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

Cordell · 08-10-2020 2:52pm

They would cover up and silence any such happening, woke things are to be 100% positive.

sbsquarepants · 08-10-2020 3:39pm

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

https://twitter.com/UN_Women/status/1312476276637089793

Jesus i'm confused - what's wrong with explaining something if you feel you know better than the other person?

Is that not the very basis of education?

Is it really that hard to say "I know that" or even "No you're wrong, here is how it really works"

I have these conversations daily, with men and women, even with my kids ffs. There's nothing wrong with teaching someone something, however small, and there's also nothing wrong with them teaching you - especially if you're bloody doing that thing wrong!

nthclare · 08-10-2020 3:49pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Jesus i'm confused - what's wrong with explaining something if you feel you know better than the other person?

Is that not the very basis of education?

It all depends on the moon that day and mood.
I was dumped recently, it all started when my exe got a job she was looking for.
And I just said, that's great news hun... With your background you could climb the ladder if there's openings in the future.
I was accused of undermining her because I wasn't happy with her being a normal worker.... Then a few days later I wanted to borrow the carpet cleaner.... No and I suppose you want me to clean it for you too, and before you start I never asked you to do two days work on my garde over the summer.
You volentered , and don't throw back the fact that you...

I suggested we cool off for a few weeks and chill out maybe you're stressed...
Then she suggested that I sling my hook and she's had enough....
I slung my hook but that made it worse, because I was too nonchalant about her dumping me...

Ffs you can't win... Anyhow its over now and I dodged a bullet, enough red flags for a Cork all Ireland

lmimmfn · 09-10-2020 12:25pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

That’s a fair point but they could put a white band each side of the rainbow. They probably would if somebody suggested it.

No, that would be racist

1800_Ladladlad · 09-10-2020 10:19pm

https://twitter.com/Oreo/status/1314558736875175937

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09-10-2020 10:38pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Jesus i'm confused - what's wrong with explaining something if you feel you know better than the other person?

Is that not the very basis of education?

Is it really that hard to say "I know that" or even "No you're wrong, here is how it really works"

I have these conversations daily, with men and women, even with my kids ffs. There's nothing wrong with teaching someone something, however small, and there's also nothing wrong with them teaching you - especially if you're bloody doing that thing wrong!

Yeah I've been told that I show off what I know even when asking questions. I do it from the POV that it's way easier to explain something to someone if you know their level of knowledge beforehand so you're not wasting time re-explaining nor starting at too high a level.

Cordell · 09-10-2020 11:30pm

You're committing a microinequity just by knowing more, and like that's not enough you're showing off by explaining.
It's irrelevant that you were asked to explain, it doesn't free you from the privilege of knowledge.

1990sman · 10-10-2020 2:16am

i find other people existing disenfranchising.

1800_Ladladlad · 10-10-2020 9:37am

gfgh

patnor1011 · 10-10-2020 9:50am

Collection of current woke stuff we are bombarded daily from every angle imaginable.
Courtesy of anonymous youtube poster who compiled it.

