Political Correctness thread

[IrishLion]

Ha, my wife and I binged on “Friends” when it first hit Netflix.

I remember thinking at least once per episode that someone would’ve been offended at something and started a social media firestorm.

 

[wizards8507]

I've never seen Friends but now I'm totally going to binge it.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I started watching Friends when it first came on Netflix after only seeing the reruns. What a boring show

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[IrishLion]

I've never seen Friends but now I'm totally going to binge it.

You should, if only for the opportunity to spot the scene in every episode where Jennifer Aniston clearly isn’t wearing a bra while it’s also obviously very cold on the set.

 

[ab2cmiller]

MLB forces the Indians to get rid of Chief Wahoo. A fair number of tweets out in the twittersphere suggesting that the same should be done with the ND leprechaun.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-forces-cleveland-relinquish-offensive-184505082.html

 

[ACamp1900]

I've never seen Friends but now I'm totally going to binge it.

My oldest daughter watches older stuff with us sometimes... it's funny because she's not offended or anything like that but she still recognizes what would be problematic to her generation. She constantly points that stuff out, "Oh that would be off my fellow millennials... can't do that anymore."

 

[NorthDakota]

Was actually talking to my friend about Superbad recently. This movie just turned 10 years old.

How much of an uproar would there be if it came out today? "NEW MOVIE GLORIFIES DATE RAPE CULTURE."

 

[IrishLax]

MLB forces the Indians to get rid of Chief Wahoo. A fair number of tweets out in the twittersphere suggesting that the same should be done with the ND leprechaun.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-forces-cleveland-relinquish-offensive-184505082.html

.......the leprechaun is a mythical creature. That's the part that blows my mind. Chief Wahoo = caricature of a race of people. Leprechaun = caricature of something that doesn't exist(?) The grievance industry is pretty funny.

 

[IrishLax]

Was actually talking to my friend about Superbad recently. This movie just turned 10 years old.

How much of an uproar would there be if it came out today? "NEW MOVIE GLORIFIES DATE RAPE CULTURE."

Hah very true...

Reminds of a movie I watched awhile ago called "The Quiet Man" that my wife said was one of her favorites. In it the main character at the end has people coming up to him offering a stick to beat his wife with and it's supposed to be comical and I'm watching it like "if this scene was ever in a modern day movie the SJWs would burn the studio to the ground."

 

[Bishop2b5]

I'm really bothered by unicorns. They're degrading to real horses and make them feel bad about themselves since they don't have a horn. This horse humiliation crap needs to end. #stoptheunicornmadness

 

[zelezo vlk]

Hah very true...

Reminds of a movie I watched awhile ago called "The Quiet Man" that my wife said was one of her favorites. In it the main character at the end has people coming up to him offering a stick to beat his wife with and it's supposed to be comical and I'm watching it like "if this scene was ever in a modern day movie the SJWs would burn the studio to the ground."

The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara? Awesome movie

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[wizards8507]

My oldest daughter watches older stuff with us sometimes... it's funny because she's not offended or anything like that but she still recognizes what would be problematic to her generation. She constantly points that stuff out, "Oh that would be off my fellow millennials... can't do that anymore."

Your daughter is a millennial? FFS you're old.

 

[ACamp1900]

Your daughter is a millennial? FFS you're old.

Ha, yeah, def feel old... my oldest was born in 04, right on the cutoff year(s) depending on who/what you ask. In either case, she's close enough and calls their shit out constantly.

 

[NorthDakota]

I'm often confused by the cutoffs for generations.

I'm born in 92. I'd feel FAR more in tune with people with people born in the 80's than the 2000's. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a sophomore in high school and didn't know how to send a text message until I was a junior. I grew up using online messenger and playing Nintendo 64 and OG XBox. We had freakin' LAN parties.

There was little to no PC stuff in school. Teachers didn't care if we had a gun on a t-shirt or care if we called each other gay slurs or tards (not saying that's good or bad, just an experience).

One of the big things that led me to being a ND fan was that they were the only team I could watch every Saturday. No one else was on every week, at least in our area. When Michigan lost to App State, three of us were huddled around a computer hitting refresh, 2004 kids have ESPN3 and loads of more content options.

People born in the 80's I imagine had relatively similar experiences to that, just replace Nintendo 64 with Super Nintendo and maybe throw in something about buying CD's or cassettes to listen to music instead of an MP3 player? 80's kids step up and give some input.


