Offended by everything
Fuck 'em
*breaking*
M&S refuse to sell Ginger Nuts
(, Thu 13 Jan 2022, 18:56, Share, Reply)
This does feel like the key question.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 14 Jan 2022, 14:25,
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Just change them to Little Gems
Or get rid of them entirely; they’re hard and generally taste awful.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 13 Jan 2022, 19:20,
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The loudest voices say they prefer 'little person'
Like they used to say disabled people preferred 'special'. If I was a midget and someone called me a 'little person' I'd smash their fucking teeth in with a brick.
OK, half a brick.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Thu 13 Jan 2022, 20:10,
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They're now HaLookAtTheWeeMidget Gems
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 13 Jan 2022, 21:31,
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Achrondroplasia Gems isn't tripping off the tongue.
I'd like Vegemite to take over the Marmite brand and rename it, just to watch the outrage.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 13 Jan 2022, 22:36,
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Hm. not sure on how mini people will feel about this name change
(, Fri 14 Jan 2022, 3:33, Share, Reply)
It's offensive because short people are often very poor.
They struggle to put food on the table.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2022, 8:49, Share, Reply)
Pygmy Gems?
There are pygmy pot-bellied pigs, and I don't hear the vertically challenged from the deep rainforest objecting.
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Varmint, Fri 14 Jan 2022, 13:34,
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I don't really get it.
If one wishes to be rude, abusive or insulting to someone, on the basis of their membership of some minority, one has the whole English language to work with.
It's a playground tradition to find creative new ways to be a nasty little shit, while technically complying with the letter of the rules.
Banning a particular word doesn't take away the human impulse to express insult to others, it merely accelerates the rate at which the language of insults evolves.
(, Sat 15 Jan 2022, 11:36, Share, Reply)