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| Simon:
guess what the word vagina originated from. |
| DrG:
--- Quote from: Simon on June 12, 2020, 05:16:04 pm ---guess what the word vagina originated from. --- End quote --- It is from the latin for men to serve - servo non choico No, I don't know, it just says late 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘sheath, scabbard’. Also, do we have to rename Master Debater to Wanker Enthusiast in order to combat racism? |
| pepelevamp:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on June 12, 2020, 04:55:38 pm ---Always, without exception, this kind of rubbish is propagated people who have an obsession with race/sexual politics, not by ordinary folks. Ironically I most often encounter this kind of proselytisation in single white males, invariably against a background of them trying to sound "right on" enough to get into some lasses' knickers. Go figure... --- End quote --- this is the classic. normally i'd totally agree with you except i have found a new variant which I think is starting to take over. the new variant is dudes simply doing this as a general broadcast without a specific skirt targetted. im yet to see if it actually works. you're right though - dudes are at least 51% motivated by skirt at any given time & there's just degrees of dishonesty about it. ive realized that if you want to do something creative, or have a good day, and want your head in a good space - do not go on twitter beforehand. it just generally frames your mind/perspective and sort of makes you look at things from a bad place. let me stand on the workbench & say this out loud: if you're not being an asshole on purpose, and your heart is in the right place, and you would stand up for somebody getting a shit deal, then please do not feel bad. do not let someone trick you into thinking you've done something wrong, or you arent doing enough - simply because you are not yet literate in a new term or a new attitude. twitter is full of people trying to portray themselves as being heroic, or doing the latest righteous thing. they very often jump the gun into thinking their gimmick is the solution to a problem. you may agree there's a problem - but their attempt at a solution can be wrong. don't feel bad if you disagree, and dont let them trap you into thinking you advocate the wrongs they are against. we can disagree on implications, implementations, and the details. we don't have to agree. but ya know where it really matters - we do agree already. dont let people trick us into arguing over elements in a framework they defined. we were fine before they arrived, and we can be fine afterwards. |
| DrG:
It's a little embarrassing to admit this but I am disappointment in myself. The OP's proposition is so profoundly ludicrous I couldn't help but make fun of it. But, I read every post in what is now some 7 pages of responses. The OP is long gone after the seeding and I can't even blame him because I chose to respond (four times now). There are at least a dozen or more posts in the thread that are absolutely spot on and accurately reflect my view about how positively idiotic the proposition that changing I2C terms would have an effect on racism. How could anyone think that and why am I so amazed that someone could think that? It is as though I need the comfort of the illusion of some kind of common denominator community standard of critical thinking. I need to do better. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on June 12, 2020, 05:08:00 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on June 12, 2020, 04:36:38 pm --- --- Quote from: Marco on June 12, 2020, 04:28:00 pm ---Why is master/servant never even considered as an alternative? Minimum change of meaning, minimally invasive. This works in all contexts instead of just a subset like most the other alternatives ... so why not? --- End quote --- Why do you hate maids so much that their feelings mean nothing to you? --- End quote --- You little sexist so-and-so, assuming that all servants must be female. ;) --- End quote --- I've met hundreds of female domestic servants, but I can't remember ever meeting a male one. So, while male ones may exist, they are outside my lived experience. |
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