“FYI... It’s just a mask.
It’s just voluntary social distancing.
It’s just two weeks – to “flatten the curve.”
It’s just temporary.
It’s just to prevent an overwhelming surge of the health care system.
We’re all in this together.
It’s just ‘non-essential’ businesses.
It’s just until the surge is over.
It's just to keep others from being scared.
It’s just a sign of caring.
It’s just two more weeks.
It’s just six feet.
It’s just communion or singing.
You can still meet on videochat.
It’s the new normal.
Anyone who does not comply is making things worse.
It’s just until October.
It’s just until more cases go down.
It’s just until we get a vaccine.
It’s just until the virus is no longer an issue.
It’s just the deletion of a YouTube video.
It’s just the deletion of a Facebook post.
It’s just the deletion of a YouTube account.
It’s just the deletion of a Facebook account.
It’s just to protect others from misinformation.
Anybody who does not agree must be a right wing extremist or a white supremacist.
It’s just a nasal swab.
It just hurts for a few seconds.
It’s just for everyone’s safety.
We will need for you to return for repeat testing once every week.
You ideally should wear goggles or an eye mask for “more perfect” protection.
It’s recommended that you wear a mask while you are at home with family members.
It’s advised that you maintain social distance while you are at home with family members.
It’s just until there are less than 6 new cases per 100,000 people.
This may not end until the second half of 2021 or in 2022.
We need to ramp up the testing and tracing.
This is a testing checkpoint. You must submit to a test.
It’s just an app. on your "smart" phone
It’s just to let us know who you’ve been in contact with.
It’s just to let others know you’re safe to be around.
It’s just a few places that don’t accept cash.
It’s only a temporary coin shortage.
It’s just a no-cash policy.
It’s a convenient card that tracks all your transactions.
It’s just a ban on singing in public.
It’s only facial recognition.
It’s just an ankle bracelet.
It’s just to let us know that you are complying with isolation.
The drones will be monitoring you for your protection to make sure you are complying with quarantine.
You should not have sex without wearing a mask.
You are not allowed to have sex with anyone who is not a member of your household.
It’s just a little prick.
It’s just a quantum-dot tattoo embedded into your skin.
It's delivered using "Luciferase" (technology) so we can scan you like a product.
It just uses "Hydrogel" so we can connect you to the cloud to remotely give you regular boosters (updates).
This device (Hydrogel) is a self-healing polymer-nanoparticle (PNP) hydrogel platform prolongs the co-delivery of vaccine components to the immune system.
It’s for your health security.
That’s just a conspiracy theory.
It’s so we can keep track of your immunization status.
It’s just a temporary side effect.
It’s just a coincidence – it has nothing to do with the vaccine.
If you feel sick at any time or for any reason, it just means it’s the virus is causing it.
If you get sick, then you just have to start again with more isolation and injections.
It looks like we will need multiple booster injections to give you the best protection.
It’s just a new type of mask with a built-in temperature and virus sensors that you need to wear all day.
It’s just for medical information and paying for things.
It’s just an immunization passport.
It’s completely voluntary, but you need it if you want to be able to participate in society.
It’s just that you can’t board an airplane without it.
It’s just that you are not allowed to be employed without it.
It’s just that you cannot go to school or university without it.
It’s just that you cannot enter any stores without it.
It’s just that you cannot renew your driver’s license without it
It’s just that you are not allowed to leave your house without it.
It’s just so you can be allowed to drive on the roads.
It’s just so you can be allowed to vote.
It’s just so you are allowed to keep your job.
It’s just so you can be allowed inside stores.
It’s only a restaurant closure.
It’s only one small business that has closed.
It’s just a one-time stimulus check.
The economy will eventually bounce back – it will be a “V” shaped curve.
It’s just a temporary job loss.
It’s just a temporary unemployment check.
It’s was just a temporary moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
It’s just an eviction notice.
It’s just a foreclosure notice.
It’s only needed in order for you to be allowed government assistance.
It’s just a temporary bank closure.
It’s just a bank holiday.
It’s just a ban on cash.
The dollar has been devalued.
It’s a brand new digital cryptocurrency designed by Microsoft.
If you care, then you should reduce your talking, or stop talking completely when in public.
It’s only required if you want to leave your house.
It’s voluntary but your children will need to be removed from your care.
It’s mandatory.
Without it you will be fined.
If you don’t have it you will be placed in a quarantine facility.
This should end no longer than one year after the entire world has been vaccinated with all four doses.
It’s just until there are no more new cases.
It’s just until we completely eradicate the virus.
It’s unrealistic to think that we can completely eradicate this because it mutates and adapts.
We now believe that the virus will always be with us.
It’s the onset of a brand new pandemic. It’s called “Pandemic Two.”
It’s just a little chip. It’s for health security.
Stop asking questions. This is the law and you are expected to follow it.
This is a lawful order. We are here to remove you and your children from your home. We will be taking you to a safe facility. Please get into the van.
Welcome to the quarantine facility. This is a locked facility for your safety.
You will need to wear a hazmat suit.
It’s just a mask."

