tom sarbeck

I do not know a single doctor who doesn’t recommend a good diet for improving health and especially serious conditions. After my kidney problems, my diet change really made ALL the difference in my improvement. Myths about super vegetables or super fruits is one thing. But a good diet without eating shit will improve anyone’s health. European…[Read more]

Thanks unseen. Maybe we should all pray one day at the same time and maybe God will interfere with his already determined divine plan and make us all immortal!

I just found out this week that I may need to undergo an operation in the future which has a 3% mortality rate within one year. I think that 3 out of a 100 chances is not negligible. A 10% chance of a serious illness is harsh unseen. I’m sorry to hear that. My fingers are crossed (which is useless, but less useless than thoughts and prayers).

So I just took a gander at seeing how normal it is to include “People of Color” in book titles. I intentionally skipped over books dated older than a half dozen years or so, just to keep the data relatively current. (Fortunately, I have a clipboard manager that makes it quick and easy to copy/paste URLs in quantity. But I still stopped…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Good luck new learner of English in getting that meaning of sick.

Slang takes hold quickly among the young, with little regard for language history. So when you say “new learner of language”, do you just mean non-English speaking immigrants? If that’s the case, I would get your point.

I’m still seeing your examples of…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Cultural consensus is like argument from popularity. And keep in mind that when you ascribe to individuals within a population the choice of adopting the term POC you are being somewhat flip. The term was selected by some tiny minority and once having been chosen the weight of custom bears its imprint.

But that’s how language…[Read more]

Ok, done moving posts to new topic Using the term People of Color (POV). Please continue the POV topic there.

PopeBeanie wrote:
Without seeing any objection from Unseen, I’m respectfully moving posts on POC to its own topic Use of the term People of Color (POC) This might take several minutes, so please don’t post about POV here or there unti…

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jakelafort wrote:
Found a few articles. Here is one of em. https://www.gq.com/story/author-damon-young-on-bipoc-phrasing

Works for you, but not me… that “article” is one person’s POV/opinion, hyperbolic, and anecdotal.

Do any of your found articles reflect a more culture-wide authority than that? I’m willing to hear evidence. Just the facts…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
I think you may be insinuating that my interpretation of POC is idiosyncratic and personal and therefore insignificant. If so you may be correct.

I’d never say the way that anyone feels is insignificant. I’m open to hearing about other experiences too, especially  the younger people you’re thinking of. The tween and teen years…[Read more]

( @Unseen, I think these posts on usage of POC are off-topic but interesting, so I’ll create another topic and move them from here to there, unless you object?)

Jake, you’re probably more well read than I am, and have a valid perspective. (And I mean that, as I admit I’m not well read, in general. But then I have a natural empathy for people who…[Read more]

Language evolves, and POC seems pretty mainstream to me, lacking the sting it had in the past. Here is an example:

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/23/905266596/how-women-of-color-in-politics-have-been-perceived