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A move so fresh it is still moist.
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I wish I didn’t see what you did there.
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Lucky you. I can practically smell it.
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Via error message, I just learned there’s a bad word I can’t post on BoingBoing that’s, from what I’ve gathered, relatively acceptable everywhere in the world except the US. Provincial much, bb?
What if I use “berk”? But then that ruins the hilarious wordplay I wanted to deploy. “Berkservative Republiberk.” Nope.
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I think it’s less provincial prudery here but compassion for those who were upset in the past at usage of, well, whatever word you meant. Which is about as opposite a motive as you can find from DeSantis and the other cynical sociopaths like him as you can find.
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Y’know, you can always go start your own forum if the rules of this one don’t suit you, even though you agreed to them by joining the site.
Words like ‘bitch’ and other slurs are disallowed, while words like ‘troll’ and ‘moist’ get hidden like this: ■■■■■.
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You are correct that in the United States using a crude term for a woman’s genitalia as an insult is widely viewed as an inherently misogynist slur.
If you want to use that word you are free to visit forums hosted by people who have different ideas of acceptable language.
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You get that there are decades, sometimes centuries, of misogyny in language, right? There are places all over the world where Women have fewer rights than Men do. We don’t choose to excuse that behaviour just because other parts of the world have decided that is ok.
I’m sorry that it is annoying because it requires changing the learned vernacular. I had this same experience in my own life with specific words to describe minorities that were practically muscle memory for me. But those words don’t target me, and it’s the last I can do to recognize their origins and work to change my speech for the good of others. Like, literally the least I can do.
So, yeah. What others have said. We’re not going to regress in our aims to be respectful of Women just because it happens to cause you to have to think a little before you type.
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But… but… MUH WORDPLAY!!! /s
Meaningfully looks out window, sighs
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…That sounds an awful lot like you are trying to make a cheap joke about American politics for an American audience. But you’re upset that you can’t because it’s mostly a slur in America? I’m not sure you thought this through.
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Now see, this is a useful criticism!
Do take notes for future improvement.
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It’s not acceptable in Canada either. Maybe the world is more diverse than you think it is.
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And to be fair, it’s been considered a nasty word since at least the 1300s, in English. Though in the Canterbury Tales it’s used commonly and in a bawdy way that suggests it might not have been quite as taboo in that period. Among others, the Wife of Bath uses is casually.
[Sorry, stupid academic diversion. It’s a nasty word and should never be used in this BBS, regardless of where you’re from. It’s awful.]
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Maybe just don’t use slurs?
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it’s happy hour. i’m schlurring mah speesh ri now!
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