Kids born in 2004 were exposed to IPads and smartphones by the time they hit kindergarten. They probably don't know what dial-up internet is, and wouldn't know how to work a VCR, much less have the GD courtesy to rewind it after they are done. If we wanted something, even technology-related, we had to go to blockbuster or Best Buy or Wal-Mart to buy/rent it. 2004 kids would just go on Amazon or Netflix or Hulu or Steam and buy/rent/download it.

TL;DR: if someone born in 2004 is a millennial, then someone born in 1992 is not one. Wondering if geographic location should be considered too. NoDak is generally behind the times a bit with cultural stuff, so maybe the Plains and a couple other areas are anomalies and I'm way off base.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I'm often confused by the cutoffs for generations.

I'm born in 92. I'd feel FAR more in tune with people with people born in the 80's than the 2000's. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a sophomore in high school and didn't know how to send a text message until I was a junior. I grew up using online messenger and playing Nintendo 64 and OG XBox. We had freakin' LAN parties.

There was little to no PC stuff in school. Teachers didn't care if we had a gun on a t-shirt or care if we called each other gay slurs or tards (not saying that's good or bad, just an experience).

One of the big things that led me to being a ND fan was that they were the only team I could watch every Saturday. No one else was on every week, at least in our area. When Michigan lost to App State, three of us were huddled around a computer hitting refresh, 2004 kids have ESPN3 and loads of more content options.

People born in the 80's I imagine had relatively similar experiences to that, just replace Nintendo 64 with Super Nintendo and maybe throw in something about buying CD's or cassettes to listen to music instead of an MP3 player? 80's kids step up and give some input.


Kids born in 2004 were exposed to IPads and smartphones by the time they hit kindergarten. They probably don't know what dial-up internet is, and wouldn't know how to work a VCR, much less have the GD courtesy to rewind it after they are done. If we wanted something, even technology-related, we had to go to blockbuster or Best Buy or Wal-Mart to buy/rent it. 2004 kids would just go on Amazon or Netflix or Hulu or Steam and buy/rent/download it.

TL;DR: if someone born in 2004 is a millennial, then someone born in 1992 is not one. Wondering if geographic location should be considered too. NoDak is generally behind the times a bit with cultural stuff, so maybe the Plains and a couple other areas are anomalies and I'm way off base.

Sounds mostly like my upbringing and I'm not from the plains.

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[dshans]

This whole notion of lumping people into categories that not only define a birth date range but a "mind-set" as well is bullshit.

I'm a "Boomer" and a "Hippy," but the two are far from one and the same. In spite of the press and hoopla, hippies were a minority.

The same applies to "Gen X", "Gen Y", "Millenials." Much as "The Beat Generation" was someone's clever designation of a specific sub-group within a given age range.

My point, if there is one, is to not generalize and stuff anyone into a stereotyped category.

Mass is ended. Go in peace. Ite Missa Est. Pax Vobiscum.

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm often confused... I'm way off base.

For those wanting a true, TL;DR....

 

[SonofOahu]

You should, if only for the opportunity to spot the scene in every episode where Jennifer Aniston clearly isn’t wearing a bra while it’s also obviously very cold on the set.

Reps. Reps to this man.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I could regale the kids here with stories of walking 4 miles to school in the snow uphill both ways, having to get up at 3 a.m. to milk the cows before school, start a fire by rubbing sticks together, then feed my pet mammoth while fighting off the injuns. Ahh, the good ol' days.

Wasn't quite that bad, but I grew up without video games or cell phones, learned to drive on a stick, had 3 channels of TV and they went off the air around 11, only got to see my favorite team on TV about 3 times per year, had to actually walk across campus to the library to do any research for a paper, knew that if I acted like an ass in school, the principal would paddle my butt and I'd get it twice as bad at home when my dad found out, and I had to fight my way through the jungle to get to the promised land (a 70's thing the older guys will understand).

 

[greyhammer90]

I'm often confused by the cutoffs for generations.

I'm born in 92. I'd feel FAR more in tune with people with people born in the 80's than the 2000's. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a sophomore in high school and didn't know how to send a text message until I was a junior. I grew up using online messenger and playing Nintendo 64 and OG XBox. We had freakin' LAN parties.

There was little to no PC stuff in school. Teachers didn't care if we had a gun on a t-shirt or care if we called each other gay slurs or tards (not saying that's good or bad, just an experience).

