Reply to: FAO Vetran: woke gems

[SueEllen]

I'd forgotten the car, they'll be getting set on fire by the anti-statue crowd no doubt.

I don't think damaging someone's vintage car hidden in a garage/under tarpaulin would get pass a jury.

[d000hg]

I'd forgotten the car, they'll be getting set on fire by the anti-statue crowd no doubt.

[northernladuk]

I googled and my results where
1. Midget Gems 2. Midget Car (as in MG Midget)
3. Midget

I googled it and got 1. Veterans C*ck

[SueEllen]

Other than the sweets, how often do you hear it being used as anything else though?

I googled and my results where
1. Midget Gems 2. Midget Car (as in MG Midget)
3. Midget

[d000hg]

Midget literally means smaller than usual, it use with dwarfism is incorrect slang.

Other than the sweets, how often do you hear it being used as anything else though?

Do we take every word that has multiple uses, one of which someone may find offensive and ban them?

Obviously not. We don't even know other shops will follow suit. Supermarkets trying to play PC often backfires as people view it as as publicity-seeking nonsense.


Also, there are several Negro Rivers.So one could write about "My Negro adventure"

[vetran]

Have you turned septic?

yeah the cream isn't working!

[vetran]

A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually.
Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did.

It must be really challenging being different, we probably should help such individuals as a priority. Though given the state of CAMS its not something our government see as a priority.

[WTFH]

Have you turned septic?

No, I like to get my quotes correct.

[vetran]

Germany renamed negro kisses into chocolate kisses a few years ago: https://www.dw.com/en/meghan-markle-...ost/a-43887622
(link to the article which also has Meghan in it to make Vetran's blood boil)

Negro is closely associated with the Euro-African slave trade.

https://aaregistry.org/story/negro-the-word-a-history/

Despite its a modern attribution to British & Americans it was created by the second group of slavers who bought from Africa the Spanish & Portuguese. As usual with slang and contested words no two cultures agree on its use.


It also an official pencil type

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_(lead_pencil)


Midget literally means smaller than usual, it use with dwarfism is incorrect slang.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20371969


Do we take every word that has multiple uses, one of which someone may find offensive and ban them?


In this case it sort of makes sense if they want to call them mini gems so as not to offend - why not?


With Negro kisses it definitely makes sense.

[Zigenare]

A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually.
Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did.

Have you turned septic?

[Eirikur]

Germany renamed negro kisses into chocolate kisses a few years ago: https://www.dw.com/en/meghan-markle-...ost/a-43887622
(link to the article which also has Meghan in it to make Vetran's blood boil)

[Whorty]

you can use sod as an insult but it is used for a clump of grass with soil attached.

Oy, clump-of-grass-with-soil-attached off ...

[vetran]

Isn't "mini" an insult as well?

For example "You are my mini-me", "Aren't you mini?"....

you can use sod as an insult but it is used for a clump of grass with soil attached.

[d000hg]

I'm mounting a campaign to ban Giant Chocolate Buttons.

[WTFH]

A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually.
Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did.