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I'm not ignoring it but okay? Even if that's the only example you can think of, I appreciate your contribution nonetheless. Human trafficking needs to end ASAP. The rest of your post is standard weirdo DR.

?‍♂️ Where did I say something has never happened in history? I believe I asked "how many examples" of racism against whites solely for being white can you think of, noting how there really aren't that many. I even offered an example of my own to get the conversation going since I'm genuinely interested in how many examples there are, so how on Earth could I have said it never happened in history when I gave an example? Lol. I appreciate you offering the example of human trafficking, as it's one I didn't think of. But so far, there is that example and the one I provided earlier about the Japanese (with the caveat that they were racist to everyone non-Japanese). That's not really a large body of examples imo.

I enjoyed our back-and-forth chatting until your posts devolved into crap like this. At least the other posters are putting in some honest effort into their comments. This is a pity post so you can stop looking like a parrot. It's bizarre, ngl.

I'm not really sure what gene pools have to do with the history of racism. Genetics is a relatively recent discovery, and interestingly enough one of its first applications was to support established racism. White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html If an Arab-, Iranian-, or Turkish-American was filling out a US Census form, how would they answer the race question? (hint: the answer is somewhere in this post)

I'm aware of that slave trade, the tensions between Europe and the Ottoman Empire beginning in the 15th century, the Barbary corsairs, the shores of Tripoli, etc. Arabs, Persians, and Turks are white btw.

My only question would be this: how many times can you think of where whites were raped, murdered, and/or traded as a fungible asset specifically because they were white? Off the top of my head, I can think of white POWs under Japanese occupation during WWII. Although the Japanese held racist sentiments for everyone who wasn't Japanese, including other East Asians who share their phenotype. Slavery has a long history across many cultures. Whites and non-whites have engaged in it. The Romans and Spartans (two white, Western examples) enslaved whomever they conquered regardless of skin color, at least to my knowledge. The Ancient Egyptians (white, non-Western) also did the same for thousands of years prior. But the institutionalized "otherness" based on skin color is something that's fairly unique to whites. Here you have institutions like religion (The White Man's Burden), science (eugenics), and law (see Motorin's post above) using skin color to systemically differentiate people beginning in the Early Modern period. It created a different breed of slavery from the historic colorblind slavery that humanity was "used" to.

Of course not. Any type of reparations would have to predominantly come from the wealthiest Americans. You know, the standard, progressive taxation that we're used to. You bring up a great point though. Class struggles are also a huge problem in this country. Poor whites and poor blacks can come together to fight for change for all colors when they recognize that a poor, unemployed black man with just $100 is the same as a poor, unemployed white woman with just $100. And that's what we are seeing in many of these protests and riots.

Exactly. I'm not calling Joe a racist. I'm white. I live in America. I know I've passively benefited from the color of my skin. Being a passive participant of institutionalized racism doesn't make someone an overt racist. My point to Joe is that the idea of reparations for Black Americans shouldn't be considered "theft", it should be considered leveling the playing field. One look at the generational wealth of Black Americans vs White Americans is very telling.

There's a very simple test for it that I've made JUST for big brains like you: 1. Do you live in the USA? 2. Are you white? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you have undoubtedly benefited from institutionalized racism in your lifetime.

You think this somehow precludes you from having received any benefits from institutionalized racism in this country? Good God you are a simpleton.

It's actually from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This should be good.

Yep! In Franchise mode, if you got Gold on All-Madden level, you could add 7 points to that player's attributes (lineman could improve strength or blocking, receivers could improve catching, jumping, and acceleration, etc.).

Madden 2005 was a great version of Madden. The franchise mode was very fleshed out. The default settings on the sliders didn't lead to very realistic games or statlines, but you could adjust the sliders accordingly to better mimic RL conditions. It had an option for Coach Mode where you could call the plays and manage the front office if that's what you preferred. It does have some major pitfalls (can't trade next year's draft picks, no compensatory picks, certain positions aren't optimized for skill progression as it exists, player stat ranges from AI-generated drafts do not follow any kind of standard distribution, draft scouting does not accurately forecast player stats with any degree of reliability), but overall it's one of the best Madden's ever made. And it was made at a time when Madden was facing competition. Go figure. If you want a true football "simulation" the best game out there is probably Front Office Football.

Oh snap they have different route trees?! I never knew that.

Yup, I noticed the lower case L instead of a lower case I in the name. Definitely bogus.

I think Gugny feels like it's sink or swim, and if certain people are easily taken advantage of for profit, it's not a problem because it's not his problem. If it doesn't affect him personally, he doesn't feel a sense of responsibility to those that are easily taken advantage of. Just a hunch.

Thanks bud! Makes sense.

For someone who doesn't bet, what does the second number mean? The one with the + or - sign.

Too soon.

I know this isn't fully equatable... but I have over 70 seasons worth of game experience on Madden and much of that on its highest difficulty level. Over the past 15 years, I can say with certainty that my ability to read defenses, find open receivers, understand coverage shells, understand passing concepts, know when to throw with touch vs zip, and all other "mental" aspects of quarterbacking have improved markedly with time. Again, I know it's just a video game, but a read is a read, a progression is a progression, etc... just because I don't have the physical ability to play in the NFL doesn't mean I can't get a good grasp on the mental part of it with enough experience. The point is, processing the field is something that can get better with time and practice if you have the underlying mental capacity for it. Eventually, if you do have that mental capacity, at some point the lightbulb will go on and things do start to slow down. It's just like learning something new at work: first you are a little slow because you are concentrating on every new detail, but as you become familiar with the new task you can put some of those details in the back of your head on autopilot while you use most of your focus on the critical details. I fully believe that Josh does have that ability, and with time and practice he will become better at reading defenses, finding open receivers, and throwing good passes with more consistency than we've seen. In fact it's remarkable that he's as far along as he already is considering how little exposure to football he's had comparatively speaking. I'd be more concerned if he had more football experience under his belt but was only as far along as he currently is.

My sentiments exactly.