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1. spraak+(OP)[view] [source] 2017-08-02 16:52:40
> along with a healthy dose of racism

Er, when is racism ever healthy?

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2. ianlee+y1[view] [source] 2017-08-02 17:00:15
>>spraak+(OP)
It means a significant amount of racism.
3. RBBron+42[view] [source] 2017-08-02 17:03:40
>>spraak+(OP)
good point. never.
4. dajohn+B4[view] [source] 2017-08-02 17:14:42
>>spraak+(OP)
See definition 4

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/healthy

5. nkrisc+Qt[view] [source] 2017-08-02 20:02:41
>>spraak+(OP)
A "healthy dose" of something negative is bit of a sarcastic idiom. More generally a "healthy" dose could be described as one that is not lacking in any way.
6. dang+s31[view] [source] 2017-08-03 01:44:29
>>spraak+(OP)
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14912145 and marked it off-topic.
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