“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it”.
~G and M Riley

biko · 10-10-2020 9:52am

Feminists rewrites mythology

MWTH project and NYC Parks is pleased to present Medusa With The Head of Perseus

The seven-foot bronze sculpture inverts the narrative of Medusa, portraying her in a moment of somberly empowered self-defense.

https://www.mwthproject.com/oct-2020

Gervais08 · 10-10-2020 9:55am

patnor1011 wrote: »

Collection of current woke stuff we are bombarded daily from every angle imaginable.
Courtesy of anonymous youtube poster who compiled it.

“FYI... It’s just a mask.
It’s just voluntary social distancing.
It’s just two weeks – to “flatten the curve.”
It’s just temporary.
It’s just to prevent an overwhelming surge of the health care system.
We’re all in this together.
It’s just ‘non-essential’ businesses.
It’s just until the surge is over.
It's just to keep others from being scared.
It’s just a sign of caring.
It’s just two more weeks.
It’s just six feet.
It’s just communion or singing.
You can still meet on videochat.
It’s the new normal.
Anyone who does not comply is making things worse.
It’s just until October.
It’s just until more cases go down.
It’s just until we get a vaccine.
It’s just until the virus is no longer an issue.
It’s just the deletion of a YouTube video.
It’s just the deletion of a Facebook post.
It’s just the deletion of a YouTube account.
It’s just the deletion of a Facebook account.
It’s just to protect others from misinformation.
Anybody who does not agree must be a right wing extremist or a white supremacist.
It’s just a nasal swab.
It just hurts for a few seconds.
It’s just for everyone’s safety.
We will need for you to return for repeat testing once every week.
You ideally should wear goggles or an eye mask for “more perfect” protection.
It’s recommended that you wear a mask while you are at home with family members.
It’s advised that you maintain social distance while you are at home with family members.
It’s just until there are less than 6 new cases per 100,000 people.
This may not end until the second half of 2021 or in 2022.
We need to ramp up the testing and tracing.
This is a testing checkpoint. You must submit to a test.
It’s just an app. on your "smart" phone
It’s just to let us know who you’ve been in contact with.
It’s just to let others know you’re safe to be around.
It’s just a few places that don’t accept cash.
It’s only a temporary coin shortage.
It’s just a no-cash policy.
It’s a convenient card that tracks all your transactions.
It’s just a ban on singing in public.
It’s only facial recognition.
It’s just an ankle bracelet.
It’s just to let us know that you are complying with isolation.
The drones will be monitoring you for your protection to make sure you are complying with quarantine.
You should not have sex without wearing a mask.
You are not allowed to have sex with anyone who is not a member of your household.
It’s just a little prick.
It’s just a quantum-dot tattoo embedded into your skin.
It's delivered using "Luciferase" (technology) so we can scan you like a product.
It just uses "Hydrogel" so we can connect you to the cloud to remotely give you regular boosters (updates).
This device (Hydrogel) is a self-healing polymer-nanoparticle (PNP) hydrogel platform prolongs the co-delivery of vaccine components to the immune system.
It’s for your health security.
That’s just a conspiracy theory.
It’s so we can keep track of your immunization status.
It’s just a temporary side effect.
It’s just a coincidence – it has nothing to do with the vaccine.
If you feel sick at any time or for any reason, it just means it’s the virus is causing it.
If you get sick, then you just have to start again with more isolation and injections.
It looks like we will need multiple booster injections to give you the best protection.
It’s just a new type of mask with a built-in temperature and virus sensors that you need to wear all day.
It’s just for medical information and paying for things.
It’s just an immunization passport.
It’s completely voluntary, but you need it if you want to be able to participate in society.
It’s just that you can’t board an airplane without it.
It’s just that you are not allowed to be employed without it.
It’s just that you cannot go to school or university without it.
It’s just that you cannot enter any stores without it.
It’s just that you cannot renew your driver’s license without it
It’s just that you are not allowed to leave your house without it.
It’s just so you can be allowed to drive on the roads.
It’s just so you can be allowed to vote.
It’s just so you are allowed to keep your job.
It’s just so you can be allowed inside stores.
It’s only a restaurant closure.
It’s only one small business that has closed.
It’s just a one-time stimulus check.
The economy will eventually bounce back – it will be a “V” shaped curve.
It’s just a temporary job loss.
It’s just a temporary unemployment check.
It’s was just a temporary moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
It’s just an eviction notice.
It’s just a foreclosure notice.
It’s only needed in order for you to be allowed government assistance.
It’s just a temporary bank closure.
It’s just a bank holiday.
It’s just a ban on cash.
The dollar has been devalued.
It’s a brand new digital cryptocurrency designed by Microsoft.
If you care, then you should reduce your talking, or stop talking completely when in public.
It’s only required if you want to leave your house.
It’s voluntary but your children will need to be removed from your care.
It’s mandatory.
Without it you will be fined.
If you don’t have it you will be placed in a quarantine facility.
This should end no longer than one year after the entire world has been vaccinated with all four doses.
It’s just until there are no more new cases.
It’s just until we completely eradicate the virus.
It’s unrealistic to think that we can completely eradicate this because it mutates and adapts.
We now believe that the virus will always be with us.
It’s the onset of a brand new pandemic. It’s called “Pandemic Two.”
It’s just a little chip. It’s for health security.
Stop asking questions. This is the law and you are expected to follow it.
This is a lawful order. We are here to remove you and your children from your home. We will be taking you to a safe facility. Please get into the van.
Welcome to the quarantine facility. This is a locked facility for your safety.
You will need to wear a hazmat suit.
It’s just a mask."

