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MadDAsHell

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26. Depends on if the most noteworthy achievements were by men or not.

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 06:03 PM

Oct 2016

What are they supposed to do, rank all candidates first by race, gender, and sexual orientation (in that priority order, because let's be honest, sexual orientation clearly has a back seat to the other two in 2016), eliminate all the white men, and then pick the best achievements from those who are left?

Sounds like the direction the Oscars wants to go so why not, right?

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Are you pissed that all Nobel Prizes this year went to men? [View all] closeupready Oct 2016 OP

Gender shouldn't matter Lifelong Protester Oct 2016 #1

Agreed. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #17

So happy for Bob Dylan. madaboutharry Oct 2016 #2

If I was a voting member of the Nobel committee, it might gratuitous Oct 2016 #3

It's not the committee's fault. Too much resistance in schools, unis, corps, etc. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #4

What is your purpose in posting this? n/t demmiblue Oct 2016 #5

This. MicaelS Oct 2016 #7

Well, that inspired me, but as they say, closeupready Oct 2016 #9

No, I think it is more about this: demmiblue Oct 2016 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Oct 2016 #8

Oh, the irony of your sentiment LanternWaste Oct 2016 #12

I didn't see it. demmiblue Oct 2016 #13

interesting---I was just writing to several heads of depts in my state wordpix Oct 2016 #10

Do you have a point? George II Oct 2016 #15

I think he's making fun of this OP. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #18

So he has no point other than to mock other members here. George II Oct 2016 #19

Some posts are just begging to be mocked. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #20

Wow, just wow. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #29

Perhaps they should have tweaked the results by taking away Dylan's Nobel, Nye Bevan Oct 2016 #16

Tweaks for twerks? Sounds like a hit. closeupready Oct 2016 #23

That should liven up the conference a bit. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #24

Nice! nt MadDAsHell Oct 2016 #27

No, but some of the things it's a symptom of make me angry. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2016 #21

These are very good points. Thank you for posting. closeupready Oct 2016 #22

Could be the women were just erased. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #30

Incandescent Rage AngryAmish Oct 2016 #25

Depends on if the most noteworthy achievements were by men or not. MadDAsHell Oct 2016 #26

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