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Racist chocolate ducklings

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  • #62
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Zorya wrote: »
    The thinking behind the names seems odd. Ugly from the Ugly Duckling. Fluffy..uh, because, ducks are fluffy? :confused: Crispy ...because of crispy Peking Duck or something? :confused: Hahah it's so random. I would probably look crooked at it to be honest.

    Yes, that’s all I take from it, that the naming is odd. Odd but not racist, unless ‘crispy’ is also an insulting term.


  • #63
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The only racist people in this story are the people who looked at that duckling with the word ugly and their minds went to black people.

    It's like the people who hate gay people, or the lad who only talks about women turning out to be gay. They know they're racist and overcorrect.


  • #64
    el diablo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,822 ✭✭✭el diablo


    We are living in clown world. Western civilisation must surely be on the verge of collapsing.

    clown-world.png

    Orange pilled.



  • #65
    GinAndBitter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 746 ✭✭✭GinAndBitter


    el diablo wrote: »
    We are living in clown world. Western civilisation must surely be on the verge of collapsing.

    clown-world.png

    Seen a load of posters of this character on the central bank at the weekend, what's the story with them?


  • #66
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,636 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    I would rather drink swill than that poison, and toast anyone with enough backbone to criticise and boycott a prejudicial, corrupt, and morally illegal state over buying cheap wine.

    There's a fair chance that your post and my reply back to you passed through some tech developed in Israel. You may want to avoid internet and computers altogether until we have something certificated to be free of such tech, something like certified fairtrade coffee.


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  • #67
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    GinAndBitter wrote: »
    Seen a load of posters of this character on the central bank at the weekend, what's the story with them?

    smug-pepe2.jpg?w=640


  • #68
    Jester232
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 22 ✭Jester232


    Society is going down a dark road. Activists are always looking for the next thing to campaign about.

    An example is not slapping your kids. That whole thing started a long time ago. Go stand in the reflection corner.

    Social media use is rampant and depression and anxiety is everywhere yet people will just say "we're just more comfortable and open with sharing that we have mental issues".

    Things you could do 10 years ago frowned upon and sometimes made illegal all hiding under the guise of "progress".

    How long before Fr Ted or something is not broadcast because it's not acceptable anymore?


  • #69
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    el diablo wrote: »
    We are living in clown world. Western civilisation must surely be on the verge of collapsing.

    One single person with 175 Twitter followers has a daft whinge about chocolate ducks. That's all that story is. One single nobody complaining and then Sky going to ask for comment and the retailer trying to immediately shut down any possible controversy.

    The question that we should be asking here is why are Sky News trying to manufacture a story from that? This isn't a news story and you're being manipulated if you act like it is.

    Or you know, we could all just fall for it, overreact massively and decry the entirety of Western Civilization.


  • #70
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    That's what really annoys me about these 'outrages'. An outlet will often find some random nobodies complaining about something, and all of a sudden it's "Twitter in outrage over X" despite there being essentially no outrage to begin with.

    But then the story becomes a wider 'outrage', precisely because it was manufactured by said outlet.

    It's also similar to stories like "X hits back at critics who shamed her over Y" even though it might have just been based on odd negative/blatant troll comments in an absolute sea of positive ones.


  • #71
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Meanwhile, children the world over starve.


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  • #72
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,418 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Crispy, Fluffy and Ugly - trio of Easter ducklings at #waitrose . Ugly is the dark one on the right. Overheard women saying “this is not right” , I agree, doesn’t look good at all. Thousands of other options... why #ugly?????

    Because of the fcuking song obviously!!! Tbh, I'd wager that the aggrieved women are probably relatively young and may not be aware of the song, so the name meant nothing to them. When I was a kid it was regularly on all sorts of kids' TV show, records, etc., but I can't remember the last time I heard it, despite having young nephews and nieces.


  • #73
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Zaph wrote: »
    Because of the fcuking song obviously!!! Tbh, I'd wager that the aggrieved women are probably relatively young and may not be aware of the song, so the name meant nothing to them. When I was a kid it was regularly on all sorts of kids' TV show, records, etc., but I can't remember the last time I heard it, despite having young nephews and nieces.

    Yeah, there's a clear generation gap at play here, but it's also a reflection of how bland entertainment is for kids these day.

    I mean, most young kids are probably more attune with handheld devices then watching kids shows on TV, much less reading books, or even having books read to them which may contain such nursery rhymes or stories.


  • #74
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Cordell wrote: »
    There's a fair chance that your post and my reply back to you passed through some tech developed in Israel. You may want to avoid internet and computers altogether until we have something certificated to be free of such tech, something like certified fairtrade coffee.
    Yeah: snore. Using the internet and computers are a little bit harder for a person in Ireland in 2019 to ignore than drinking Israeli wine.

