butlers Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 What the 90s boy band! Shame on you for adding them to the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I presume that ‘GOB STOPPERS’ were some sort of throwback to the torture chamber!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Why not change the name of the sweets to 'Dwarf Gems'? If dwarf / dwarfism are acceptable terms? Whatever next? 'Snow White & the Seven Porgs (persons of restricted growth)? I believe PORG is an acceptable term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 And what about 'Little Women'? Shame on Louisa May Alcott. OR rather: why on earth are people so antsy about names used historically and not as an opprobrious epithet or insult? See also: Elvis Costello's withdrawal of lyric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caswall Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 It's all become somewhat of a blur of constant change, this bizarre need some people have to erase history, deny aspects of culture, and in some cases even force change on long-established brand names. I'm still coming to terms with the happy colonial faces having been removed from jam jars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Nobody is erasing history in this instance. Consigning Midget Gems to history is adding to it. [Likewise, the toppling of the Colston statue will become part of the historical narrative.] Sensibilities evolve and commercial thinking follows close behind – or in the case of ‘Marathon’/‘Snickers’ it ignores them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 It's publicans I'm feeling sorry for in a few years time. They'll have to start calling time around 8:45 pm. "Time, Agender, Androgyne, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cisgender, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender Female, Cisgender Male, Cisgender Man, Cisgender Woman, Female to Male, FTM, Gender Fluid, Gender Nonconforming, Gender Questioning, Gender Variant, Genderqueer, Intersex, Male to Female, MTF, Neither, Neutrois, Non-binary, Other, Pangender, Trans, Trans*, Trans Female, Trans* Female, Trans Male, Trans* Male, Trans Man, Trans* Man, Trans Person, Trans* Person, Trans Woman, Trans* Woman, Transfeminine, Transgender, Transgender Female, Transgender Male, Transgender Man, Transgender Person, Transgender woman, Transmasculine, Transsexual, Transsexual Female, Transsexual Male, Transsexual Man, Transsexual Person, Transsexual Woman, Two-Spirit. Don't you have any homes, flats, apartments, abodes, tents yurts, echo-friendly domiciles to go to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Baron99 said: It's publicans I'm feeling sorry for in a few years time. They'll have to start calling time around 8:45 pm. "Time, Agender, Androgyne, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cisgender, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender Female, Cisgender Male, Cisgender Man, Cisgender Woman, Female to Male, FTM, Gender Fluid, Gender Nonconforming, Gender Questioning, Gender Variant, Genderqueer, Intersex, Male to Female, MTF, Neither, Neutrois, Non-binary, Other, Pangender, Trans, Trans*, Trans Female, Trans* Female, Trans Male, Trans* Male, Trans Man, Trans* Man, Trans Person, Trans* Person, Trans Woman, Trans* Woman, Transfeminine, Transgender, Transgender Female, Transgender Male, Transgender Man, Transgender Person, Transgender woman, Transmasculine, Transsexual, Transsexual Female, Transsexual Male, Transsexual Man, Transsexual Person, Transsexual Woman, Two-Spirit. Don't you have any homes, flats, apartments, abodes, tents yurts, echo-friendly domiciles to go to? Here is a very simple idea, what about just calling them "customers" or "guests" or "patrons". Believe it or not the majority manage to survive quite reasonably without having to gender every single thing. Edited January 13, 2022 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, ECCOnoob said: Here is a very simple idea, what about just calling them "customers" or "guests" or "patrons". Believe it or not the majority manage to survive quite reasonably without having to gender every single thing. Time everyone please. Hello everyone. Goodbye everyone. Welcome everyone. Not difficult really. And, as a bonus, not a mention of anyone's height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 'It's hard to walk tall when you're small' by Morissey - could that be removed from a playlist, should it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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