Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.

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      1 year ago

      as a gay man, not as far as i’m aware

      and if you’re trying to make a joke because the people that do this are likely homophobes and would hate to be associated with gay sex, i’d ask please don’t… that, in itself, is unintentionally homophobic because it implies gay sex is derogatory

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        1 year ago

        Sorry I wasn’t intending on implying that. Meant to make the homophobes the butt of the jokes (and a slight inspiration from Arrested Development’s “shoveling coal” although it doesn’t mention being gay at all, just an implication of a sex act). The people who roll coal don’t care about doing things for the right reasons, so maybe they’ll do the right thing for the wrong reason (don’t roll coal bc they don’t wanna be gay). Worked for roller blading (although ofc there wasn’t anything wrong with that)

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          You know I appreciate the fact that you made a joke and it didn't land and instead of getting upset or responding negatively, you addressed it appropriately. I think that's one thing that I really love about this place versus reddit is that it actually feels like a bunch of adults having a conversation.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I suppose you’re right, but it would have been so satisfying to play back their own insecurities.

        As a non-gay man, I got a huge kick out of all the gay guys taking back “proud boys” a few years back

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          1 year ago

          Using their insults against them doesn't make you smarter than them, it makes you just like them.

          Don't be like them. Don't sink to their level. It's not a good place to be.

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        1 year ago

        Does it mean USSR was gay sex country?

        Context: in USSR coal mining was honorable job

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          Oh yeah, Russians love pushing coal. You know all those Russians that Putin has had killed over the years, poisoning, shot out of the sky, stuff like that? It wasn't because of political reasons, they were his ex lovers.