The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[hellfire]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/call-for-kerryman-to-be-renamed-pc-nonsense-says-healy-rae-1.4513758?mode=amp         

Why are we paying politicians to think up shit like this.

Just saw that story, and healy rae's response was funny too.. "Should we start calling a manhole a personhole now as well?"

Aye it can be a bit silly alright. I used work for the fire service and one day there was the crew of a fire station where I worked at a training session. In the morning the trainer said "nice to see all the firemen this morning". And from the back comes "and firewomen" from 1 of the 2 women on the course. And to be honest I think she was right. Stuff like changing the name of the kerryman or woman's way or renaming a man hole I think is frankly ridiculous, but i have no problem of something like fireman going to fire person or whatever. Would prefer fireman or firewomen depending on who you're referencing. Fireperson sounds naff but probably encompasses it better.

I notice nobody is complaining about the terms binman. Sick to my teeth of all this equality horseshit.  It stopped being about anything to do with issues affecting people and began trying to seem morally superior by picking holes in language.

[Eoin McLove]

The thing is, when more and more women begin doing these jobs, the language will naturally change to suit. There are plenty of women working as postmen (!) so most people will gradually see the absurdity of saying postman and will just naturally say postman or postwoman as it fits. Are there women queuing up to become milkwomen and binwomen? I doubt it, but as long as the ones who want to do the job aren't being unreasonably kept from doing it or paid properly then that's the only thing that matters.

[Ollkiller]

I notice nobody is complaining about the terms binman. Sick to my teeth of all this equality horseshit.  It stopped being about anything to do with issues affecting people and began trying to seem morally superior by picking holes on language.

Change all the job titles with man in them. The whole fucking outdated lot of them. Do we call an electrician an electrician man. Everything else 're man hole or names of things is ridiculous and should be left alone. That to me is equality gone berserk. Like some daft one a few weeks ago on about a deck of cards and why is the king higher and we should a have a new deck. Fucking kill me already.

[Carnage]

Going through a bit of a Beastie People, Soulja Person, and Fatpeople Slim buzz myself.

Plus-Size Person Slim, surely?

Which raises the hypocrisy issue: calling someone fat is akin to pogoing on a baby's face but it's fine to refer to someone as slim, as it's seen as positive.

[Caomhaoin]

Yeah but they changed man of the match to player of the match where only men are playing. Why? Oh yeah the trannies.

[Eoin McLove]

Surely they could have just added tran of the match?

[Kurt Cocaine]

I saw a tranny going round town the other day in a mini skirt.
I thought to myself; "He's got some balls!"

[Kurt Cocaine]

One more......

What do you call a Mexican tranny?

Señor Rita.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Not only are there more and more binwomen (well, the trend couldn't really go the other direction), there are even same-sex married binwomen!
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/married-bin-collecting-couple-kate-21913520

Although surely, going along with another trend of modernity, binmen/women are officially called something like "waste managers" or more likely "refuse collectors" these days, no?

[Caomhaoin]

I don't know what you'd call this lad

https://youtu.be/Nex2B7yFxYs

[Blackout]

The thing is, when more and more women begin doing these jobs, the language will naturally change to suit. There are plenty of women working as postmen (!) so most people will gradually see the absurdity of saying postman and will just naturally say postman or postwoman as it fits. Are there women queuing up to become milkwomen and binwomen? I doubt it, but as long as the ones who want to do the job aren't being unreasonably kept from doing it or paid properly then that's the only thing that matters.

Thing is, it's gone beyond woman/man he/she. You'll have postbinary and postjedi next.

[Bigmac]

Surely they could have just added tran of the match?

[Eoin McLove]

You could award it to the footballerette who does the best diving pirouette when their opponent comes within their five meter personal space zone.

[astfgyl]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/call-for-kerryman-to-be-renamed-pc-nonsense-says-healy-rae-1.4513758?mode=amp         

Why are we paying politicians to think up shit like this.

Just saw that story, and healy rae's response was funny too.. "Should we start calling a manhole a personhole now as well?"

Aye it can be a bit silly alright. I used work for the fire service and one day there was the crew of a fire station where I worked at a training session. In the morning the trainer said "nice to see all the firemen this morning". And from the back comes "and firewomen" from 1 of the 2 women on the course. And to be honest I think she was right. Stuff like changing the name of the kerryman or woman's way or renaming a man hole I think is frankly ridiculous, but i have no problem of something like fireman going to fire person or whatever. Would prefer fireman or firewomen depending on who you're referencing. Fireperson sounds naff but probably encompasses it better.

I notice nobody is complaining about the terms binman. Sick to my teeth of all this equality horseshit.  It stopped being about anything to do with issues affecting people and began trying to seem morally superior by picking holes in language.

I agree with both of the points there and there is a happy medium where we stop making such a big deal out of it. Like if a woman delivers the post then the postwoman delivered it and if a man puts out the fire then the fireman did it and the binwoman collected the bins. No big deal, no offence given or taken. That bartranny pulls a great pint fair play to them etc. Of course that's in jest as the point of being a tranny must surely be to transition to  a different sex so they will still be the barman or barwoman at the end of it. Until transhumanism kicks in, that is. Then it will have to be the bartranny until we find out exactly what it is they have become.

I work with 15 women and one gay lad and I'm a straight man and between us all there is never a sniff of any of this shite and we all laugh at the whole offended culture without getting offended by it. No chauvinism, no feminism and none of the other 15 million ways to be offended. World just needs to cop on and simplify it all a lot.

[open face surgery]

Ya, it's very rarely an issue beyond the online world ,I find. People can test the waters of absurdity here first.