Alpo Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I was on another site. I was talking about my grandparent's avocado farm. Rancho El Gato Negro. The software on the site changed negro to *****. Apparently it is now a negative ethnic term that is considered offensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Sounds like someone's software doesn't recognize Español. (the context should have been obvious following "Rancho El Gato") 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Back in the day when computing was young…. Universities were creating accounts for students and faculty, Dr Fuch was denied an account in his own name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 18 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Back in the day when computing was young…. Universities were creating accounts for students and faculty, Dr Fuch was denied an account in his own name. My dad worked with a guy named Fuch, he said that poor guy went through hell! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Back in 1999 a Washington D.C. Mayor's Aide got absolutely destroyed for using the term "niggardly" when referring to the city budget. I shudder to think what would happen these days is someone used the term. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 At a post-meeting drinking session a few weeks ago a colleague couldn’t apologize enough for his response when an African-American in the group asked what he was drinking. It was a “Negroni”. https://www.liquor.com/recipes/negroni/ Even the Black person thought he was being stupid and embarrassing himself, then she ordered one of the drinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 This world is full of blathering morons with too thin skin and not enough intelligence to focus on anything but minutiae. 6 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) From an earlier post I made. Edited April 22 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Pic size 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 36 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: From an earlier post I made. Ditch 3 in the 8th circle of hell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Tell em what they can do to themself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 19 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: Tell em what they can do to themself. Perhaps that is how they ended up in hell in the first place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 As a Young Marine, I knew a black kid who's last name was Negron. A white guy he knew called to him in the Chow Hall, "Hey Negron", only came out it sounding like "Niggron". A table of some other black Marines who didn't know him heard it and jumped up yelling , "WHAT DID YOU CALL HIM?!?!" As I happened to be right there, I was able to explain it to them, but it could have gotten bad. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Tiny uneducated minds attempting to make their mark on the world by screwing people better than themselves into changing to fit their twisted values and denigrating (OOOOPSY!!!) them while doing it. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Did y'all know that using WHITE canvas on covered wagons in a parade celebrating the Oregon Trail migration is RASIZT!! The organizer of the event has ordered that the covers be "colored" (i.e. anything other than WHITE). 1 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 So if I order a White Russian I'm now a racist? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Some bakeries, usually associated with chain supermarkets, will censor, "Congratulations (name) Summa Cum Laude!" Or will just refuse the order. Just as, in the Instagram thread where I found someone asked "What does do. mean?" Another, for an orange pudding receipt from the 1600s, the author made the comment that oranges were pretty much unknown in Europe until the Moors brought them to Spain. In the comments someone asked "What are moors?" I posted that they should look up the Umayyad Caliphate. I did manage to refrain from mentioning the heraldic "moor" or "blackamoor," but OH! it was SO tempting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: Did y'all know that using WHITE canvas on covered wagons in a parade celebrating the Oregon Trail migration is RASIZT!! The organizer of the event has ordered that the covers be "colored" (i.e. anything other than WHITE). BULLPUCKY! I'd boycott the whole shi--eree and tell everyone why1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I passed on a suggestion to simply leave the canvas off (bare bows) rather than comply with such a ridiculous demonstration of idiocy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 If you go to McDonald's and get some napkins, they're brown. Is this because McDonald's is gone woke and white is bad? No. It's because to make the napkins white they have to bleach them, and therefore they cost more. Logic says to make the canvas white they have to bleach it. So if I was buying canvas to cover my wagon and I had a choice between light brown at 50 cents a yard and bright white at 62 cents a yard, I'd buy the brown stuff. Plus, if I put nice bright white covers on my wagon, the Indians can see me a couple of miles away. I wasn't around when they did wagon trains, but I bet you they did not have white canvas covers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Most canvas is cotton duck and starts out kind of an “off white” in color. If I were one of those wagon owners, I’d refuse to participate and then park my wagon, white canvas and all, where everyone would have to pass by it and hang a sign on it explaining why!! If I had time, I’d have some flyers printed and hand them out during the exhibition, accusing the organizers of racism!! