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PC gone out of control
So today at work I was taking this class about giving effective presentations. We were talking about visual aids - PowerPoint, flipcharts, whiteboards, etc.
So then the teacher says this: "The word "flipchart" is considered offensive, because "flip" is a derogatory term for Filipinos, so don't use that word anymore."
Umm....what? Seriously? I try to keep pretty PC - I try not to use the word "retarded" and I'm not down with using "gay" to mean "stupid" - but seriously - FLIPCHART? By this token, are flip flops and Mick Jagger also considered offensive? Argh.
So then the teacher says this: "The word "flipchart" is considered offensive, because "flip" is a derogatory term for Filipinos, so don't use that word anymore."
Umm....what? Seriously? I try to keep pretty PC - I try not to use the word "retarded" and I'm not down with using "gay" to mean "stupid" - but seriously - FLIPCHART? By this token, are flip flops and Mick Jagger also considered offensive? Argh.
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Re: PC gone out of control
But seriously, if we remove every word that has derogatory connotations from their innocuous usages, we'll have no words left!
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People piss me off. Getafuckinggrip.
I seriously can't wrap my head around this and I can't believe our instructor actually said it with a straight face.
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[QUOTE]Nova - glad you're not offended but even if you were offended by being called a "Flip" then WHY SHOULD THE WORD FLIPCHART BE PUNISHED????? I seriously can't wrap my head around this and I can't believe our instructor actually said it with a straight face.
Posted by abbalish[/QUOTE]
<div>I think people like that just get off on following rules, not matter how insane.</div><div>
</div><div>For instance, I was smoking a cigarette at school (I'm a month quit now, btw), across the street from my school which is by the EMPTY softball field and a bunch of storage buildings, and a professor/staff member, walked all the way across the street to tell me I can't smoke on campus.</div><div>
</div><div>I about sh!t a brick on that lady.</div>
Oh and um, the word cracker doesn't offend me. Just in case you wanted to know.
Was it on this board that some girl tried to get people to stop using the word Mick? It might have been on the bump or livejournal, but it was CRAY-ZEE.
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LOL! That's crazy!
Kinda reminds of that song. Something like..
Back when Coke was a coke
Cracks what you were doin when you were crackin jokes.
Something like that
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But I agree, removing the word flip from her vocabulary is totally taking it too far.
[QUOTE]Wow, that is now the second PC lesson for me today! My brother told me that he was at his friend's house last night and he told his friend's son to sit "Indian Style," and the kid freaked on my brother, saying "MY TEACHER SAID THAT'S A BAD WORD!!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY "CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE!!!!!" My brother is almost 30 with no kids, so he was all, "well excuse the hell outta me!"
Posted by KentuckyKate[/QUOTE]
One of my coworkers just called someone an Indian Giver.
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[QUOTE]Wow, that is now the second PC lesson for me today! My brother told me that he was at his friend's house last night and he told his friend's son to sit "Indian Style," and the kid freaked on my brother, saying "MY TEACHER SAID THAT'S A BAD WORD!!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY "CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE!!!!!" My brother is almost 30 with no kids, so he was all, "well excuse the hell outta me!"
Posted by KentuckyKate[/QUOTE]
WOW, I didn't know that one either...
I'm so far behind.
[QUOTE]Liz- congrats on quitting! I'll be 5 years out in December. FWIW I hate it when people smoke around me now and would probably be an annoying person and tell a smoker they aren't allowed to smoke inside.
Posted by andy71781[/QUOTE]
<div>Thanks! I pretty much hate everything because I really love smoking, but oh well, I'll get over it.</div><div>
</div><div>And I tried not to smoke around people, and not blow smoke in their faces, I would even wait to exhale if I was passing someone on the sidewalk or something, but I was smoking a good GOOD distance away from her and all other people OUTSIDE.</div><div>
</div><div>People are not even allowed to smoke in their cars on campus. I'd like to see someone try to stop me.</div>
[QUOTE]Can...I..toss my pancakes? THAT JUST SOUNDS WORSE.
Posted by lizarellie[/QUOTE]
<- laughs and wonders if that term is on Urban Dictionary....
I do think "Indian giver" shouldn't be used, since it describes somebody who goes back on their word or can't be trusted. That's derogatory, because it implies negative stereotypes about First Nation/Native American culture.
Flipchart, though... Really? I would've laughed. And I still want to know what the new word is!
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