“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it”.
~G and M Riley

Just Say No kids.

Cordell · 10-10-2020 10:24am

biko wrote: »

Feminists rewrites mythology

https://www.mwthproject.com/oct-2020

10/10 would b..., sorry, that's not the woke thing to say. Or to think.
But tbh mythology was rewritten for a better story, and art and even box office multiple times. Think Avengers, and in the original Little Red Riding Hood, they both eat the granny.

lmimmfn · 10-10-2020 12:06pm

biko wrote: »

Feminists rewrites mythology

https://www.mwthproject.com/oct-2020

Should be a statue of Perseus what with Medusa having the power to turn those who look at her to stone but yeah probably not "woke".

1800_Ladladlad · 10-10-2020 3:00pm

Cordell wrote: »

10/10 would b..., sorry, that's not the woke thing to say. Or to think.
But tbh mythology was rewritten for a better story, and art and even box office multiple times. Think Avengers, and in the original Little Red Riding Hood, they both eat the granny.

Is she/her vegan?

Quantum Erasure · 10-10-2020 3:38pm

*people with child

(although that could be misinterpreted....)

1990sman · 10-10-2020 4:13pm

wtaf is goin on

Sir Oxman · 10-10-2020 8:49pm

Well, I can't possibly see any downside to this at all...let the lawsuits begin!
https://twitter.com/Yelp/status/1314197512333529088?s=20

Potential-Monke · 10-10-2020 10:37pm

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I trust they have made the necessary adjustments to the safe cross code?

Shur it only needs a change to the very specific law which outlines what constitues a pedestrian crossing, or 'zebra crossing'. It's easy to change legislation shur! But, would they be legal until the change is implemented?

S.I. No. 171/1962 - Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962.

Section 9(2)(c):

roadway markings consisting of alternate black and white stripes drawn parallel to the line of the roadway within the limits of the roadway markings described in paragraph (1) of this article and extending longitudinally to within approximately six inches of each of the said markings, each stripe being not less than one foot nine inches and not more than two feet three inches wide except the stripe at the edge of each side of the roadway which shall be not less than two feet and not more than four feet wide and shall be black in colour.

lmimmfn · 10-10-2020 11:35pm

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Well, I can't possibly see any downside to this at all...let the lawsuits begin!
https://twitter.com/Yelp/status/1314197512333529088?s=20

Yelp, who they?

AllForIt · 11-10-2020 12:04am

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Well, I can't possibly see any downside to this at all...let the lawsuits begin!
https://twitter.com/Yelp/status/1314197512333529088?s=20

That's the dumbest one I've heard so far. How on earth could they possibly think they could get away with that!

IAMAMORON · 11-10-2020 12:18am

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Well, I can't possibly see any downside to this at all...let the lawsuits begin!
https://twitter.com/Yelp/status/1314197512333529088?s=20

Some of the comments are priceless.

