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xsicbastardx wrote:Looks like this board has finally become polarized.
compared2what? wrote:JackRiddler wrote:For whatever it's worth, I didn't know googly-eyed had that meaning. Until now I've only heard it to mean "in love," as in, "they're googly eyed about each other."
Again, I do take questions. I also admit errors. So if you'd happened on the thread earlier, and your unfamiliarity with the usage to which I was referring had left you in a state of confusion too great to be assuaged by dint of search terms such as "blackface" and "googly eyed" or "minstrel show" and "googly eyed" or whatever, you would have had nothing to lose by asking me wtf I was talking about and why I had posted a picture of Al Jolson.
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Jeff wrote:xsicbastardx wrote:Looks like this board has finally become polarized.
I blame the Lady Gaga thread.
xsicbastardx wrote:Looks like this board has finally become polarized.
Wombaticus Rex wrote:I had no idea "googly eyed" was even remotely racist.
And to be frank, it's too fucking stupid sounding to actually BE racist.
Food for thought: It doesn't even refer to an actual racial characteristic, but to the over-stated facial expressions of white stage actors. Right?
Al Jolson was googly-eyed. Black folks...not so much.
Maddy wrote:That is such a typical day in the neighborhood.
compared2what? wrote:On the other hand, by way of loose analogy, that does at least serve as yet another reminder to me of what a blessing it is for the entire world that I don't drive. Because I'd have racked up more kills than a video game by now if I did. Eek. I don't even like to think about it. It's not funny cause it's true.
Alaya wrote:Yeah but Barney Google with his goo goo googly eyes was white,
no?
Maybe this air is too rarified for some of us to breathe?
It'll take me a decade to figure this place out, that is, if I can manage the air.
compared2what? wrote:You kind of lost me somewhere in there. What part of that is food for thought, and what thought is it food for?
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