Wokeism of the day *Revised Mod Note in OP and threadbanned users*

growleaves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118502993#Comment_118502993

This is the kind of thing that makes me open to conspiracy theories.

Why would the Canadian Bar Association make such a demand unless they are run by controlled assets?

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118507162#Comment_118507162

It’s **** chocolate lads. Yes, I’m all for expectance and being inclusive but as I said already it’s chocolate and the character aren’t real. There are times when people overthink things way too much.

Quantum Erasure

The green M&M, previously seen in ads posing seductively and strutting her stuff in white go-go boots, will now sport a pair of sneakers. A description for the green candy on the M&M’s website says she enjoys “being a hypewoman for my friends.”

“I think we all win when we see more women in leading roles, so I’m happy to take on the part of supportive friend when they succeed,” the green M&M said on the promotional site.

Another character, the brown M&M, described her motto as, “Not bossy. Just the boss.”

AllForIt

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but maybe all this identity politics society is plagued with currently was originally conceived by business' to create more and more target markets!?

LGBT M&M anyone? Mmm yummy.

Galwayguy35

That idiot on the Tiktok video should be more concerned he/she or whatever is about 5 stone overweight and a walking heart attack instead of bladdering about a transphopic baby.

Hego Damask

Not sure if exactly "woke" but I was reading : 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60010608

The article talks about only female staff there and mentions 

"certain jobs at the British Antarctic Survey - which has a team on South Georgia - were not open to women "

Lately I have noticed that all BBC science articles seem to feature women exclusively, so I checked that site 

https://sgmuseum.gs/meet-the-team/

and 5/7 are women, is strange that so many women would want to work in such a remote place - most people working at the British Antarctic Survey are men - no surprise really, who the hell would want to be on an icy rock surrounded by penguins.

Again, are they getting "revenge" for that old law that didn't allow women work there ? 

I fear discrimination is being used to fix an older discrimination - 2 wrongs don't make a right.

I would hate to be a young lad embarking on a Science career now ..

ingalway

Jesus "transgendered" himself.

He was a "mother hen".

He washed feet which was the woman's role therefore he "becomes the woman"

Trans Rights Activism reinforces sex based stereotypes as much as religion ever did and here it is in all its glory, all in 33 seconds.

https://twitter.com/WokePreacherTV/status/1484202496147046403?s=20

padd b1975

Calls for conservatories to be banned (???) while sitting in her own conservatory.

Green campaigner lectures on damage of conservatories - while in hers https://mol.im/a/10421987 via https://dailym.ai/android

Quantum Erasure

MisterAnarchy

It seems that poor old Dr Phil has fallen foul of the Lefties.

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1484465935733821444

Mecanudo

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Cordell

Toxic happiness ffs

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/toxic-positivity-and-how-to-spot-it-5654704-Jan2022/

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118516307#Comment_118516307

She kinda has a point. There's nothing worse than people who pretend to be happy up until the point that the go and hang themselves.

kowloon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118507162#Comment_118507162

Chocolate manufacturers could prove how inclusive and respectful they are by treating people on cocoa plantations life full human beings. That's a PR move that I could get behind.

generic_throwaway

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118516307#Comment_118516307

This is a weird thing to lump in with the usual reactionary outrage here. Surely relentless positive thinking is what you guys* should be up in arms about, which is exactly what this person is talking about?

*and of course progressive people too

arthursway

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118515339#Comment_118515339

No one is safe if even Dr.Phil is getting it🤣

BobbyMalone

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517140#Comment_118517140

Or in a workplace environment where management place an emphasis on 'being positive' (which is really just a way of shutting down dissent by labelling it as 'negative').

Quantum Erasure

Jamie Oliver employs 'cultural appropriation specialists' to avoid recipe controversies

https://www.buzz.ie/news/jamie-oliver-cultural-appropriation-specialists-26026638

Oliver told the Sunday Times: "Your immediate reaction is to be defensive and say, 'For the love of God, really?' And then you go, 'Well, we don't want to offend anyone'."

Oliver has faced criticism in the past for some of his recipes and products, and the 46-year-old acknowledged that his 2012 Empire Roast Chicken recipe would not be acceptable nowadays.

In 2014, Oliver sparked backlash from West Africans for his take on Jollof rice, with thousands of outraged comments disputing his interpretation of the dish. In 2018, Labour MP Dawn Butler accused Oliver of cultural appropriation for his punchy jerk rice,...

starkid

the positivity thing is 100 per cent correct.

Humans weren´t meant to be uber positive at all times. There needed to be fearful humans when crossing the plain so we didn´t just step down and get chowed down by a sabre tooth. we evolved to have all sorts of emotions, and for good reason.

MY saying is if you keep your head up all the time, you will inevitably step in **** some day.

kowloon

Cordell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118522382#Comment_118522382

My issue with that it's the idea of being happy is toxic to unhappy people, just as being slim is toxic to fat people and being good looking is toxic to ugly people. No, if you're happy there's nothing toxic about it, and if you're sad don't expect happy people to hide their happiness.

As for corporate environment, of course they only expect positive thinking. No one there cares about your negative feelings, what they need is a positive environment where happy workers are productive workers.

also, there is no reactionary outrage here, and who's "you guys"?

CrabRevolution

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118499087#Comment_118499087

Maybe she's just a really hardcore Juggalo?

BattleCorp1

I absolutely don't get the whole 'cultural appropriation' thing. Why is it a thing? How is it harming anyone if a red head from Kerry wears a kimono or someone from Leitrim wearing cornrows in their hair? And as for Jamie Oliver getting in trouble for cultural appropriation of food, are we not allowed to eat/use ingredients from other parts of the world now?

What a load of bullsh1t.

kowloon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118529573#Comment_118529573

It also completely flies in the face of how culture works: People see someone doing something that they like and start doing it themselves. Be it a style of hat or a way of cutting turf, we adopt things and they change over time. It's good to have an element of respect for other people's traditions or whatever, but getting upset because someone doesn't cook chicken the way you've decided chicken should be cooked is stupid. You can say it's not the way it's done where you come from, but you don't get to dictate how someone else does things.

AllForIt

I thought the whole point of multiculturalism is our cultures blend in with one another, to a degree at least. What else does integration mean if not that.

Then when it does integrate, you get people complaining about cultural appropriation.

Can't win really.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526315#Comment_118526315

Nah, that's a turd ridge...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118529500#Comment_118529500

'You guys' are the people who continuously scan the BBC/Guardian websites and Twitter for outrage and then report back here on order to generate some counter-outrage, and that's not what 'toxic' means in this context.

There's a difference between positivity, false positivity and toxic positivity; the last one being the kind that isn't harmless but actually generates negativity and pisses everyone off.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118533284#Comment_118533284

The problem isn't the appropriation, it's the idiots who scream appropriation the moment you try to integrate it.

Also, people should at lesst be respectful of the culture they try to integrate - that doesn't always happen

Cordell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118533736#Comment_118533736

Why wound anyone be pissed of by another's positivity?

"We guys" are not outraged, we are just having a bit of fun at the expense of those perpetually outraged.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118534163#Comment_118534163

Hey - I'm not saying I agree with the "you guys" I'm just telling you who it's referring to.

Regarding the positivity, that's my point: positivity is not the same as toxic positivity. Positivity is fine. Toxic positivity is the kind of **** the gets locked up until someone becomes Arthur Fleck or William Foster.