This thread is brilliant people getting offended at people being offended about other people being offended.
Has political correctness actually gone mad?
- Thread starter Pogue Mahone
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It's one of the funniest threads on the site, unintentionally
Yep. I often pop in to drink the salty tears of PC gone mad folk...
one of the best thing about the PC crowd is their instance that things like this are somehow different to thinking that robin thick was singing about date rape
Complains about “victimhood culture” while playing the victim. Bravo. Not easy to own yourself so badly in a single tweet.
it really doesn't reflect well on you if you need more than half a song to get what rage are about
From the website you quoted;
So tissues for men are the biggest, strongest and best?
This could've been marketed without using gender, but gender was specifically used - why, if not sexism?
That ad is cringey but I assume from the clothes, the tape player and the glass of brandy that it’s from the late 70s? Unless I underestimate Kleenex and it’s an knowing, self-mocking play on the inherent old school sexism of a brand calling itself “man size tissues”.
Mansize tissues = larger than regular tissues. You know, like men are generally larger than women. The idea that someone could be offended by that is insane. The most embarrassing part was the idiot woman who used that annoying tumblr thing of "my young child decided to magically parrot my beliefs using my own grammar and speaking style" as an excuse to bitch about something. I often wonder how these people get through the days.
how insecure do you have to be that you actually try to reason why big tissues have to be called dudes
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying - but i've been awake for 14 hours and i've still got at least 5 left, so delirium is kicking in.
I just asked whether it was sexist, considering the description of the tissues don't have to be gendered, yet the company chose to assign a gender to the descriptions.
Thing is, with these things, there's more internet outrage over the benign fix than there was over the initial problem. Shit is hilarious to me....
if you are sleep-deprived, it’s probably better to prioritise other things than my posts..I basically agree with you but was pointing out that the ad in question with its ridiculous tagline is probably 40 years old.
Oh yeah I agree, it's dated.
That's why I don't understand why it's silly to update a dated concept, that's all that Kleenex have done, accepted that time has moved on, and changed with the times.
Tagging the change as a response to 'snowflakes' is the real idiocy here.
I hate the word 'snowflakes' with all of my being, mostly because the people who use it the most are usually the people it describes the best.
OH MY FECKING GOD, SOMEONE CHANGED SOMETHING COMPLETELY MINOR IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT AFFECT ME IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER (but might affect others positively*), FECKING SNOWFLAKES! PC GONE MAD I SAY!
*obviously not talking about Kleenex, doubt that affects anyone at all really.
OH MY FECKING GOD, SOMEONE CHANGED SOMETHING COMPLETELY MINOR IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT AFFECT ME IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER (but might affect others positively*), FECKING SNOWFLAKES! PC GONE MAD I SAY!
*obviously not talking about Kleenex, doubt that affects anyone at all really.
Nope. I used to get these sometimes but they are actually quite crap portions.
Nothing about this looks appetising
what were you thinking?What's wrong with saying men are bigger an stronger? We are arent we? I used to beat the shite out of my older sister when I was 12 and she was 16.
I can't be he only one who thought they were only ever called man sized as a wink wink nudge nudge way of saying you're supposed to spunk in them.
That's because you're both wankers tho...
Nothing about this looks appetising
five for $10 is a no brainer. The Salisbury steak one was alright.
How the feck am I meant to cope with the severe emotional trauma this is putting me through if I don't even know which fecking tissues I'm meant to buy any more??
There are parts of PC culture which are far more deserving of a push back than changing the name of mansized tissues I'd say. It's not a hugely pressing issue.
This was a good watch for any Bill Burr fans
Nope. I used to get these sometimes but they are actually quite crap portions.
Hungry-man
American's are weird with their flags.
Americans and their infallible patriotism is something I never really understood.
From the website you quoted;
So tissues for men are the biggest, strongest and best?
This could've been marketed without using gender, but gender was specifically used - why, if not sexism?
This add specifically is a bit borderline. Just the phrase "man sized tissues" is fine, much like a king and queen sized bed. The issue is that the advertising points to men being superior to women, "anything other tissues (presumably women's tissues?) can do, man tissues can do better."
The slogan itself isn't a problem, neither is changing it. I'd imagine it was more of a proactive decision to drive sales rather than a reactive decision to some type of outrage.
"Look, Floofy, this-is-how-a-tape-recorder-works."
"Oh. I'd like a pretty pink one, tee hee. You're so clever."
Yuck.
No doubt pc's went mad.
Man films himself burning LGBT children’s books from local library
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/10/23/burning-lgbt-library-books/
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/10/23/burning-lgbt-library-books/
Those kind of people must so miserable and unhappy constantly.
Apu is being written out of The Simpsons due to some complaints that the character promotes racial stereotyping.
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/simpsons-confirm-apu-leave-2394238/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/simpsons-confirm-apu-leave-2394238/amp?__twitter_impression=true
Replace him with a non stereotypical relative that inherits the Kwik-E-Mart?