Originally by: F'nog

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One does not simply log into Jita.

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Originally by: Stakhanov

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Most pirates moved to greener pastures. The few outlaws left in local are usually afk.
I'd say using the Jel agents is worth the small risk now.

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Originally by: Hades Tiger

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Haven been there in a coons age.
Used to get my buttt kicked doing missions in there.
Is it still a location of villiany and thievery?

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Originally by: Strife Phoenix

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Please excuse my poor knowledge of the English language but what does "coon" mean?

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Originally by: Strife Phoenix

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Please excuse my poor knowledge of the English language but what does "coon" mean?

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Originally by: mmm haulers

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racial slur

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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coons age is NOT a racist thing to say, it is just an expression, jeez you guys this why we live in a PC police state because people cannot stand to see words they do not like. Censorship has and will again lead to terrible acts of oppression with your foolish attitudes.

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Originally by: Selbstopfer

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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coons age is NOT a racist thing to say, it is just an expression, jeez you guys this why we live in a PC police state because people cannot stand to see words they do not like. Censorship has and will again lead to terrible acts of oppression with your foolish attitudes.

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And I suppose you think ****** is just an expression as well?

The reason we live in a police state is because ignorant troglodytes like you have been allowed to crawl out of the womb and live, instead of being culled at birth.

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Originally by: MorbidPenguin

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Originally by: Selbstopfer

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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coons age is NOT a racist thing to say, it is just an expression, jeez you guys this why we live in a PC police state because people cannot stand to see words they do not like. Censorship has and will again lead to terrible acts of oppression with your foolish attitudes.

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And I suppose you think ****** is just an expression as well?

The reason we live in a police state is because ignorant troglodytes like you have been allowed to crawl out of the womb and live, instead of being culled at birth.

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You failed to read my post directly above yours.

The phrase "Coon's Age" is NOT related to "coon" as a term for African-American people. "Coon" did not start referring to African American people until 20 years after "Coon's Age" was already in use - at that time an American version of the British "Crow's Age."

It's called "google." Very helpful.

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The more genteel interpretation of the expression 'coon' is that it is an abbreviation of raccoon. The harsher reality is that 'coon' was used, especially in the Southern (slave-owning) states of America, to refer to the African Negroes brought as slaves to America.

My own experience in Australia in the fifties and sixties is that the word 'coon' was used pejoratively to refer to Aboriginal people, especially in the northern parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. I did not encounter the term in the Kimberley region of north-west Western Australia when I was there in the early 1970s.

A coon's age, I believe, is a misnomer for longevity. Through a combination of severe hard physical labour, poor nutrition, inadequate housing and the emotional and spiritual deprivations of slavery, many African American negroes in the 18th and 19th Century aged prematurely. Even while relatively young, many negroes gave the appearance of advanced old age and were therefore made a byword for longevity.

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A coon's age does indeed mean "a long time". Some etymologists claim that people mistakenly thought that raccoons lived for a very long time, and that is how the phrase arose. One source claims, instead, that the phrase is an alteration of a crow's age, which is supposedly a British phrase, but we have been able to find no evidence of that. We have to suppose that raccoons were thought to live long lives, for whatever reason (historians and animal behaviorists could probably come up with several reasons for this misconception). They do live up to 14 years, which, when compared with other forest animals, might seem a long time.

The phrase first turns up in the written record in 1843. The term coon as an aphetic form of raccoon dates from 1741. By 1832 it was being used as a term for a "frontier rustic person", by 1839 it was used to refer to members of the Whig party (the raccoon was their symbol), and by 1862 we find it used to refer to African Americans. In that sense it is now always considered offensive. However, if you are inclined not to use a coon's age because you think it refers to African Americans and not raccoons, look at the dates and think again.

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coon
short for raccoon, 1742, Amer.Eng. It was the nickname of Whig Party members in U.S. c.1848-60, as the raccoon was the party's symbol. The insulting meaning "black person" (1837) is said to be from Port. barracoos "building constructed to hold slaves for sale." Coon's age is 1843, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of British a crow's age.

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Dear Straight Dope:

Where does the expression "coon's age" originate? Is it a racial reference or does it actually pertain to raccoons? --LDziurda

SDSTAFF Dex replies:

It actually refers to raccoons. The expression "in a coon's age" dates to the early 1800s, and to the folk belief that raccoons are long-lived. My pal Colibri of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board says, "References differ, but a wild individual raccoon might live up to 5 to 7 years (average survival being much lower, though, probably 2-3 years), and in captivity they can live up to 14-17 years. So their lifespan is comparable to that of a dog."

