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

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  • #1502
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,071 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    Well, she is a 'maker of things' according to herself.
    Cushions, candles, "upscaling" old furniture with whitewash. Pick one. :D

    Knitting might be another, though I have personally found knitters not to be eejits for some reason. Quite the opposite actually.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #1503
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    CarProblem wrote: »
    This the right place to put this?

    https://twitter.com/rbrowntweets/status/1331971082287505408

    Not content to go with a believable number, went with 60 (fucking 60) teenagers

    Anyone questioning it is of course an angry man, jealous that teenagers these days are more mature than they themselves were (I'm sure similar will be thrown at me)

    For the avoidance of doubt I'm 100% of the belief this didn't happen as told. I can get they maybe encouraged her (possibly) but fuck me, it's definitely exaggerated if not completely made up


    I think theres a Creative Writing forum on boards


  • #1504
    Morathi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 291 ✭✭Morathi


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    DJcgkPQ7.jpg

    Why even go with her to the garage in the first place? Doesn't sound like she needs any help. XD


  • #1505
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    CarProblem wrote: »
    This the right place to put this?

    https://twitter.com/rbrowntweets/status/1331971082287505408

    Not content to go with a believable number, went with 60 (fucking 60) teenagers

    Anyone questioning it is of course an angry man, jealous that teenagers these days are more mature than they themselves were (I'm sure similar will be thrown at me)

    For the avoidance of doubt I'm 100% of the belief this didn't happen as told. I can get they maybe encouraged her (possibly) but fuck me, it's definitely exaggerated if not completely made up

    For more of the same I recommend this subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/wokekids/

    Basically examples of people making up stories of things that apparently their children have said, disguising their own views in a kind of "from the mouths of babes" bull****


  • #1506
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    CarProblem wrote: »
    This the right place to put this?

    https://twitter.com/rbrowntweets/status/1331971082287505408

    Not content to go with a believable number, went with 60 (fucking 60) teenagers

    Anyone questioning it is of course an angry man, jealous that teenagers these days are more mature than they themselves were (I'm sure similar will be thrown at me)

    For the avoidance of doubt I'm 100% of the belief this didn't happen as told. I can get they maybe encouraged her (possibly) but fuck me, it's definitely exaggerated if not completely made up

    Ill take thinks that didnt happen for 10 Bob! assuming bits of the story are true, if teenage boys are shouting "gril power" they were ripping the p1ss out of her not sending her encouragement.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • #1507
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Morathi wrote: »
    Why even go with her to the garage in the first place? Doesn't sound like she needs any help. XD

    New paragraph, "She will pick her moment." Oooh you go and show them! They must go around to a different garage every year. Tools.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #1508
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Deleted User wrote: »
    On the greyhound racing, what do you think happens the dogs every couple of years as it is? If it were banned (which I'm not particularly fussed about either way) then within a couple of years there'd be a lot fewer dogs being destroyed.

    I don't think that's what's important in this discussion, most of the larger posts in reply to the topic have openly acknowledged that they have no idea how the industry works, just that they're pissed off someone is calling out the funding of it.

    If it wasn't some jumped up young one of a social democrat doing the calling out - noone here would give a fuck.


  • #1509
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,770 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Morathi wrote: »
    Why even go with her to the garage in the first place? Doesn't sound like she needs any help. XD

    He needs this opportunity to signal his wokeness.


  • #1510
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wibbs wrote: »
    There are a fair few women working in F1 teams, but my digging has yet to find a chief mechanic among them.
    I'm an F1 fan(atic) and I've never seen any mention of a female chief mechanic. I'm pretty sure it would have been remarked upon in at least one broadcast in the last 25 years. :pac:


  • #1511
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,974 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    It's made up, that's why you haven't heard about it.


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  • #1512
    Gervais08
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Gervais08


    Feisar wrote: »
    New paragraph, "She will pick her moment." Oooh you go and show them! They must go around to a different garage every year. Tools.

    Someone’s hoping for the shift -and not the gear one.


  • #1513
    bewareofthedog
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭bewareofthedog


    Seem a sensitive lot, they should try not giving a f**k :D



  • #1514
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Muff must be sh*tting itself.


