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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
Simon:
I mean we are at a point were the BBC ran an article about racism in dating a year or more ago because to have a preference in love is racist or to "have a type" is not PC :palm:
paulca:
--- Quote from: Simon on July 29, 2020, 05:40:44 pm ---the reason black/whitelist is still around is because it's less syllables than allow/denylist, it's 33% faster
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It's like www. People say www instead of world wide web. But www has 9 syllables where as world wide web only has 3.
bd139:
But everyone says dub dub dub :-//
donotdespisethesnake:
--- Quote from: Simon on July 29, 2020, 12:22:37 pm ---Ever since I came back to the UK, if I fill in a form that ends with "and now to ensure racial equality in the way we deal with you please fill in your race" I refuse to fill that bit out. On any form I only give the information they NEED not the information that is supposed to help them deal with their own messed up idea of equality for, sex, religion or race.
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I am wondering if I can just answer "Jedi" to all these questions.
coppice:
--- Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on July 29, 2020, 07:36:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Simon on July 29, 2020, 12:22:37 pm ---Ever since I came back to the UK, if I fill in a form that ends with "and now to ensure racial equality in the way we deal with you please fill in your race" I refuse to fill that bit out. On any form I only give the information they NEED not the information that is supposed to help them deal with their own messed up idea of equality for, sex, religion or race.
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I am wondering if I can just answer "Jedi" to all these questions.
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If I'm asked for my race I answer the 100m. They only have to look at the size of me to know my reply is not entirely serious.
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