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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
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vodka:

--- Quote from: james_s on June 19, 2020, 05:23:25 pm ---
Then there's the term "People Of Color", is that not the same as saying "Colored People"? The latter is considered offensive, the former to me sounds the same as the latter so I don't use either.

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If the USA  have many troubles with the term "People Of Color", get back to Spanish Caste system.


https://blogs.publico.es/strambotic/2018/10/sistema-castas-nuevo-mundo/
tom66:

--- Quote from: james_s on June 19, 2020, 05:07:48 pm ---I know I do, I was diagnosed about 20 years ago and it was a revelation, suddenly it made sense why so many people seem as though they live in a different reality than that which I perceive. Ironically on multiple occasions I've had people try to tell me that something is offensive to autistic people. I think the Onion's autistic reporter is hilarious because his behavior is almost exactly what goes on inside my head before my educated mind goes "wait, don't say that, people will think you're weird, respond this way instead" or something of that nature, yet I've seen a lot of people claim those skits are offensive, people who themselves are not autistic.

There are so many people out there who seem obsessed with white-knighting for groups of people they themselves do not even belong to and it drives me nuts.

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I am on the spectrum and the Onion skits are bloody hilarious. I have too had people say that autistic comedy is not funny.  Fuck off.  It is (usually) hilarious.  I don't care if you think it is offensive because of your pre-conceived notions of what humour should be for people who aren't neurotypical. 
Simon:
i can see the difference between where are you from and where do you call home but i would see "where do you call home" as a roudabout way of asking the same question but giving me two options.

When i lived in Italy i was once asked as I crossed door by kids i did not even know "where had I come from", i completely misinterpreted and said "the station" I thought maybe as the only student in the entire school to walk the 1.5 miles from the station they were baffled at never seeing me on the bus. But the retort that I was "being clever" told me several hours later after the confusing exchange that they meant my nationality, I mean i thought that was all round the school already and why would they ask such a silly question.
JPortici:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 19, 2020, 01:43:17 pm ---The worst is when you aren't even using the word to insult someone and you are using it in some other innocent context, but someone gets offended by it anyway

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wait... like Master and Slave as in SPI communication
Gasp!

this whole debate is retarded to begin with.
I could say a lot of things that would be of course misinterpreted.. your quote here will suffice because in essence, this is what it is.
Simon:

--- Quote from: JPortici on June 19, 2020, 08:16:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 19, 2020, 01:43:17 pm ---The worst is when you aren't even using the word to insult someone and you are using it in some other innocent context, but someone gets offended by it anyway

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wait... like Master and Slave as in SPI communication
Gasp!

this whole debate is retarded to begin with.
I could say a lot of things that would be of course misinterpreted.. your quote here will suffice because in essence, this is what it is.


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Basically if you look at any word you will find it has multiple contexts of interpretation. If you want guarantee of never upsetting anyone then every context needs it's own words meaning a huge expansion of the language with a ton of new terms to learn.
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