In the early 1800s, it's doubtful if anyone knew how long raccoons actually lived, and two to three years in the wild is not really very long. But raccoon fur is hardy and reasonably durable, which might have given rise to the belief of longevity.

Many slang terms use the term "coon" to mean raccoon. Their black eye-mask and nocturnal habits suggest anthropomorphic parallels, so we get the term "coon" meaning to steal or pilfer, for instance. The word also was used in the 1830s to mean a rustic, a country-bumpkin. In 1840, the coon was the figurehead of the Whig Party. (Where are the Whigs now when we need them?)

Unfortunately, many of those negative stereotypes were applied to black people, hence the derogatory term "coon," first used in the 1850s but more commonly heard after 1890. Some etymologists speculate that the term was used because of the raccoon's dark coloring rather than its real or imagined behavior. Whatever the case, the usage is highly offensive today û heck, it was highly offensive back then. For that reason, "in a coon's age" makes many people uncomfortable, notwithstanding its innocent origin. You might try "in a dog's age" or "in donkey's years" (British), which have the same meaning. Or "in a month of Sundays," which avoids animals altogether. Better yet, do us all a favor and come up with an original expression. We haven't had a novel way of saying "for a long time" in a coon's age.

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Originally by: vasco di

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Originally by: Strife Phoenix

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Please excuse my poor knowledge of the English language but what does "coon" mean?

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Its an abbreviation for 'racoon'

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Originally by: Selbstopfer

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The reason we live in a police state is because ignorant troglodytes like you have been allowed to crawl out of the womb and live, instead of being culled at birth.

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Originally by: Admiral Love

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Hmm creating a thread like this is perhaps a little like sitting naked with bleeding balls in a pool of piranhas. I Won't do it again - most of you guys are pretty nasty.

Originally by: Khadur

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Spending alot of time in outland atm 1337

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Originally by: kessah

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Well the first two guys to reply to your post are Pirates living in that area. Can tell you now its rife with pirates.

Theres probably more competition here than anywhere else ive been and most of them use carriers when they take a beating and the prides been hit -sad, but still wont push me to fighting in one

I suggest you stay out.

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Originally by: kessah

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Well the first two guys to reply to your post are Pirates living in that area. Can tell you now its rife with pirates.

Theres probably more competition here than anywhere else ive been and most of them use carriers when they take a beating and the prides been hit -sad, but still wont push me to fighting in one

I suggest you stay out.

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Originally by: F'nog

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One does not simply log into Jita.

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Originally by: Stakhanov

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Originally by: kessah

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Well the first two guys to reply to your post are Pirates living in that area. Can tell you now its rife with pirates.

Theres probably more competition here than anywhere else ive been and most of them use carriers when they take a beating and the prides been hit -sad, but still wont push me to fighting in one

I suggest you stay out.

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Says the guy with "forever pirate" in his sig

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Originally by: Wind Ictiva

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wow, i havent seen a thread derailed like this in a ****s age!


You should see everyone in the office staring at me after I loled when I read this response. I am declaring you the official winner of this thread. No one else need post.

P.S. Eggelande is very safe. Please come and bring friends with faction mods.

Originally by: Phoenus

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Originally by: Khadur

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Spending alot of time in outland atm 1337

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I take your levelling, Khadur, and raise you the Shade of Akama (Black Temple)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/bazd54/Warcraft/Akama4.jpg

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Originally by: Lucifer Fellblade

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And the award for most modded thread goes to...

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Originally by: Selbstopfer

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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****s age is NOT a racist thing to say, it is just an expression, jeez you guys this why we live in a PC police state because people cannot stand to see words they do not like. Censorship has and will again lead to terrible acts of oppression with your foolish attitudes.

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And I suppose you think ****** is just an expression as well?

The reason we live in a police state is because ignorant troglodytes like you have been allowed to crawl out of the womb and live, instead of being culled at birth.
The word in question is offensive and has been edited for the comfort of everyone. -Darth Patches

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Originally by: MorbidPenguin

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Edited by: MorbidPenguin on 24/10/2007 07:16:21
/signed.