Ron Coleman was very candid with his opinion. Have a read they are side splitting.

ArrBee · 12-10-2020 10:50am

Cordell wrote: »

You're committing a microinequity just by knowing more, and like that's not enough you're showing off by explaining.
It's irrelevant that you were asked to explain, it doesn't free you from the privilege of knowledge.

Obviously trying to correct the inequity by sharing the knowledge instead of hoarding it and staying privileged.... :P

Gervais08 · 12-10-2020 11:28am

Gal Gadot getting grief online for playing Cleopatra.

Cries of “this is whitewashing!!”; “why is she not played by a stunning Arab actress??”.

Ms Gadot is half Israeli. Cleopatra was Greek. Both very south Europe/north Mid East.

Did we stop teaching history and m e straight to woke 101???

Cordell · 12-10-2020 11:33am

why is she not played by a stunning Arab actress

I propose Mia Khalifa for the role.

Gervais08 · 12-10-2020 11:34am

Cordell wrote: »

I propose Mia Khalifa for the role.

They said “actress”.

Cordell · 12-10-2020 11:34am

That's what she is. "Actress"

Gervais08 · 12-10-2020 11:36am

Cordell wrote: »

That's what she is. "Actress"

Sure. And Vogue Williams is a “tv star”

Cordell · 12-10-2020 11:37am

She can act, she is an actress. She can act better than Gal Gadot, at least that's for sure.

1800_Ladladlad · 12-10-2020 11:59am

AllForIt wrote: »

That's the dumbest one I've heard so far. How on earth could they possibly think they could get away with that!

I can see BLM/Antifa "protesters" going on yelp on mass, accusing all white businesses of racism after smashing up their restaurant.

1800_Ladladlad · 13-10-2020 11:24pm

,mnbvc

I did not realize coffee had multiple sex partners or gender identities. Big business loves the idea of people divided and identity politics. People divided are people easily controlled.

NIMAN · 13-10-2020 11:25pm

Why weren't they peddling cans like that 10 years ago?

Jumping on any bandwagon that'll make the money.

sbsquarepants · 14-10-2020 9:30am

Gervais08 wrote: »

Gal Gadot getting grief online for playing Cleopatra.

Cries of “this is whitewashing!!”; “why is she not played by a stunning Arab actress??”.

Ms Gadot is half Israeli. Cleopatra was Greek. Both very south Europe/north Mid East.

Did we stop teaching history and m e straight to woke 101???

There's this sub on reddit - shít Americans say. It can be comedy gold sometimes. I seen a post the other day giving out about this very movie and stating it should be an African American, as everybody knows Cleopatra was in fact an African American woman!

Reminds me of an interview i seen many years ago with Desmond Tutu. The interviewer asked him something like was it particularly difficult to be an African American Bishop - he looked a bit baffled and replied, i don't know, i'm just African!

DrPhilG · 14-10-2020 10:32am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Reminds me of an interview i seen many years ago with Desmond Tutu. The interviewer asked him something like was it particularly difficult to be an African American Bishop - he looked a bit baffled and replied, i don't know, i'm just African!

IAMAMORON · 14-10-2020 11:17am

I watched the Samuel L Jackson slavery doc last night on BBC, the first two episodes. I sincerely found it really informative and learnt a lot of things about slavery that I had never learnt before, it was interesting and I will follow it.

However - ( here comes the borderline racist bit )

I felt the general tone of retribution and BLM was overbearing and too much. The most jaw dropping scenes were the group of predominantly African American divers they employed and filmed to investigate a sunken slave ship deep down in the ocean. They found an elephant tusk - stop laughing - and designed a dangerous deep sea dive to retrieve it whereupon the two most over-zealous activists began crying on the boat deck and hugging each other. It was very cringey. I mean there comes a time when contemporary humans should not be getting emotional about the plight of people 300 years ago, I am sorry but you simply were not there, so please phuck off with the faux emotions.

The usual health warnings apply, I am not a racist, but hearing the old fort museum creator in Ghana talking to Sam Jackson about the place and feeding his anger actually pissed me off. It is all well and good respecting and understanding your past. But getting vigilant and overzealous with retributive angst is nonsense. IMO what's done is done and what is won is won and what's lost is lost and gone forever. I cannot disagree with understanding your past, but finger pointing at the present is garbage imo.

