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Old Oct 15th 2019, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by dave_j
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_(insult)
Gammon is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since around 2012, which received press coverage in 2018. In 2018, it became particularly known as a term to describe middle-aged or older men on the political right or who supported Brexit. ...
Ok. Good to know. Have heard it used in that context, though as a Remainiac it doesn't apply.
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Old Oct 15th 2019, 4:14 pm
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Interesting you should say that, I have a pet conspiracy theory that this push toward gender fluidity is another symptoms that super intelligent machines are prepping our species for eventual replacement.
OoH, very algorithmic.
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Old Oct 15th 2019, 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
I have no idea why the gammons get so upset by this kind of stuff. It doesn't actually affect them in the slightest, it's just that they can't accept that they're not always in control of popular opinion. Possibly it makes them realise that they're getting old and irrelevant.
A bit like the other 98 "genders"
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Yes. Piers Bloody Morgan has been facing a bit of backlash for calling out this stuff in the UK. Apparently there are now "a hundred genders".
My immediate reaction was "Oh no- the snowflakes are upset again" before remembering that I'm apparently the snowflake. Then when Prize Moron piled on I knew I was on the right side!!!

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
I have no idea why the gammons get so upset by this kind of stuff. It doesn't actually affect them in the slightest, it's just that they can't accept that they're not always in control of popular opinion. Possibly it makes them realise that they're getting old and irrelevant.
This is a very good answer. I simply can't understand why the switch from the archaic "ladies and gentlemen" to "Everyone" would even be noticeable otherwise, just a common sense update. But, snowflakes....
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Old Oct 15th 2019, 7:22 pm
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Nobody listens to the cabin crew anyway, not until they come around with the cookies and coffee. The change is geared toward making passengers and crew comfortable, and if it does then I have no objection.
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Old Oct 15th 2019, 8:12 pm
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What are gammons?
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Gammon is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since around 2012, which received press coverage in 2018. In 2018, it became particularly known as a term to describe middle-aged or older men on the political right or who supported Brexit. ...
Yes, typically those red-faced plump reactionaries who put one in mind of a fine leg of gammon, cf Mark Francois.


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Originally Posted by Pizzawheel
My immediate reaction was "Oh no- the snowflakes are upset again" before remembering that I'm apparently the snowflake. Then when Prize Moron piled on I knew I was on the right side!!!

This is a very good answer. I simply can't understand why the switch from the archaic "ladies and gentlemen" to "Everyone" would even be noticeable otherwise, just a common sense update. But, snowflakes....
You're a snowflake ??

Here's the Wikipedia definition:

Snowflake is a 2010s derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions. Common usages include the terms special snowflake, Generation Snowflake, and snowflake as a politicized insult.

Ladies & Gentleman isn't archaic it's normal form of address. Just crazy to feel offended by such usage...unless one is in fact a snowflake.




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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
Yes, typically those red-faced plump reactionaries who put one in mind of a fine leg of gammon, cf Mark Francois.


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The absolute vilest MP in the house. Yes, he looks like a gammon.
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Old Oct 18th 2019, 8:22 pm
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You're a snowflake ??

Here's the Wikipedia definition:

Snowflake is a 2010s derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions. Common usages include the terms special snowflake, Generation Snowflake, and snowflake as a politicized insult.

Ladies & Gentleman isn't archaic it's normal form of address. Just crazy to feel offended by such usage...unless one is in fact a snowflake.
Well I assumed my politics made my a snowflake, before observing the gammons and their gun toting cousins in the states seem to be the ones really getting their knickers in a twist over nothing?

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