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Freddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."

How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)

(unknown, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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Oh... Forgot this one....
At work we are not allowed, nay banned from using the word...

Feedback

as it is negative language and may offend someone.

We have to use

Feed-Forward

I had a coach come to give me some 'feed-forward' about something and I stopped her..

Her: I'd like to give you some feed forward about a call i just listened to of yours

Me: Oooh, goody, i've never been in a time machine

Her: WTF

Me: If you are about to tell me about something i've done wrong previously this is FEEDBACK. If you want to tell me off for something I am yet to do that would be FEEDFORWARD despite it not ACTUALLY being a word.

Her: Hmph
(I helped save b3ta! FlexAlux laughed at something inappropriate on, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:09, 5 replies)
Feedforward? What utter crap
In electronics, there are two types of feedback - positive and negative.

Positive feedback usually leads to oscillation (think of howlround when a microphone gets too close to a loudspeaker), whereas negative feedback is applied to adjust the gain of, and hence control, an amplifier.

So negative feedback is actually more useful. Feedforward makes no sense whatsoever.
(I helped save b3ta! K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:16, closed)
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Really? Good Lord.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:21, closed)
Oh dear.
This'll make a shambles of eBay.
(Sir Harrington Titsmith disgraced himself on, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 17:24, closed)
and news just in...
... feedforward really _is_ a word.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 22:04, closed)
Hahaha
Surely feedback can only have negative connotations for people who are shit at their jobs?
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 16:54, closed)

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