  • #1515
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Austrian village of F**king renames itself Fugging after unwanted attention
    https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/26/austrian-village-of-f-king-renames-itself-fugging-after-unwanted-attention

    All the social media ridicule got to them eventually.


  • #1516
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Fuggin' hell...


  • #1517
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mod:

    Threads merged


  • #1518
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Quoting myself from the BLM thread a few months ago...
    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    A DJ who went by the stagename The Black Madonna has decided to rebrand as The Blessed Madonna. Probably because of all the negative connotations of the word Black these days...

    Joey Negro has cancelled himself too...

    And now....

    The DJs formerly known as Detroit Swindle have changed their name to Dam Swindle.

    The Dutch duo, real names Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, announced the change on social media, writing: “When we chose the name Detroit Swindle back in 2011, it was done as a homage to the music from the motor city … We added the ‘Swindle’ to make sure people wouldn’t think we were claiming to be from Detroit.

    “We never intended to claim ownership over something that was not ours to claim. We’ve always been open about this when people asked us about our name, and we’ve made sure this was stated clearly in our bio. Even though we have always been clear about our intentions, our name has still sparked conversations about cultural appropriation.”


  • #1519
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,923 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    BBC football commentator suspended for describing a scuffle between players as 'Handbags'

    https://punditarena.com/football/oisinmcqueirns2758/bbc-suspend-pundit-comment/


  • #1520
    Gervais08
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Gervais08


    normanoffside wrote: »
    BBC football commentator suspended for describing a scuffle between players as 'Handbags'

    https://punditarena.com/football/oisinmcqueirns2758/bbc-suspend-pundit-comment/

    So I’m ****ed now for saying Andy Murray cries like a girl when he loses. How did the world get so pathetic???


  • #1521
    Gervais08
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Gervais08


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Quoting myself from the BLM thread a few months ago...



    And now....

    The DJs formerly known as Detroit Swindle have changed their name to Dam Swindle.

    The Dutch duo, real names Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, announced the change on social media, writing: “When we chose the name Detroit Swindle back in 2011, it was done as a homage to the music from the motor city … We added the ‘Swindle’ to make sure people wouldn’t think we were claiming to be from Detroit.

    “We never intended to claim ownership over something that was not ours to claim. We’ve always been open about this when people asked us about our name, and we’ve made sure this was stated clearly in our bio. Even though we have always been clear about our intentions, our name has still sparked conversations about cultural appropriation.”

    Can’t you be from Detroit and be white ??? Madonna and Eminem are gonna run out of town!


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  • #1522
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,770 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Eminem won't stand a chance today, no record label would go anywhere near him. The biggest hip hop artist in a 80+% black city can't be white.


  • #1523
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,237 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Cordell wrote: »
    Eminem won't stand a chance today, no record label would go anywhere near him. The biggest hip hop artist in a 80+% black city can't be white.

    Eminem is still considered to be the among the best rappers in history, and his new album broke records and he actively performs frequently.

    He also paved the way for a large amount of good white rappers, unlike the previous bad white rappers that had been around before.


  • #1524
    limklad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭limklad


    AllForIt wrote: »
    I think it's about time we highlighted the more wacky WOKE notions that are popping up in the media on a weekly basis nowadays, if any of them aren't at all. I'm putting this in AH in the hope it's a more lighthearted thread rather than not.

    To start off here's 3 I've come across this last week alone.

    Full Stops. Apparently full stops used in text messaging and the like are offensive to young people. Too much on the passive/aggressive side.Source.

    .

    Sky news are running a report this week that says one of the reasons black people are severely under-represented in pro swimming is because of their thick afro hair and standard swimming caps don't fit. I would have thought cutting your hair would be a solution to this problem but I suppose doing that would be discriminatory to hair.

    .

    Multi Grammy award winner Adele has been criticised for cultural appropriation, because she posted a pic of herself on Instagram sporting an African hairdo. I guess she's not into swimming. Source.


    Do add the one's you come across as they arrive. I'll just make a prediction, exclamation marks will be next !
    Just turn it off like I do. Less eyes balls less value for their ads. Less moral panic and karens elsewhere.

