From CNN:
Holy fucking crap! At what point in this country did we turn into such a bunch of sensitve a-holes? Who the hell files a complaint on a tech term that has NOTHING to do with race??
Should I request that Nabisco stop calling there product crackers?? Next time I see a sign at my local salad bar saying “Crackers with salad” should I post a complaint???
Good God, what a dumbass.
Of all the states in our Great Nation, who would have thought that such a thoughtless and idiotic event would take place in (gasp!) California!
Being in the Hightech sector myself, I think we should changes the terms to “Tyrant” and “The Iraqi Peoples”
You can also rant here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225250
Ever since I first saw the terms back in the early 90s on my old computer with Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, I always wondered if some over-PC dickhead would find them offensive.
It’s about time! These terms are just subtle digs by the great white oppressor to keep people down…:dubious:
Now, when are they going to do something about “screws”…?
Up Next: Massachussets declares that electrical connections should not be limited to pairs of male and female connectors.
Oh for fuck’s sake. What next? Should we stop calling them “blackboards”?
Carefull…next thing you know some ultra gay group is going to suggest that we should be using Male and Alternative Male cable connectors…
Ever just read something that makes you really just hate the world? lol…damn this article really pissed me off!
Well I was going to post this into a new thread, but I’ll roll it into this one.
Vice City game drives Haitian bias outcry.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
I’m about to write the asshole a vitriol filled email, but he’ll probably label me a racist.
I was just coming in here to kvetch, too! Amazing, just amazing.
Amazingly stupid.
Oh shit! I’ll need to change some cylinders in my car, too! How dare my brake lines subscribe to such trash!
I hate to say this, but the local school district already has. “Chalkboards.” By memo request.
Shoot me.
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*originally opined by friedo *Up Next: Massachussets declares that electrical connections should not be limited to pairs of male and female connectors. Let’s just call them schlong and pussy connectors, k?
The S&M crowd has put in a vote for either “Dominatrix and submissive” or “Dominatrix and beg mutherfucker beg you little peice of shit” as alternatives.
It’s a lot like life…
Can you just feel this country getting stupider by the minute?
Yeah, I feel it driving my crazy.
In my computer technology class, we called them “Mentor” and “Protege.”
So should I take these nipple clamps off of my slave drive then?
You guys still have chalkboards (we’ve always called them that since I was a kid)? All the districts around me switched to white boards many years ago.