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

rightmove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119491360#Comment_119491360

Replying to this, the Lancashire-based company said that they see Hannah as "an empowered female character, comfortable in making her own decisions and in control of if and when she changes her mind."

FFS you do wonder!!!

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119492433#Comment_119492433

I'm not sure what programme the clip is from but it didn't look to be for children. Even at that, any child old enough to understand it would already have mastered entering a building and using doorways.

cdeb

Is it just general viewing though? That would be aimed at everyone. Including, maybe, people for whom English isn't a first language.

Honestly, to even compare this to the dafter elements of gender identity in terms of wokeness is bizarre.

timmyntc

nah its not woke, its just unnecessary. Public service announcements to tell people increasingly obvious things

What will come next? a guide on why you should not put forks in electrical sockets? how to sit down on a chair without squishing your balls? dont eat yellow snow?

dorothylives

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493149#Comment_119493149

Did it all start with shows like that one with Johnny Knox or whatever his name is, who did really really stupid childish things on camera where people obviously got hurt and they told people not to try it at home, knowing full well that they'd try it at home? Or maybe it was You've been framed where people got paid for clips where they did something painful and stupid?

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119492440#Comment_119492440

That ad is all over the place! Hannah meets Dave at an illegal rave, and they realise that they're soulmates. She decides she doesn't want a baby but then changes her mind (because she's an empowered female). She gets pregnant and hopes it's a girl, while Dave just hopes that the baby is his. Why does he think his soulmate might be having somebody else's child? What's the deal with this Hannah wan anyway, and what do we really know about her anyway? Strange detail to add to this sort of ad...

And before anyone says "but aren't we talking about the ad?", yeah, but also making note not to buy Crown Paints in the future.

Cordell

Why does he think his soulmate might be having somebody else's child?

Because they have an open relationship. As everyone should in this brave new world.

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493725#Comment_119493725

regardless of the actual "story" in the ad, its incredibly grating to listen to. That alone makes me want to never buy crown paints

dorothylives

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493868#Comment_119493868

It's probably not PC to say it, but I think he'll know if it's not his baby.

rightmove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119494094#Comment_119494094

dont paint everyone with same brush

rightmove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493848#Comment_119493848

what about consent - its it a painted safe space

Cordell

Consent is very important. Especially when not given, extra care must to taken to make sure the refusal is not for the wrong reasons. For example if a cis gendered male it's being offered sexy time by a trans gendered female they should not refuse it simply because the woman has a bigger penis.

Quantum Erasure

"...at least a couple of chapters will be devoted to the Nigerian-Irish"

Haven't seen many news outlets acknowledge the fact, fair play

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493543#Comment_119493543

I think it was McDonald's "hot drinks are hot", or the warnings they had to put on packets of peanuts "may contain nuts"... It's health and safety gone mad

BattleCorp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119494581#Comment_119494581

I think it's more a case of people getting thicker and the legislation setting a very high stupidly high bar.

Real story that happened to me over a decade ago but it's 100% true.

I worked as a trainer teaching people how to drive machines such as forklifts and ride on power pallet trucks. One guy I trained had an accident about a year after his training. There's more to it than this but one thing he did wrong was that he failed to stop at a stop sign in the warehouse and crashed into a roller door. He received quite a nasty injury and put in a claim as a result. As part of the legal proceedings I was quizzed by the Company Solicitor as I had trained the guy. He asked me various questions but he was really focussed on what I told trainees about signage in the warehouse. The reason he was asking me this was because the injured party claimed I never told him to stop at a stop sign. I laughed at the question but the solicitor didn't see the funny side of it. He was of the opinion that if I couldn't prove that I'd told him to stop at a stop sign, we could possibly be in trouble with regard to liability. Lucky for me I'd a slide in the theory presentation that covered obeying signs such as stop signs, speed limit signs etc.

Unfortunately these warning signs such as 'hot drinks are hot' are needed because dumb fcuks will burn themselves with hot drinks and claim that they didn't know the hot drinks would be hot.

And warnings about not standing under trees during lightning storms are needed because the first thing people will do if they are out in the fields is that they will stand under a tree for shelter.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119481445#Comment_119481445

More news on this one

https://news.sky.com/story/raf-took-steps-to-artificially-inflate-diversity-numbers-to-hit-target-defence-sources-suggest-12676867

Royal Air Force took steps to "artificially inflate" its diversity numbers in a bid to hit a key government target

RAF chose to ditch so-called selection or suitability interviews for all candidates between 1 December 2020 and 31 March 2021

...removing the interview for everyone meant that a larger pool of women and ethnic minority candidates was created to be loaded onto training courses.

...informed source claimed: "The pressure and direction from senior leaders were that all female and ethnic minority candidates are to be given priority treatment in the processing of their application.

"No consideration was to be given to their performance, so long as they have achieved the minimum standard, they were prioritised for movement forward, essentially meaning white males were left behind in the process

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119494322#Comment_119494322

Is that a common occurrence for you?

RobbieTheRobber

Typical for this thread a racist comes in with a new account gets thanked by plenty for the racist shite they post then the comments get deleted finally followed by a ban.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119496407#Comment_119496407

If a posters posts racist things then calling them a racist is not an insult but a statement of fact.

Cunw had been posting racist shite in this thread but they are currently banned from boards.

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119494665#Comment_119494665

50 years ago your car manual told you how to change the oil filter.

Now your car manual tells you not to drink the brake fluid.

Wibbs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119496840#Comment_119496840

Meh, always follow the money Fr Tod. Sure the car companies were concerned about lawsuits brought by morons, but it was more to do with adding to their profits by making the customer fearful and ignorant about servicing their own cars, making it ever more difficult to do so with "special tools" etc, so they'd bring it back to the dealers and they could be charged for it. The more ignorant the customer the more you can charge too. Same goes for phones, computers, household goods. Danger! Non user serviceable parts inside!. Throwaway, buy new. Rinse, repeat, profit.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500514#Comment_119500514

What is Woke about that?

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500565#Comment_119500565

Mods banned the racist user all before I even read their comments.

Are you saying boards mods are intrepid sentries?

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500563#Comment_119500563

Nothing I'd say.

I'm sure many many cultures have folk tales of characters similar to the English Robin Hood.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500579#Comment_119500579

What is Woke about a modern reinterpretation of Robin Hood?

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500604#Comment_119500604

So boards mods are cancel culture agents?

Any chance you could explain why you think the Robin Hood show is Woke. I don't get it.

bad2thebone

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500609#Comment_119500609

Board's mods go around the site on their Vespas looking all slick and dapper. They're never far away.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119500635#Comment_119500635

What a childish retort.

Are you incapable of explaining and justifying your own post?

RobbieTheRobber

At the moment I have two considerations that you think the lead actor being a women makes the show woke or you think the lead character being black is Woke.

To me that seems to make your post either misogynistic or racist. But I'd like to hear your opinion on why it is Woke?

Cordell

It used to be funny, now it's real.