Mrs H might object, I certainly do . . .

GlennDog
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are affluent folk so incredibly bored that they forgot about masterB

. . . . there are Real Issues to Confront in this lovely world. Priorities people

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209660753/these-american-birds-and-dozens-more-will-be-renamed-to-remove-human-monikers
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,546
    This is one of those time I wish we had a face-palm emoji…..
    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,549
    edited November 2023
    I read that earlier and immediately thought just how woke do you need to be, the answer, VERY VERY woke.
    Is just so mind boggling to project this woke'ness to birds and other creatures.

    This says it all!
    The move comes as part of a broader effort to diversify birding and make it more welcoming to people of all races and backgrounds.

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,596
    Woke, this is not. But dumb? Yes. Definitely yes.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,111
    What about the birds? Has anyone spoken to them to see whether they even want their names changed?
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  • Viking64
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,643
    Is it April 1st?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    Every day we stray further from God
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  • stangman67
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    Also birds aren’t real
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,289
    How did we get so dark? Are we in the midst of evolutionary decline?
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  • mhardy6647
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    stangman67 wrote: »
    Also birds aren’t real

    There is that.
    https://birdsarentreal.com/

    :#

    They were twittering ;) about this on NPR this morning whilst we broke fast. I kinda probed Mrs. H about it and she was less incensed than I expected her to be. They mentioned Wilson's Snipe as an example, and Mrs. H grumbled that it's been renamed twice since she started birding in earnest (ca. early 1990s)! So... yeah...

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  • maxward
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    At my age, birding is hard enough without trying to learn new names.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,885
    Most of them are what birders call LBJs, anyway.
    As in little brown jobbies...
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    not...
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    And, of course, not any other sort of BJs. B):#
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    Oh, the avian LBJ above is, in fact, a house finch. I don't think they're named after this guy...
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    If they are, though -- I guess we'll be callin' 'em something else soon. :|

    Wonder if they'll rename the bushtit?
    I am a pretty erudite & sophisticated person, as y'all know -- but I have to suppress a giggle whenever anyone talks about bushtits.

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,104
    LBJ or EL BJ?

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,549
    SHUDDER !!! :s:s:s
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  • xschop
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    Next, they'll get rid of all the biological nomenclature and molecular biology discoveries because those people that discovered them don't deserve recognition due to their "uninclusive" heritage.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • OleBoot
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I am a pretty erudite & sophisticated person, as y'all know

    And modest too. B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,885
    OleBoot wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I am a pretty erudite & sophisticated person, as y'all know

    And modest too. B)

    Stunningly so.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,596
    xschop wrote: »
    Next, they'll get rid of all the biological nomenclature and molecular biology discoveries because those people that discovered them don't deserve recognition due to their "uninclusive" heritage.

    Agreed. So what will they rename dark matter?
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  • treitz3
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    IMO, the erasure of history and renaming of things deemed "offensive" is a foolish move and not good for humanity as a whole.

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  • Milito
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    treitz3 wrote: »
    IMO, the erasure of history and renaming of things deemed "offensive" is a foolish move and not good for humanity as a whole.

    Tom

    So very true.
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  • invalid
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    Almost anything you say could possibly offend someone somewhere in the world today, can't say anything anymore. What a dull world.
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  • F1nut
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    I get offended by those light weights that think they have been offended, so I hope I have offended them.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • GlennDog
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    EVERYONE should wear your "pick-a-vowel" T-shirt on Offend a LibTardDay
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,433
    Definitely ridiculous. I'm on the side of the fence that believes America has been overrun with over-offense. TOO many people are just LOOKING to be offended.

    There are SO many petty examples of people losing their chocolate yogurt emojis over nothing. Skin so thin you can see through it....toughen up man....

    Yes, some things need to change through the evolution of life, abolishing slavery and freeing human beings was and always will be the right thing to do, but.....changing the name of an NFL team after 87 years of tradition???? It's not slavery people, it's football. The cowboys and the commanders just don't have the same ring to it.

    Here's one more for you....a few months back, I'm dating this smoking chick, 19 years younger (h e l l my ex is 20 yrs younger) and Latina.....plenty here to choose from in good 'ol San Antone.....anyway, the first two dates were famous, four hours followed by a 6 hr date...I'm thinking, good....everything is cool so far so I invite her over and cook for her. The menu was; filet mignon, med rare, sauteed mushrooms and grilled asparagus. Cooking is one of my best things in my tackle box.

    Now, we're talking, actually she's ranting and I'm enduring. I'm finding out very quickly just how offended this chick is....about EVERYTHING.....I mean, I wish I could get into more detail here but man, it was pretty bad.

    I did my best to change the subject...repeatedly...then Mexican bingo comes up, so I ask her, how does that differ from the bingo that I know?? So, she's looking at her phone as she explains the process, then says, it's pretty much the same except instead of yelling bingo, they yell.....and she pauses just enough for my smart a s s to yell, CHINGADA!!!

    AND SHE CALLED ME A RACIST......I said, really?? I invited a Latina girl to my house, cook a very nice meal, enjoy the company, teach you the two step, all because I'm a racist??? WHY, would you call me that??

    She looks right at me and says, Because that NOT what they say.....

    So me, having to explain to a 43 year old, that I was only kidding and that I had enough intelligence to make the determination that what I was saying was not legit and only a joke should be evidence enough that todays norm is that "people" don't know how to take a joke and therefore offense becomes the first line of defense.

    Now, all of that said, I'm doing my best to NOT be offended that this post was placed in the "2 channel" thread :D:D:D
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  • pitdogg2
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    Ridiculous!
    Did you hand her a towel for the swim home.....

    Kidding!! But yet she chose to word vomit all her baggage on you instead of showing you a little respect to the fact you, YOU spent time showing your appreciation of her to her.

    EVERYTHING is racist these days if you're a white male. Of course the other side says they cannot be racist, which I find hilarious.
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  • msg
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    @Geoff4rfc - But did you get dessert? A simple no will suffice 🤣👋☠️
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,111
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Ridiculous!
    Did you hand her a towel for the swim home.....

    Kidding!! But yet she chose to word vomit all her baggage on you instead of showing you a little respect to the fact you, YOU spent time showing your appreciation of her to her.

    EVERYTHING is racist these days if you're a white male. Of course the other side says they cannot be racist, which I find hilarious.

    I'm a behaviorist.

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  • Geoff4rfc
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    msg wrote: »
    @Geoff4rfc - But did you get dessert? A simple no will suffice 🤣👋☠️

    Fortunately, the baker put enough pies in the window, so I could let that spoiled on go lol
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  • GlennDog
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    back it up like I'm 5

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