you mean by performative? A performance as in acting?
@XenonFiber Thanks, tagged for later.
@Pasty No matter, I just jumped to a different instance.