# Eskimo pussy? Seriously? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142 "2008-11-17T16:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/41 "2008-11-17T20:17:25Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > But the point is that you claimed the Inupiat would resent being called Inuit. > > Perhaps you are closer to the situation, but given that I don’t mind being called Canadian, Dutch, European or Caucasian, I can’t see that a reference of general ethnicity for the Inupiat would be considered offensive. I’m no closer to the situation than you are, but it is my understanding that if Inupiat don’t call themselves Inuit, it’s probably bad manners to call them Inuit, even if it’s with the well-intentioned aim of not calling them Eskimos, especially if it’s a matter of record that they prefer “Eskimo”. _I_ don’t mind being called English, British, European or Caucasian either, but I know socially a number of Welshmen who’d resent being called English even if they could be genetically proven Anglo-Saxon, had an English surname and were functionally illiterate in Welsh (the last is true of a huge number of Welshmen). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/42 "2008-11-17T20:19:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They’re just not Inuit, you. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/43 "2008-11-17T20:20:46Z")
I’ll put it another way for you using the definitions from your link then: So, **…by tolerating it we appear to condone it.** becomes, …by overlooking it, forgiving it, or disregarding it (an offense) without protest or censure we seem or look to be giving tacit approval to it. Better? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/44 "2008-11-17T20:21:02Z")
> [@discodancer](#): > > I was disappointed that only when there was a slur against African Americans did anyone consider the thread offensive. So the people of this board must think that making offensive comments about Inuits/Eskimos is fine. I agree. I interpreted the intent of that post as saying something which objectively is just as bad and yet would cause a reaction which the OP had not caused and should have caused. In other words, it was solely meant to show the badness of the OP which, apparently, had gone unnoticed up to that point. In that sense I find that post justified. > [@Sparky812](#): > > The OP, in this thread, may be correct that there should have been more outrage but I have a hard time justifying the use of the N-word and pussy, in two separate threads, for any reason. Oh, come on! What is this “N-word” thing? Words are only words and the only thing that counts is the intention behind their use. In this case the intention was good and therefore acceptable. I just hate all this PC bullshit where people are actively looking for offense in words. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/45 "2008-11-17T20:28:20Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > I’ll put it another way for you using the definitions from your link then: > > So, > **…by tolerating it we appear to condone it.** > becomes, > > …by overlooking it, forgiving it, or disregarding it (an offense) without protest or censure we seem or look to be giving tacit approval to it. > > Better? A bit. To be honest I’d rather “by not objecting to it, we condone it” because while one can condone something by giving it tacit approval, they can also condone it simply by disproving but not feeling strongly enough to actually comment on it. Saying that people were giving tacit approval to the original thread is a bit different, semantically from saying that people may have found it objectionable, but not taken the time to speak up about it. Like I said, it’s a nitpick. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/46 "2008-11-17T20:35:24Z")
What the fuck is wrong with you people? It’s a dumb riff on a joke in _Full Metal Jacket_. Lighten up already. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/47 "2008-11-17T20:44:05Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > 😕 “… just not into it…” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/48 "2008-11-17T20:48:15Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > 😕 [He's Just Not That into You - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_Just_Not_That_Into_You). ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/49 "2008-11-17T20:48:34Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with you people? It’s a dumb riff on a joke in _Full Metal Jacket_. > > Lighten up already. It’s also a pretty common phrase from actual military marching cadences. I’ve sang it before. Otherwise, pushups. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/50 "2008-11-17T20:56:27Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > Words are only words and the only thing that counts is the intention behind their use. I agree. > [@](#): > > In this case the intention was good and therefore acceptable. I disagree.I just hate all this PC bullshit where people are actively looking for offense in words. [/QUOTE] I agree. It was obviously meant to be offensive. Not directly offensive, of course, but was comparing the absurdity of claiming somebody who lived in a cold climate therefore had a frigid climate to the absurdity of claiming somebody who had skin the same color as chocolate also tasted like it. The response was over the top, and it was meant to be. In other words, it was _meant_ to be offensive. Furthermore, since I’m pretty sure **Cat Fight** doesn’t feel that way, one might even call it trolling. > [@Ogre](#): > > What the fuck is wrong with you people? It’s a dumb riff on a joke in _Full Metal Jacket_. > > Lighten up already. Other than the fact that it’s not a joke in _Full Metal Jacket_, I completely agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/51 "2008-11-17T20:59:09Z")
