Unpopular opinion but I couldn't be more grateful for the coof era. After the lunacy that was my daughter's senior year in '21, she abandoned all plans to attend WokeU. Now 20, and thanks to education alternatives she has a FT apprenticeship paying what her friends in college hope to make two years from now. I'm eternally thankful I don't have to worry that the daughter I sent off to college will return a complete stranger. This shit is INSANE.
They still have a predatory online degree program for social work that puts students into debt. But they stopped using a word, that will fix everything!
How is one supposed to discuss physics without the word “field”? Is it now the search for the unified practicum theory? In sci-fi, will the Captain of the spaceship now yell, “engage the force practicum!” to protect the ship from attack? It’s so nuts.
Hahahaha - love those new MEOWITZERs on the field of battle. Also, I think the USC Athletic Dept may have something to say about this. I expect they bring in more cash than the Social Work Dept does, so they might just "field" this one for us :)
But seriously. A while back somebody I know remarked to me that he didn't see many African-Americans in the smaller town of France while traveling. I told him that if he had, they would probably have been African-Frenchmen. The point being that in his mind, a term that was specifically chosen to emphasize a cultural trait had simply morphed into a synonym for "black". That's a problem with trying to change language to affect the way people think -- you can change the words, but people still perceive objective reality.
If these yahoos got their way and the word "field" became verboten, then a generation from now people would be talking about how slaves toiled in the practicums of the south. And then what would we do to avoid offending anybody?
Using her think, shouldn’t we also eliminate the word “work”...seems like all the freed slaves out there would be offended equally by field or work.
Also, regarding yesterdays air industry mayhem du jour, I hadn’t realized they changed the meaning of the acronym NOTAM. It was Notice To Airmen. Apparently in December 2021 that meaning was deemed not inclusive and was changed to Notice To Air Missions. That realllly made flying safe for all!
I work in the computer field. Is that now a verboten phrase? They are beyond the point of ridiculous. Fingers crossed that this is the one the gets the normies to finally kick this insanity to the curb.
I think we should just sit back and watch while progressives keep growing their list of prohibited words, until they are left sputtering incoherently for fear of offending somebody.
Over here, does it mean we can't quote Winston Churchill: "Never in the field of human conflict..."? WSC knew more about most things than most people know about anything...
Actually, isn't this a form of microaggression against the less educated? Replacing a simple, easy to understand word with one few people outside academia know, let alone understand? What is REALLY going on here, folks?
Reminds me of the time at work when someone injured his hand while using a hand press. Now this accident would not have happened if he'd been paying attention and to this day the rest of us can't figure out how he did it. Nevertheless someone in management decided to put a warning label on the press which read something like this: "Ensure clearance before pressing." Come on now, we are talking FACTORY WORKERS here. Some can barely speak and understand simple English as it is. It would have been much more effective to put up a label that said "Keep your frickin' hands out of the press!" That I think anyone can understand.
Unpopular opinion but I couldn't be more grateful for the coof era. After the lunacy that was my daughter's senior year in '21, she abandoned all plans to attend WokeU. Now 20, and thanks to education alternatives she has a FT apprenticeship paying what her friends in college hope to make two years from now. I'm eternally thankful I don't have to worry that the daughter I sent off to college will return a complete stranger. This shit is INSANE.
They still have a predatory online degree program for social work that puts students into debt. But they stopped using a word, that will fix everything!
What if you're just a normal, prize winning farmer, and you're out standing in your field? Should you go inside?
Look I’m just gonna say it like it is, these people are fuckin morons.
How is one supposed to discuss physics without the word “field”? Is it now the search for the unified practicum theory? In sci-fi, will the Captain of the spaceship now yell, “engage the force practicum!” to protect the ship from attack? It’s so nuts.
Hahahaha - love those new MEOWITZERs on the field of battle. Also, I think the USC Athletic Dept may have something to say about this. I expect they bring in more cash than the Social Work Dept does, so they might just "field" this one for us :)
But seriously. A while back somebody I know remarked to me that he didn't see many African-Americans in the smaller town of France while traveling. I told him that if he had, they would probably have been African-Frenchmen. The point being that in his mind, a term that was specifically chosen to emphasize a cultural trait had simply morphed into a synonym for "black". That's a problem with trying to change language to affect the way people think -- you can change the words, but people still perceive objective reality.
If these yahoos got their way and the word "field" became verboten, then a generation from now people would be talking about how slaves toiled in the practicums of the south. And then what would we do to avoid offending anybody?
umm, “...School of Social Work”
Using her think, shouldn’t we also eliminate the word “work”...seems like all the freed slaves out there would be offended equally by field or work.
Also, regarding yesterdays air industry mayhem du jour, I hadn’t realized they changed the meaning of the acronym NOTAM. It was Notice To Airmen. Apparently in December 2021 that meaning was deemed not inclusive and was changed to Notice To Air Missions. That realllly made flying safe for all!
America has jumped the shark.
I work in the computer field. Is that now a verboten phrase? They are beyond the point of ridiculous. Fingers crossed that this is the one the gets the normies to finally kick this insanity to the curb.
I think we should just sit back and watch while progressives keep growing their list of prohibited words, until they are left sputtering incoherently for fear of offending somebody.
I hate this timeline. It's the stupidest one ever.
Until tomorrow. Tomorrow will be stupider.
Over here, does it mean we can't quote Winston Churchill: "Never in the field of human conflict..."? WSC knew more about most things than most people know about anything...
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEU-t-ANpdY)
My maiden name was Field; does that imply I didn't exist prior to 2001 when my to-be husband forced me to take his name?
Can I say "maiden name" or is that verboten now too?
Actually, isn't this a form of microaggression against the less educated? Replacing a simple, easy to understand word with one few people outside academia know, let alone understand? What is REALLY going on here, folks?
Reminds me of the time at work when someone injured his hand while using a hand press. Now this accident would not have happened if he'd been paying attention and to this day the rest of us can't figure out how he did it. Nevertheless someone in management decided to put a warning label on the press which read something like this: "Ensure clearance before pressing." Come on now, we are talking FACTORY WORKERS here. Some can barely speak and understand simple English as it is. It would have been much more effective to put up a label that said "Keep your frickin' hands out of the press!" That I think anyone can understand.