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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:12 am
I live in the Chicagoland area and I've known that beaner is a slur. I've actually never heard someone use it in conversation and not sure why I know it's a slur. It saddened me that it was used especially since it was done in anger. Braden will certainly have learned a hard lesson from this and it's about time. For me swear words don't offend me, like they do others. Racial slurs are offensive because they hurt and are aimed to denigrate an entire group. If someone calls me a f'in-B it doesn't really bother me because I figure everyone is entitled to their opinion of me. But if someone calls me the C word I am very offended because I take that as a slur towards my gender. I don't know if I'm making any sense.
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:28 am
I kind of take both the B-word AND the C-word as offensive towards my gender...I'm not sure I'm getting the distinction you are trying to make, Lilfair.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:45 am
Depends on how the B-word is used. Being a B is an art form, and I'm proud of it! But if someone was calling me that, I'd be really upset. *I* can say I'm a B, but no one else can! 
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:52 am
Being a B is an art form, and I'm proud of it! Ahahahahahaha!
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:53 am
I'm more like Chewpito, I guess. I have never understood the power of words except to incite problems where they shouldn't exist. Whole communities getting up in arms because someone called someone the "?" letter. I find it ridiculous and counter productive to racial harmony. The words only have the power that you give them. Ignore them and they lose that power.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:04 am
Gidget, I feel the same way. Well put.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:34 am
If I'm called a which I can't remember being called that in...oh I don't know forever, it doesn't bother me. I think of a b as a strong woman not anything that derogatory. It goes back to giving words more meaning than you have to. This business of which words offend someone is very personal. My mother would pass-out if someone called her a B. It (the b word) also might a generational, as far as how offensive it is. I don't think many of my female friends are offended by that word. It's almost welcomed by some especially in business. I do a lot of hiring for various corporations usually for CFO's or controllers and I look for strong personalities and unfortunately for strong women they get labeled as the B word. Whereas men are tough. For me it's the same difference...that's why the b word isn't offensive for me.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:41 am
Is there any indication that Jessie may be the next to be evicted, assuming the Athletes don't win HOH next week? I'd like to think that he'll be one of the first to walk out the door. (Especially since I'd like to actually watch the show, on occasion, but refuse to do so with him on it.)
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:45 am
Cost, it doesn't seem that he's going anytime soon. Anything can happen but he seems to not be on anyones radar right now.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:55 am
Crumb. Thanks, Lil!
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 9:02 am
Ohh I think his name will come up pretty quickly once they no longer have power. Russell strikes me as someone who takes a backseat to no one
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Moderator
Moderator
06-29-2002
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 9:31 am
Just a gentle reminder that this is the Quick Q & A thread. Detailed discussions where there is no simple answer should go in their own thread. For example, people wanting to further discuss the HG's use of bad language could do so Here Thank you.
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Tvwatcher
Member
04-17-2004
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 12:19 pm
is the flashback feature based on pacific time, or my local time (eastern)? just wondering when I choose which timeframe I want to watch, do I choose based on the time in the house, or the time on my computer?
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 12:44 pm
I/I/EHD thread that Lydia called Jordan a racial slur; called her a "gringo." Can someone tell me what that is? Thanks.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 1:22 pm
Tvwatcher - It's based on BBT, Big Brother (pacific) time.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 1:24 pm
TVWatcher, that is a good question, I don't know for sure but I would guess Pacific Time.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 1:32 pm
Ahnicka - read about the term here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gringo
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 2:03 pm
Thanks Bonza! It doesn't sound like a racial slur, but maybe within a certain context it is. Thanks again.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 4:51 pm
The "green uniforms" tale sounds the most probably to me, but let me QUICKLY share the tale I have heard from my Hispanic friends. A group of recent English immigrants and their Meixcan guides were traveling across the vastness of Texas. To keep up their spirits the English would sing a song called "Green Grow the Rushes, Ho!" - in content much akin to "A Partridge in a Pear Tree' for interesting content. The Mexicans would roll their eyes and say, "There the 'Green goes'." Since I am pretty sure the Mexicans would in this situation have said, "Otra vez - se va el verde!" (Again with the green!) I don't believe this tale but thought it was interesting. I promise only short answers from now on - feel free to mod if this is too long. I just wanted to add to the info that this is NOT a hurtful term!
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 5:08 pm
Thanks for the info Tntitanfan!
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:17 pm
Did the Have Nots get to eat yet? I have been gone all day, thanks.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:20 pm
Panda, yes, they got to start eating at midnight.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:41 pm
thanks for answering Merrysea!
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Alinthehouse
Member
07-12-2009
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:55 pm
Does anyone in the house know about Jessie and Lydia's afternoon activity?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 9:38 pm
Heh, Alinthehouse, Natalie hasn't ripped Lydia's head off yet so I'm guessing probably not! I haven't watched the feeds today and ahve hardly read the board, but I do think there would be a pretty big girl fight going on if Natalie had heard about it.
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