Another Crazy Change, Utter Stupidity

[saintpeter48]

I bought 3 gingerbread men yesterday from Sainsburys for my 3 young grandsons, on checking the receipt they are marked down as 'gingerbread persons', you couldn't make it up, it's an insult to the intelligence of 99% of 'normal' thinking people!

[youngmafbog]

//and why should men be the default?//

They are not, think about Housewife :-)

The FRench have all sorts of defaults,(male and female) should they change them all to a neutral? Good luck with that, your wokey ass would be booted right out.

[misscherry]

I don't know about the French language. And I don't think it matters whether they are called gingerbread men, women, people, or whatever - they're just biscuits - but if it doesn't matter, then why not make it more inclusive, there's no harm in it. I hardly think that makes me woke, and the incessant use of woke as an insult on this forum is pretty irritating.

[dannyk13]

Misscherry, but wasn't the word woke coined as a derogatory term?

[goodgoalie]

We should be glad English doesn't usually have genders for nouns. In German the word for 'girl' is neuter, and in French the word for 'vagina' is masculine!

[pixie374]

Not originally, Danny. It more meant aware, and was changed to an insult.
Misscherry has a point, in that, while not one of these things mean much in isolation.... all added up together, show a general unhealthy mindset. And although I wouldn't say every little example needs addressing .... they are all worth a passing thought.

[AuntPG]

and 'moustache' is feminine

[pixie374]

At least we are finally recognising sex isn't gender. Happy days :-)

[bednobs]

My sainsburys receipt is never that clear! it would say "ggrbd prsn" or something like that. So perhaps you CAN make it up?

[pixie374]

On fb... I think, and maybe someone could confirm or say otherwise?
I'm sure I used to get a notification saying, eg,
It's Emma's birthday- wish her happy birthday.... kind of message.
Now it says... "wish 'them' a happy birthday"?

[MWG14]

Agree.

[AuntPG]

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-gingerbread-person

[AuntPG]

or the more traditional
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-freefrom-gingerbread-man-32g

[Zacs-Master]

I've really no idea why things like this wind people up so much.

[AuntPG]

Because this is AB home of the eternally outraged

[pixie374]

Thanks, MWG x

[Mozz71]

And why exactly does this little change concern people so much? Harms no-one at all.

[Spicerack]

Because it's the thin end of the red wedge.
You think you can ratchet normal people out of existence but we have our eye on you.

[Mamyalynne]

Stoppit! That's twice I've spilt my brew.

I always wondered what to do with that little bit of left over dough.