In saying all that the documentary is well made and warrants a look, if only to have a giggle at the divers retrieving a 300 year old elephant tusk from the bottom of the ocean and declaring it a euphemistic symbol of the plight of African enslavement..... To be frank if I ever get kidnapped and sold to a foreign country, I would feel quite aggrieved if someone I never met or knew in 300 years time, gets a well know celebrity to pay them to deep sea dive to the bottom of the ocean and retrieve a phucking animal artifact and declare it a symbol of my existence.... and then start crying about it on live television.... please, please don't.

EmmetSpiceland · 14-10-2020 11:27am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I mean there comes a time when contemporary humans should not be getting emotional about the plight of people 300 years ago, I am sorry but you simply were not there, so please phuck off with the faux emotions.

We could take a “lesson”, ourselves, from that as well, I.

bertiebomber · 14-10-2020 11:31am

everything on netflix is DUBH at the moment thats pretty woke !

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 14-10-2020 11:31am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

There's this sub on reddit - shít Americans say. It can be comedy gold sometimes. I seen a post the other day giving out about this very movie and stating it should be an African American, as everybody knows Cleopatra was in fact an African American woman!

Reminds me of an interview i seen many years ago with Desmond Tutu. The interviewer asked him something like was it particularly difficult to be an African American Bishop - he looked a bit baffled and replied, i don't know, i'm just African!

The US-centric view of some of them is embarrassing. When Adele was upbraided for wearing cornrows and the bikini with the Jamaican flag recently, she was celebrating the Notting Hill carnival. She grew up in Brixton so was celebrating her own upbringing in a diverse area.

IAMAMORON · 14-10-2020 11:33am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

We could take a “lesson”, ourselves, from that as well, I.

Oh totally Spice, us Paddys' are fond of a bit of anti-Brit outrage also. Although in fairness I give 6 county citizens a pass on that front.

Put it this way, the civil war commemorations should be an eye opener.

Don't get me started on the confederacy of Kilkenny, cultural nationalism or indeed Irish historical bias. The truth is out there, somewhere hidden amongst the lies and propaganda spread by the evil enemy.

bertiebomber · 14-10-2020 11:36am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I watched the Samuel L Jackson slavery doc last night on BBC, the first two episodes. I sincerely found it really informative and learnt a lot of things about slavery that I had never learnt before, it was interesting and I will follow it.

However - ( here comes the borderline racist bit )

I felt the general tone of retribution and BLM was overbearing and too much. The most jaw dropping scenes were the group of predominantly African American divers they employed and filmed to investigate a sunken slave ship deep down in the ocean. They found an elephant tusk - stop laughing - and designed a dangerous deep sea dive to retrieve it whereupon the two most over-zealous activists began crying on the boat deck and hugging each other. It was very cringey. I mean there comes a time when contemporary humans should not be getting emotional about the plight of people 300 years ago, I am sorry but you simply were not there, so please phuck off with the faux emotions.

The usual health warnings apply, I am not a racist, but hearing the old fort museum creator in Ghana talking to Sam Jackson about the place and feeding his anger actually pissed me off. It is all well and good respecting and understanding your past. But getting vigilant and overzealous with retributive angst is nonsense. IMO what's done is done and what is won is won and what's lost is lost and gone forever. I cannot disagree with understanding your past, but finger pointing at the present is garbage imo.

In saying all that the documentary is well made and warrants a look, if only to have a giggle at the divers retrieving a 300 year old elephant tusk from the bottom of the ocean and declaring it a euphemistic symbol of the plight of African enslavement..... To be frank if I ever get kidnapped and sold to a foreign country, I would feel quite aggrieved if someone I never met or knew in 300 years time, gets a well know celebrity to pay them to deep sea dive to the bottom of the ocean and retrieve a phucking animal artifact and declare it a symbol of my existence.... and then start crying about it on live television.... please, please don't.