One of the big things that led me to being a ND fan was that they were the only team I could watch every Saturday. No one else was on every week, at least in our area. When Michigan lost to App State, three of us were huddled around a computer hitting refresh, 2004 kids have ESPN3 and loads of more content options.

People born in the 80's I imagine had relatively similar experiences to that, just replace Nintendo 64 with Super Nintendo and maybe throw in something about buying CD's or cassettes to listen to music instead of an MP3 player? 80's kids step up and give some input.


Kids born in 2004 were exposed to IPads and smartphones by the time they hit kindergarten. They probably don't know what dial-up internet is, and wouldn't know how to work a VCR, much less have the GD courtesy to rewind it after they are done. If we wanted something, even technology-related, we had to go to blockbuster or Best Buy or Wal-Mart to buy/rent it. 2004 kids would just go on Amazon or Netflix or Hulu or Steam and buy/rent/download it.

TL;DR: if someone born in 2004 is a millennial, then someone born in 1992 is not one. Wondering if geographic location should be considered too. NoDak is generally behind the times a bit with cultural stuff, so maybe the Plains and a couple other areas are anomalies and I'm way off base.

Its almost like attempting to generalize the behaviors/beliefs/characteristics of every single person born between 1982-2004 in a first world country, no matter their nationality, socioeconomic status, religion, education level, IQ, race, political identity, parentage, experience, etc. is fucking stupid.

 

[connor_in]

I'm really bothered by unicorns. They're degrading to real horses and make them feel bad about themselves since they don't have a horn. This horse humiliation crap needs to end. #stoptheunicornmadness

 

[connor_in]

wasn't sure where to put this...

 

[IrishLion]

I am down with poor little racism.

I take issue with the mechanics of this chart lol

 

[ACamp1900]

Access to White Dolphins...

Always hated Ryan Tannehill's excess security anyway.

 

[Irish#1]

Hah very true...

Reminds of a movie I watched awhile ago called "The Quiet Man" that my wife said was one of her favorites. In it the main character at the end has people coming up to him offering a stick to beat his wife with and it's supposed to be comical and I'm watching it like "if this scene was ever in a modern day movie the SJWs would burn the studio to the ground."

No one, not even the SJW's mess with The Duke.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I now know my life's calling. Demarginalizing male dolphins. I'm gon' change the world!

 

[phgreek]

I could regale the kids here with stories of walking 4 miles to school in the snow uphill both ways, having to get up at 3 a.m. to milk the cows before school, start a fire by rubbing sticks together, then feed my pet mammoth while fighting off the injuns. Ahh, the good ol' days.

Wasn't quite that bad, but I grew up without video games or cell phones, learned to drive on a stick, had 3 channels of TV and they went off the air around 11, only got to see my favorite team on TV about 3 times per year, had to actually walk across campus to the library to do any research for a paper, knew that if I acted like an ass in school, the principal would paddle my butt and I'd get it twice as bad at home when my dad found out, and I had to fight my way through the jungle to get to the promised land (a 70's thing the older guys will understand).

Much the same...guessing about 7 or 8 behind you though...had maybe 10 channels. I saw an HBO set top box when I was 12. Had friends who had Atari game systems. But I generally chose Guns, Bows, sports equipment for gifts, and spent my time accordingly. When I got in trouble at school it was a "shot" with the paddle, or a 5 mile forced run with the Vice principal who was a retired Marine. Mom or dad would often see me on my running jaunts, stop, laugh, and have a list of shit to do waiting when I got home. Spent many a summer night sleeping in the woods...and many days seeking out the honey hole for fishing, or the deadly funnel for hunting. Mix in football, basketball, baseball, and selective track events...just always going. My parents laugh...my kids like to screens of lethargy and brain rot...workin on 'em, but it is a different world.

 

[ulukinatme]

I am down with poor little racism.

I take issue with the mechanics of this chart lol

Access to White Dolphins...

Always hated Ryan Tannehill's excess security anyway.

I now know my life's calling. Demarginalizing male dolphins. I'm gon' change the world!

Ya'll need to shut up now! I'm taking up the crusade for freedom from male freedom of speech! That last sentence is almost too perfect. Man, it feels good to be a SJW now. In fact, shut this whole site down because it offends me!

 

[wizards8507]

Down with male freedom of speech!

That one actually works.

 

[BeauBenken]

Access to the endangered assault rifles.

Gotta protect that second amendment right man.