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, Alpo said: ''' Logic says to make the canvas white they have to bleach it. So if I was buying canvas to cover my wagon and I had a choice between light brown at 50 cents a yard and bright white at 62 cents a yard, I'd buy the brown stuff. Plus, if I put nice bright white covers on my wagon, the Indians can see me a couple of miles away. I wasn't around when they did wagon trains, but I bet you they did not have white canvas covers. We're talking about the 1840's here. Try an internet image search for "covered wagons", "covered wagon covers", and...while yer at it..."ship sails". also... Fur Trade tents Canvas teepees The majority of examples I found have been some shade of WHITE/off-white/light tan. BTW...are you aware that, when left outside, fabric will fade/bleach out from exposure to the SUN?? Edited April 23 by PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L add comment 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Alpo said: I wasn't around when they did wagon trains, but I bet you they did not have white canvas covers. OK, it wasn't a dazzling white like freshly bleached sheets but, in general, people looking at unbleached cotton canvas and asked the color will say "White." Yeah, it's maybe an off-white, "Barely, almost-tan White" or something. (Pointing at bolt of fabric) What color is that? Uh...it's white. The organizers of that event should be subjected to a bit of Socratic thinking" "Of what were the covers of wagons made?" "Um....canvas, I guess." "Of what is canvas made?" "Um.....I think it's usually cotton." "And, in general, what color is cotton grown in the United States?" "White. Isn't all cotton white?" "Actually, no. Some types, usually not for large commercial production, are light green, or a brownish red. But the huge bulk of it is, indeed, white. So maybe you should drop your racism and allow these wagons to be shown as the ones that made the trek really were, rather than your revisionist pipe dream." 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 OH NO!! I don't dare mention COTTON to that event organizer...it will probably trigger ancestral flashbacks!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 4 minutes ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: OH NO!! I don't dare mention COTTON to that event organizer...it will probably trigger ancestral flashbacks!! GOTCHA’!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 6 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Some bakeries, usually associated with chain supermarkets, will censor, "Congratulations (name) Summa Cum Laude!" Or will just refuse the order. Just as, in the Instagram thread where I found someone asked "What does do. mean?" So, what DOES "do." mean? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 4 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said: So, what DOES "do." mean? Do be do be do? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 26 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Do be do be do? Not to be confused with Scooby Dooby Doo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 37 minutes ago, Black Angus McPherson said: So, what DOES "do." mean? ditto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 51 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Do be do be do? 22 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Not to be confused with Scooby Dooby Doo. Or Yabba Dabba Do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Black Angus McPherson said: So, what DOES "do." mean? In the context given did you really not know? Ir are you just jerking my chain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) Having spent quite a bit of time around cotton fields, growing it and dealing with growers and gins and related businesses and then working at a knitting mill that made un bleached cotton fabric up in New York years ago and then managing one of their sewing plants down in Arizona I can attest to the fact that cotton fabric is indeed white until it’s dyed. It’s not bleached white, it’s white through every step in the process until it’s dyed. I knew quite a few black people that worked growing it, cultivating it, irrigating it, harvesting it, ginning it etc.. and none of them were offended by its whiteness. I doubt that in the 1840’s they worried about what color their wagon covers were, they just wanted to get out to the west. Thinking that dying your wagon cover so the Indians wouldn’t see it is comical. The Oregon Trail was actually miles wide because there was so much livestock to feed, mules, horses, oxen, etc.. that the wagon trains widened the trail substantially just to keep their stock fed and I’m pretty sure the Indians knew all about it, after all they lived there. Edited April 23 by Yul Lose 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: In the context given did you really not know? Ir are you just jerking my chain? I don't know about Angus, but I have never seen "do" used as an abbreviation for anything. So I didn't know. People frequently guess at WHAT something means. And just as frequently they are wrong. Edited April 23 by Alpo otto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Alpo said: I don't know about Angus, but I have never seen "do" used as an abbreviation for anything. So I didn't know. People frequently guess at WHAT something means. And just as frequently they are wrong. It was frequently used, as you see, in older documents. Sometimes, if there were many entries, there would be the original word, then two or three entries of "do." and then after that the ditto marks we are more familiar with today. Or, a mix of the word "ditto" and "do." I think I first encountered it in 4th grade and just assumed that it was something everyone over the age of about 40 knows. Edited April 23 by Subdeacon Joe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 10 hours ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: Did y'all know that using WHITE canvas on covered wagons in a parade celebrating the Oregon Trail migration is RASIZT!! The organizer of the event has ordered that the covers be "colored" (i.e. anything other than WHITE). Folks could use more important things to worry about-and looking at the world today, those things might be coming sooner than we would like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 yup - first steps to communism is to ban words , rewrite history , turn folks against one another internally and then take control , impression those they think not in agreement or unfit , guess who goes to the gullags first ............................ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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