I watched it too and the emotive shots were a joke . Its history we cant change it and Jackson will soon return to his millionaires mansion and forget all about it, he produced it by the way so the dosh he gets from selling it will rest easy in his bank account. Move on we cant change the famine the 2 world wars the millions of young men killed for nothing the millions of horse donkeys mules and dogs died in the war and they are non political.. So move on all this emotion for the blacks is actually making me dislike them whereas i didnt before.

1800_Ladladlad · 14-10-2020 11:44am

NIMAN wrote: »

Why weren't they peddling cans like that 10 years ago?

Jumping on any bandwagon that'll make the money.

How it started vs how it is now

cgvhj

14-10-2020 11:47am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

We could take a “lesson”, ourselves, from that as well, I.

IMHO most Irish have moved on. It's only a few die-hards who want to dredge up that anger. The difference in Irish society regarding the British Empire or the famine, is light years different now, than it was even thirty years ago.

I'd say that most Irish don't really care that much about it anymore, except for token gestures of appreciation.

stefanovich · 14-10-2020 11:48am

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.

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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.

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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 !

Adele received the most abuse online last year. More than Trump or Piers Morgan. Guess why?

She lost weight. Women attacked her for it.

sbsquarepants · 14-10-2020 11:49am

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

The US-centric view of some of them is embarrassing. When Adele was upbraided for wearing cornrows and the bikini with the Jamaican flag recently, she was celebrating the Notting Hill carnival. She grew up in Brixton so was celebrating her own upbringing in a diverse area.

The very idea of cultural appropriation is asinine in the extreme.....although that being said it would have spared us the unspeakable horror that was being forced to endure UB40 (You probably won't truly grasp the depravity i speak of, unless you're in your 40's at least:D)

If you want to do your hair like they do in Jamaica / Nigeria / Leitrim - have at it. If you want to wear clothes like they do wherever, make music like they wherever - no culture "owns" anything.

Adapt and adopt is the name of the game as far as i'm concerned. It's all fair game.

Take Graceland - one of the best albums ever made in my opinion. There'd probably be calls to have Paul Simon boycotted if he released it today!

14-10-2020 11:51am

stefanovich wrote: »

Adele received the most abuse online last year. More than Trump or Piers Morgan. Guess why?

She lost weight. Women attacked her for it.

TBF she, herself, previously advocated for the whole 'big is beautiful' malarkey, gained the attention from advocating it, and then went on to lose weight. basically she turned her back on the very movement she had previously championed.

She set herself up for the criticism.

stefanovich · 14-10-2020 11:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

TBF she, herself, previously advocated for the whole 'big is beautiful' malarkey, gained the attention from advocating it, and then went on to lose weight. basically she turned her back on the very movement she had previously championed.

She set herself up for the criticism.

This wasn't criticism, this was full on hate. From people with an agenda to normalise unhealthy behaviour.

bertiebomber · 14-10-2020 11:54am

well we all love fat people these days look at all the idiots getting bum lifts / pump outs in turkey and some actually dying from them we are a ****ed up race these days no one dares to be an individual anymore.

The teeth whitening has to be the worst - red faced ethnic minorities with Daz white smiles all again bought in Turkey.
Turkey is flourishing on the back of these idiots who cant have a single individual moment they are all following each other.

wokeism of the day
red faced fat irish people ( you know who they are) with glorious teeth almost dazzles the cctv when they are robbing your yard of tools and trailers !!

stefanovich · 14-10-2020 11:55am

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

,mnbvc

I did not realize coffee had multiple sex partners or gender identities. Big business loves the idea of people divided and identity politics. People divided are people easily controlled.

This kind of ****e puts me off a company completely. Whether or not you agree with the sentiment you know they are just doing whatever they perceive as popular to sell more product.

That coffee is disgusting muck by the way.

bertiebomber · 14-10-2020 11:56am

stefanovich wrote: »

This wasn't criticism, this was full on hate. From people with an agenda to normalise unhealthy behaviour.

rebel wilson is getting it at the moment for losing 80lbs

Granadino · 14-10-2020 11:57am

That coffee is complete piss. Imagine the brainstorming sessions to come up with puke like that. I work in the advertising game and some of it, more so in the big ad places is puke inducing....

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

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