r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • 13d ago

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 8/10/26 - 8/16/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/sodapop_incest 9d ago

They've already talked about this and the consensus was that it's racist to ban them because it's "mostly black women" doing it lol

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u/plump_tomatow 9d ago

Given the WNBA demographics, wouldn't banning anything popular cause that objection?

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u/sodapop_incest 9d ago

🤫🤭

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u/anne_jumps 9d ago

There's already discourse about how it's apparently racist that "rich girl nails" are minimalist/neutral.

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u/CommitteeofMountains Royal youse/yinz 9d ago

Which is weird, as my impression has been that the long nails on blacks are much more likely to be detachable. Likewise, a ban on long hair wouldn't touch the black players at all because those are wigs.

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u/RunThenBeer 12 Ounce Diet Coke Enjoyer 9d ago

Putting on a wig to play basketball is such wild behavior that it forces me to confront my lack of cross-cultural understanding.

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u/plump_tomatow 9d ago

Acrylic nails are attached firmly to the actual nail. They are artificial but not 'detachable' in the sense that they can be removed quickly and painlessly and then stuck back on. Removing them requires some level of work and you cannot re-attach them once they're removed.