The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Loadsa Noahs everywhere too. Them Jews again I suppose! 

[astfgyl]

Saw that as well 

[pete]

Ha, truly great news:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/25/roald-dahl-threatened-publisher-with-enormous-crocodile-if-they-changed-his-words

Very good!

In other potentially offensive news, I see that the most popular boys name for 2022 in Galway city was (drum roll)....

Muhammad.

I'd say the CSO were wincing at publishing that lovely bit of fodder for the far right.

Everywhere else is going to be riddled with Jacks for the future, so at least it's a bit of variety anyway. It's also worth considering how common that name is among the Islam boys vs how common anything is for the Christians.

Still, there'll be lads crying into their tricolours tonight over this

Where are you seeing the Muhammad thing?

Ah i see it, that's mad!

[astfgyl]

Yeah the CSO have it. I have to say I'm enjoying the bit of outrage it's causing. Also a bit funny that it was never an Eastern European name but then again it's been the English language and names forever and no-one really noticed

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

As you say, it was never an Eastern European name cos only the Muslims have that fairly unique naming convention. A good question is how many of X name does it take in a year in a single county or city to be top. Maybe not that many.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

So I see Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) finally decided to go the whole hog, douse himself in petrol and throw himself on the already burning pyre, a martyr for the rest of his life (in his own words; "there's no coming back from this").

First, the background context he seems either unaware of or chose to ignore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white

Then the poll on the question "Is it OK to be white?", carried out by Rasmussen Reports:
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1628460192932237313
(Note that this wouldn't be the first time Rasmussen, a clearly conservative leaning institution, will have been criticized over wording its polls in such a way as to generate results that are politically charged but with a specifically conservative narrative comforting bias.)

And finally, how Adams decided to react to his interpretation of the results:
https://twitter.com/DavidRossShow/status/1629742579624603648
(ignore the tweet text itself, it's just one of the few I found that had a long video extract instead of a snippet)

And, naturally, his Dilbert strip (which I used to like a lot years back) has now been dropped by dozens and dozens, maybe hundreds of papers. RIP Dilbert.

For perspective, I wonder what the results would be if you polled Irish citizens on "Is it OK to be British?" If you asked me that, a part of me would reflexively think, "Well, I'd hate to be British, so in that way, no." Just like the people behind the original "okay to be white" trolling campaign, Rasmussen were also, I think it's safe to assume since it's their job, fully aware of the ambiguity of the question. They must be absolutely chuffed with the exposure!

[astfgyl]

As you say, it was never an Eastern European name cos only the Muslims have that fairly unique naming convention. A good question is how many of X name does it take in a year in a single county or city to be top. Maybe not that many.

I'd say it's not a massive amount either. I'm getting a good laugh out of it tbf

[hellfire]

72 according to the CSO. That's just Galway though.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

72 according to the CSO. That's just Galway though.

Nah, it's 72 nationwide:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibn/irishbabiesnames2022/data/
(Expand 'Show Table: Table 2.2 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2022, in order of popularity - numbers registered between 2021 and 2022')

Muhammad barely gets into the national top 100.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Here, ye'll all get a laugh out of this:
https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1629975959108481025

When equally unbearable people collide. Though, at least one of them is funny   

[Eoin McLove]

All 7 of her followers must have been devastated 

https://blog.pmpress.org/2022/11/17/black-metal-has-always-been-queer-and-anti-authoritarian/

They can order a copy of this new black metal instruction manual to help them through the difficult time.

[91/30]

All 7 of her followers must have been devastated 

https://blog.pmpress.org/2022/11/17/black-metal-has-always-been-queer-and-anti-authoritarian/

They can order a copy of this new black metal instruction manual to help them through the difficult time.

Nuclear War Now

[astfgyl]

Here, ye'll all get a laugh out of this:
https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1629975959108481025

When equally unbearable people collide. Though, at least one of them is funny   

Saw that fuckin eejit yesterday 

[Carnage]

Yer man's dead right, if a bit rude. The entitlement of yer wan, fuck off.

[hellfire]

https://blog.pmpress.org/2022/11/17/black-metal-has-always-been-queer-and-anti-authoritarian/

They can order a copy of this new black metal instruction manual to help them through the difficult time.

I was happier before I knew that existed. Thanks lad