01-24-2021, 06:01 PM
(01-24-2021, 05:34 PM)Ninurta Wrote:(01-24-2021, 03:36 PM)BIAD Wrote: There's a 'V'-shaped valley in Sussex called 'Devil's Dyke'... and we can't be having that, can we?!!!
It could be worse, I suppose. There could be a truck stop located in a peaceful vale named "The Diesel Dyke"...
Cultural misappropriation of mere words is getting out of hand. recently, some jackass in the US Congress (and I mean "jackass" in the most endearing way - the national symbol of the DNC is, after all, a "donkey") recently uttered "amen" after a prayer, and then appended "and a-women, too!" to it. He seemed to be utterly oblivious to the fact that "amen" is a carry over from Semitic languages. The original is "ameen", and simply means "truth" - has nothing to do with gender at all.
So, in his cultural misappropriation of a Christian word that he had no concept of the use of, he was actually belittling a Semitic word that, again, he had no concept of. His attempt to be gender-sympathetic-supportive actually caused him to be anti-Semitic...
Personally, I think he was just trying to humor the girlies and play up to their presumed insecurities because he probably ain't getting any at home. I think he was just fishing for brownie points, and it all went horribly wrong.
Have I managed to offend everyone yet? I'd hate to be accused of not being "inclusive" enough...
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There is a small village in Ireland called Hackballscross, I wonder what FB would make of that