Way to go, CCP. You are now the ******* internet police. You're supposed to be working on the goddamn game, not promoting censorship wherever you go.

pantywaist.

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Originally by: hellsknights

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Change the color to anything other then green.

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Originally by: Gaven Blands

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Edited by: Gaven Blands on 24/10/2007 10:46:44
The forum moderator in question is offensive and has been disregarded for the sanity of everyone. -Gaven Blands.

I suppose you're going to pull an AOL on anybody who lives in s****horpe as well.
Just because you are impotent outside of this forum, is that really a good reason to be a complete prat?


EDIT: oh jeeeeesus. S****horpe is WAY OFF.

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Originally by: Hades Tiger

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Still waiting for an apology.

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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Originally by: Selbstopfer

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Originally by: Arii Smith

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****s age is NOT a racist thing to say, it is just an expression, jeez you guys this why we live in a PC police state because people cannot stand to see words they do not like. Censorship has and will again lead to terrible acts of oppression with your foolish attitudes.

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And I suppose you think ****** is just an expression as well?

The reason we live in a police state is because ignorant troglodytes like you have been allowed to crawl out of the womb and live, instead of being culled at birth.
The word in question is offensive and has been edited for the comfort of everyone. -Darth Patches

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When people start removing words, phrases, and points of view they do not like it is a short leap from doing it for the "right" reasons to doing it for the "wrong" reasons. The reason we live in a police state is because people like you think that banning the expression of things that you find distasteful is acceptable. I can name several fascist regimes who have done EXACTLY the same things and always the same result.

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Originally by: T'Renn

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Personally, I get offended every time I drive past a *****er Barrel restaurant. Also, I walked right out of high school algebra class once some 20-or-so years ago because the teacher was giving a lesson on how to determine the slope of a line. How could they say such things... in a school?

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Originally by: Hades Tiger

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Still waiting.

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Originally by: Hades Tiger

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Still waiting.

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Originally by: T'Renn

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Personally, I get offended every time I drive past a *****er Barrel restaurant. Also, I walked right out of high school algebra class once some 20-or-so years ago because the teacher was giving a lesson on how to determine the slope of a line. How could they say such things... in a school?

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Originally by: Liz Kali

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Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking

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I owned someone on forums!!!

Originally by: K'reemy G'udness

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Ok, so just to be clear, racoons, *****er barrels, and slope-intercept form are all massively inappropriate.

Check.



This is what happens when they let some non-American try to moderate American slang. The term "coons age" is not racist, and does not refer to African Americans or Australian Aborigines. Go back to England or Iceland or whatever and stop trying to understand American slang. It's a yank thing, you wouldn't understand.

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Originally by: K'reemy G'udness

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Ok, so just to be clear, racoons, *****er barrels, and slope-intercept form are all massively inappropriate.

Check.



This is what happens when they let some non-American try to moderate American slang. The term "coons age" is not racist, and does not refer to African Americans or Australian Aborigines. Go back to England or Iceland or whatever and stop trying to understand American slang. It's a yank thing, you wouldn't understand.

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Originally by: dralid

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Originally by: K'reemy G'udness

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Ok, so just to be clear, racoons, *****er barrels, and slope-intercept form are all massively inappropriate.

Check.



This is what happens when they let some non-American try to moderate American slang. The term "coons age" is not racist, and does not refer to African Americans or Australian Aborigines. Go back to England or Iceland or whatever and stop trying to understand American slang. It's a yank thing, you wouldn't understand.

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Funny to see Americans being linked to liberal speech or behaviour in general.
You guys even rated Batman unsuitable for children :)
I mean, tell me, besides Iran, which country is more puritan then the US?
Violence, **** freely accessible everywhere, but hey how, Batman is a no-go :)

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Originally by: dralid

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Originally by: K'reemy G'udness

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Ok, so just to be clear, racoons, *****er barrels, and slope-intercept form are all massively inappropriate.

Check.



This is what happens when they let some non-American try to moderate American slang. The term "coons age" is not racist, and does not refer to African Americans or Australian Aborigines. Go back to England or Iceland or whatever and stop trying to understand American slang. It's a yank thing, you wouldn't understand.

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Funny to see Americans being linked to liberal speech or behaviour in general.
You guys even rated Batman unsuitable for children :)
I mean, tell me, besides Iran, which country is more puritan then the US?
Violence, **** freely accessible everywhere, but hey how, Batman is a no-go :)

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