> [@discodancer](#): > > I was disappointed that only when there was a slur against African Americans did anyone consider the thread offensive. So the people of this board must think that making offensive comments about Inuits/Eskimos is fine. I am REALLY glad the OP pitted this and told us the intent behind the comment in the “Eskimo Pussy” post. When I saw the thread, I did think, “We still are saying Eskimo?” Then I come across \*this \*OP’s post and TOTALLY didn’t get that it was meant in any way other than a lame attempt at a joke. Golly, sarcasm sure is tough to get across in writing! I am black (and have a pussy…but cannot attest to its chocolatiness), and I seriously am not offended by very much. I saw the post and recoiled a bit and thought, “We still are saying nigger?” Okay, not really. I really thought, “Whoa, where did that come from?” Now that I get your intended tone (I think), well played! 🙂 I assumed the etymology of Eskimo and nigger are quite different, but they both derive (perceivably) from pretty mundane things (skin color and cultural attributes). I just wonder if “Eskimo” is/was used to oppress and if someone can, say, get fired from work for referring to a coworker in such a way. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/52 "2008-11-17T21:02:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I know the OP for that thread was banned, but I’m a little shocked that it got a single reply that wasn’t a cuss out. Not only was it racist and sexist, it wasn’t even funny. I know the Dope is full of weird, random threads that contain TMI or borderline-bigoted rants, but usually they’re worth a look. Or a jumping off point for discussion and debate. Or funny. That post made this place look about as enlightened as a YouTube comment section, and I’m embarrassed that anyone checking out this board for the first time might come across it, even if it’s locked (and yes, I’m happy that my ‘nigger pussy’ comment lead to this. Because Inuit women’s vaginas are as hilarious as squaw hopping). I sent a complaint to the Mod at exactly the same moment that it was locked down. It’s only the second time I’ve done that. It wasn’t the Eskimo portion that offended me, by the way, although that was tasteless in the context of the intent of the thread. While I took you to task for your comment, I immediately realized that the proper venue was through the moderators, and that possibly your comment was a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/53 "2008-11-17T21:23:58Z")
In retrospect, I probably should have simply written ‘black pussy.’ Or asked if Asian pussy tasted like rice. Or something equally as stupid. If women were never reduced to their genitals and racial minorities never got asked stupid, offensive questions regarding their looks (even as a joke), and if minority women didn’t get twice as much stereotypical crap, I’m sure I’d be less perturbed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/54 "2008-11-17T21:26:21Z")
> [@SharkB8](#): > > I assumed the etymology of Eskimo and nigger are quite different, but they both derive (perceivably) from pretty mundane things (skin color and cultural attributes). The word “Eskimo” was derived from the native Innu people of Eastern Canada and it means “people who speak a different language”. The word “Inuit” mearely means “people”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/55 "2008-11-17T21:32:56Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > In retrospect, I probably should have simply written ‘black pussy.’ Or asked if Asian pussy tasted like rice. Or something equally as stupid. If your goal was to make the same point without getting a warning or offending other people who weren’t sure of your meaning, you probably should’ve done was asked the same thing you did in this thread - ‘Would people think it was funny if the OP asked’ and insert whatever comparison. The OP had already been banned when you made your post, and I still would’ve locked the thread if you’d made the same point in another way. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/56 "2008-11-17T21:53:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > In retrospect, I probably should have simply written ‘black pussy.’ Thank you. Then it would have been funny. > [@](#): > > Or asked if Asian pussy tasted like rice. This one too. 😃 > [@](#): > > If women were never reduced to their genitals and racial minorities never got asked stupid, offensive questions regarding their looks (even as a joke), and if minority women didn’t get twice as much stereotypical crap, I’m sure I’d be less perturbed. Yes, because men are never called cocks, dicks, pricks, or assholes. White people are never called crackers, rednecks, or trailer trash. Good point. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/57 "2008-11-17T22:00:20Z")
> [@SharkB8](#): > > I assumed the etymology of Eskimo and nigger are quite different, but they both derive (perceivably) from pretty mundane things (skin color and cultural attributes). They are and they aren’t. It’s really fascinating, but the kind of thing that requires a significant amount of secondary education to truly appreciate----Eskimos, also known _inter alia_ as “snow niggers” and “tusk chuckers,” are rumored to have as many as five thousand separate words for _queef_. This consistently rates among anthropology’s top 20 unproven assertions and likely to remain so, as to date, no Westerner has ever seen a living Eskimo; to our pathologically spherical eyes, they are frequently indistinguishable from smaller examples of _Otariidae_, with whom they blend in quite effortlessly, hence the term _Lioness van Pelt_, Dutch argot for a particularly convincing form of military camouflage using a blanket. One of the relatively unsung tragedies of global warming is the projected loss of the entirety of Eskimo literature, all of which was carved into ice blocks by generations of not particularly forward-thinking Eskimo novelists, playwrights, and pornographers—an inevitability Oxford anthropologist T. Walker Shortbred has called “a catastrophe equal to the destruction of the Library of Alexandria,” which however most of his colleagues have privately dismissed as “histrionic” in light of the universal consensus that Eskimo writing “sort of sucks.” ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/58 "2008-11-17T22:01:43Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > And its offensive in Greenland as well. Good to know. I haven’t had any dealings with Greenlandic people in years, but I’ll keep it in mind. One that sticks in my memory called himself Inuq. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/59 "2008-11-17T22:01:46Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Thank you. Then it would have been funny.This one too. 😃 > Yes, because men are never called cocks, dicks, pricks, or assholes. White people are never called crackers, rednecks, or trailer trash. Good point. :rolleyes: I’d like to add that no particular attribute is ever implied with “black pussy”. On the other hand a “black cock”… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142/60 "2008-11-17T22:02:38Z")
OK, yeah, **Santo Rugger**. It wasn’t a joke in the movie. But it sure was (darkly) funny anyhow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-pussy-seriously/473142.md?page=4)