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In our recently submitted grants we had to change “traumatic brain injury” to “concussive brain injury” and “male and female mice” to “male and non-male mice” because traumatic and female are now verboten words that can get our grants killed. It’s insanity.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Well that's doubleplus ungood.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (10 children)

When I was a teenager around my daughter’s age, pre 9/11, this kind of future was the kind of thing you would see in a ridiculous 80s dystopian action movie. We didn’t ever think we’d actually ever allow it to get that far as a society, surely we wild rise up to oppose. It’s just wild to my old ass how far we have fallen and how much people just shrug.

I was watching the Netflix hunt for Osama docuseries. And Bin Laden totally won. After 9/11 the US turned on its own people and used the modern technology of the military to set up a mass surveillance system and a way to easily do shit like this. And people allowed it while chanting “USA!” This is all part of it.

On a side note, i can’t wait till The Running Man becomes Reality once Trump starts throwing migrants into a life or death reality show where they’re hunted by neo Nazi ice agents

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where is all the outrage for word switching here?

The master/main folks are sure silent.

Or the male/female folks vs plug and socket?

I don't think anybody was against master/slave over primary/secondary.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I think the difference is that those are reasonable and come from within the community of use. Even if a loud minority acted up for a few days.

The examples in the post are just silly and are forced onto the community of use by political overlords.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

wake up babe, new politically correct has dropped

literally PC culture gone mad

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Conservatives are fucking morons lmao

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's what happens when "science" is based on capitalism, fascism, etc. It's just more explicit now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

God, that's so right-woke.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait I thought it was Woke that was supposed to be policing what language we used?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Something, something, every accusation, a confession

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Actually more inclusive terminology lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the male is a bit hostile and problematic too. It should be non-male and non-female

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't use the word female in any context so it would have to be non-male and non-non-male.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I prefer "those who is" and "those who ain't." Binary and inclusive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I watched an interesting video recently on "Lysenkoism".

https://youtu.be/9RTAcbsQXFE

In short, it's a horrible example of what happens when party politics are more important than correct science. And it should all feel very familiar to what's happening in the US right now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

F me, the parallels are unreal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Me trying to get grants for my rat trebuchet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is it operated by rats or throwing rats?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

If they can drive cars, they can work a trebuchet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Trebuchet of the rats, by the rats, for the rats.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Lowers binoculars and looks at my fellow Imperial gunners

See them? The rats are up to something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have two pet rats, and I'm pretty confident that they'd love a trebuchet. I could see one of them operating while the other is the ammunition.

Or, both operating with more conventional projectiles. Rats crave destruction and chaos. And also cuddles.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Brilliant i say Brilliant

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