    I suppose you think I should ride a horse and cart to go to work because I'm concerned about the environment as well, yeah? You need to be a functional member of society to criticise its ills. Go back to bed until you wake up, good man.


  • #75
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,636 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Oh yeah, boycott but not so much as to become inconvenient, you brave armchair warriors.


  • #76
    Infini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭Infini


    tonycascarino wrote: »
    The world needs a good war to sort out all this tripe

    Nah all we need is to giving oxygen to cancerous idiots and their stupidity.


  • #77
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Cordell wrote: »
    Oh yeah, boycott but not so much as to become inconvenient, you brave armchair warriors.
    In 2019 not using computers or the internet isn't just an inconvenience, it would virtually cripple a person trying to function in civilisation.

    I presume you only use computers or the internet for watching cartoons but for adults with mortgages, online banking, people we need to communicate with etc it's a lot more essential and practically impossible for a person to live without. You're talking out of your arse.


  • #78
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,636 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Sure boycotting* private business to punish a state policy makes a lot of sense.

    *just the ones that don't affect your comfort.


  • #79
    pxdf9i5cmoavkz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭pxdf9i5cmoavkz


    Jester232 wrote: »
    Things you could do 10 years ago frowned upon and sometimes made illegal all hiding under the guise of "progress".

    The "we should get better as a society" is often a euphemism for "we should take people's individual freedom away".

    --

    What interests me is how slowly but insidiously these retarded ideas spread. It's nigh impossible to go a day without some someone throwing the words "far left or far right" into a conversation thinking that the one is better than the other when in reality they're fairly close to each other.


  • #80
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,472 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Eight quid for 3 mouthfuls of chocolate?
    Now, that's offensive.


  • #81
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Crispy duck, fluffy duck and the ugly duckling.


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  • #82
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    I am actually lost . Which one is ugly ?
    The one with Vitiligo.


    https://pics.me.me/james-fridman-atiamic013-your-skin-condition-doesnt-make-you-ofjamie013-7027609.png


  • #83
    el diablo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,822 ✭✭✭el diablo


    super_furry wrote: »

    Or you know, we could all just fall for it, overreact massively and decry the entirety of Western Civilization.

    It's not an isolated incident. We're seeing similar Twitter outrages on an almost daily basis from the regressive left.

    Orange pilled.



  • #84
    GinAndBitter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 746 ✭✭✭GinAndBitter


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    smug-pepe2.jpg?w=640

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  • #85
    Hedgelayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Hedgelayer


    If it's ugly in the eye of the designer or beholder, so be it...

    Whether it's brown, faun, vegan yellow or red...
    If it's ugly it's ugly...

    What a load of bollox complaining about a chocolate duck, who gives a fluck....

    Shower of Sjw ****


  • #86
    Jester232
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 22 ✭Jester232


    Cora Raspy Ferry wrote: »
    The "we should get better as a society" is often a euphemism for "we should take people's individual freedom away".

    --

    What interests me is how slowly but insidiously these retarded ideas spread. It's nigh impossible to go a day without some someone throwing the words "far left or far right" into a conversation thinking that the one is better than the other when in reality they're fairly close to each other.

    Yes.

    Similar again is the example of Israel Folau, the Aussie rugby player sacked for saying gays will go to hell.

    In fact, he said numerous other categories of people go to hell also, atheists, drunks etc. yet every press release is saying he's sacked because of his views on gay people. So saying a gay person is going to hell is not ok but saying an atheist goes to hell is?

    Just shows that all this outrage is from social media and the likes. No one is going to care about atheists like they do with gays.


  • #87
    Wheety
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,498 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Jester232 wrote: »
    Yes.

    Similar again is the example of Israel Folau, the Aussie rugby player sacked for saying gays will go to hell.

    In fact, he said numerous other categories of people go to hell also, atheists, drunks etc. yet every press release is saying he's sacked because of his views on gay people. So saying a gay person is going to hell is not ok but saying an atheist goes to hell is?

    Just shows that all this outrage is from social media and the likes. No one is going to care about atheists like they do with gays.

    What if you're a gay atheist drunk?


  • #88
    evil_seed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭evil_seed


    Stop the world and let me off


  • #89
    Jester232
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 22 ✭Jester232


    Wheety wrote: »
    What if you're a gay atheist drunk?

    Well I wonder what would have happened if Folau didn't include gays in his list. I bet nothing would be done.

    Just like nothing would be done if any other professional said cheats go to hell for example.


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