The world has gone insane

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The world has gone insane

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The world has been a mess for a while now but things have got so much stupider so quickly. There's this completely absurd tweet from an official Twitter account and I don't understand how whoever proposed it wasn't laughed out of the meeting immediately. This must have gone through several people.



There are legitimate problems that need to be solved regarding gender and racial equality and so on but these suggestions are completely absurd, misguided and pointless. I mentioned it on Twitter in connection with Poe's Law. "Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied." I'm not sure how you could parody something like that because it is so extremely ridiculous. Maybe they will say speaking English itself is someone colonial and oppressive?
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Re: The world has gone insane

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I've seen a few companies lately removing the word "whitening" from products that are literally made to do exactly that. Like to whiten your teeth or stuff like bleach that whitens fabrics.
And I find it kinda ridiculous coz how is that helping? and also that's literally what the products do yeah? race has nothing to do with it?
So I'm like..if that's what yall are doing companies then why don't you go full out inclusive etc and take a look at some other words like "Straightening" on products for hair.
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Re: The world has gone insane

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Post by Adagio »

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Yeah. This absurdity has been going around.

The people of Github has also decided to change the name of the "Master" branch to the "Main" branch, which is going to break multiple systems, including our own firmware over the air system.

It's not solving anything, it's in fact now demonizing otherwise benign words.
It's honestly ridiculous.
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Kievvu wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:13 pm I've seen a few companies lately removing the word "whitening" from products that are literally made to do exactly that. Like to whiten your teeth or stuff like bleach that whitens fabrics.
"new omo auto, for superior whiteness!" OwO/ white power clansman Omo! the high wizard commends your dedication to the cause.

i'm actually loving this, its hilarious. clown world is gonna be a blast.
Duck face? i thought they were all just making fart noises when posing for pictures...
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