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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

September 14th, 2022, 11:22 am

Should blank A4's be banned as they might offend someone?
The police could do random checking to see if people are carrying them on their person.
Imagine if someone flashed one in public.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

September 14th, 2022, 11:44 am

Allez Opi-Omi!
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

September 14th, 2022, 2:51 pm

Allez Opi-Omi!
It's a throw back to the 60s!

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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

September 14th, 2022, 4:31 pm

They say that when the revolution starts it will start in Staples.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

September 14th, 2022, 9:00 pm

Or in Stpetersburg. There’s a glimmer of hope.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

December 28th, 2022, 3:00 pm

There won’t be true equality until men are allowed into restaurants and coffeeshops weekday lunchtimes.

Just an observation.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

December 28th, 2022, 9:46 pm

You are feeling crowded out by ladies who lunch?
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

December 29th, 2022, 6:11 am

No, it’s not that. I’ve always preferred female company.

It is a sneak preview of the future. Work hard all your life without time for lunch except at your desk (obviously only applies to UK and US), then drop dead shortly after retirement, or hide in your garden shed to escape nagging.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

December 29th, 2022, 8:38 am

Lunch break at Canary Wharf

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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

December 29th, 2022, 9:07 am

They’ll all be dead before retirement.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

February 20th, 2023, 2:03 pm

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/ ... -offensive

Willy Woker.

When will they get around to editing 1984? A trick has been missed.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

February 20th, 2023, 2:10 pm

I now know the reason for Brexit. The continent is still much healthier. Thank you, Paul!
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

February 20th, 2023, 3:13 pm

I'm afraid it's crossed the Channel already. A teacher friend in Germany says she has to be very careful with her 'articles.' There's some weird thing she has to say to make it clear that anything, e.g. a table, can be masculine, feminine, neuter, or any of the other 96 official genders. It's the verbal equivalent of putting an 'x' at the end of words in English: alumnus, alumna, alumnx. I don't speak German so I can't give an example.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

February 20th, 2023, 4:44 pm

I'm afraid it's crossed the Channel already. A teacher friend in Germany says she has to be very careful with her 'articles.' There's some weird thing she has to say to make it clear that anything, e.g. a table, can be masculine, feminine, neuter, or any of the other 96 official genders. It's the verbal equivalent of putting an 'x' at the end of words in English: alumnus, alumna, alumnx. I don't speak German so I can't give an example.
The English language cleverly thought ahead by abandoning sex-distinct articles long ago. Probably even before Chaucer, if I'm not mistaken.

Although, arguably it was already a pretty "woke" culture if Chaucer wasn't imprisoned; backsliding by the time of Wilde, of course.
 
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Re: Political Correctness is Dead! Time to say what you really think

February 20th, 2023, 4:48 pm

We are still more immune. Except for the Scandinavians, of course.