    I watch a far more real diverse content on various other sources. I also listen to audio books and podcasts on far more interesting content.
    The only thing I watch on TV is sports and less so now, even through covid19.


  • #1525
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,770 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Vanilla Ice and House of Pain paved the way for white rappers.


  • #1526
    Gervais08
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Gervais08


    Cordell wrote: »
    Eminem won't stand a chance today, no record label would go anywhere near him. The biggest hip hop artist in a 80+% black city can't be white.

    It’s like “colour blind casting” is woke bull**** - a black actress can play the very white Anne Boleyn but somehow Will Smith wasn’t black enough to play Serena Williams’ father ??


  • #1527
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Cordell wrote: »
    Vanilla Ice and House of Pain paved the way for white rappers.

    Let’s not forget Snow.

    The tide is turning…



  • #1528
    Gervais08
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Gervais08


    Cordell wrote: »
    Vanilla Ice and House of Pain paved the way for white rappers.

    And Snow - tho Informer was utter ****e!!


  • #1529
    Cordell
    Registered Users Posts: 5,770 ✭✭✭Cordell


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Let’s not forget Snow.

    That one too. One hit wonder, white man speaking like a jamaican, not acceptable.


  • #1530
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Gervais08 wrote: »
    And Snow - tho Informer was utter ****e!!

    Excuse me?? ‘12 Inches of Snow’ is up there with ‘Totally Krossed Out’ by Kris Kross and Genesis’ ‘We Can’t Dance’ as era defining albums.

    The tide is turning…



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  • #1531
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    normanoffside wrote: »
    BBC football commentator suspended for describing a scuffle between players as 'Handbags'

    https://punditarena.com/football/oisinmcqueirns2758/bbc-suspend-pundit-comment/

    Slightly fake news, I mean he is freelance for starters, so technically they cannot suspend him?

    “After listeners raised concerns, Steve acknowledged some of his comments on air didn’t meet the standards we expect. He is taking a break but will be back in the New Year.”

    There is a follow up article in The Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8710535/BBC-hold-avoiding-racial-bias-training-session-air-talent-ahead-new-football-season.html


    I have to admit I had a chuckle at a few of these. I don't care what anyone says, this is where fascism rears its' ugliness. When you start banning language or colloquialisms over inferred meanings you are in trouble.

    LANGUAGE TO AVOID THIS SEASON
    *all of the copy below has been taken from the BBC's Avoiding Racial Bias guide, as seen by Sportsmail:


    CAKEWALK – The cakewalk originated as a dance performed by enslaved black people on plantations before the American Civil War. Owners held contests in which slaves competed for a cake.

    Alternatives – 'this is turning into a breeze, a walk in the park...'

    NITTY GRITTY     – Thought to refer to the detritus found in the bottom of boats once a shipment of slaves had been removed from the hold. The 'nit' refers to a parasitic insect – the 'grits' are the grain which would have been used as a cheap foodstuff to keep a slave ship's cargo barely fed.

    Alternatives – 'the basic facts', 'the most important aspects or practical details', 'the key parts or substance'

    SOLD DOWN THE RIVER – In the 19th century, black slaves were literally sold down the river to plantation owners further south where brutal conditions awaited. The use of that phrase in a sporting context waters down that association it has with slavery.

    Alternatives – 'that back pass left the keeper with no chance', 'put the keeper in an impossible position'

    UPPITY – A word used by white people during racial segregation in the USA to describe black people they believed weren't showing them enough deference. Black men and women were lynched by white mobs for seeming 'too uppity'.

    Alternatives – 'agitated', 'chirpy', 'jumpy', 'uptight', 'troubled', 'perturbed', 'het up'

    ***

    Ask yourself now what the reaction might be to words/phrases like 'blackballed', 'blacklist', 'black mark', 'whiter than white'? Can you understand why someone might associate black = bad, white = good?

    There are alternatives:

    BLACKBALLED/BLACKLISTED     – rejected, shunned, excluded, barred, snubbed.

    BLACK MARK     – his reputation has been tainted/tarnished, he has a blot on his reputation. I sniggered at this one myself.

    WHITER THAN WHITE – beyond reproach, spotless, unblemished, immaculate, impeccable.


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