Oldspeak is unmutual

[Pyrrho]

I hadn't heard of this one until today.

https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/docu ... nguage.pdf

[Anaxagoras]

Wow. Terms like gray beard, guru, seminal, and tribe are bad now?

[Ben Trovado]

12+ pages of elimination of words to whittle down the thoughts we are allowed. And counting.

[robinson]

It’s doubleplus good

[Bruce]

12+ pages of elimination of words to whittle down the thoughts we are allowed. And counting.

100% this.

Handicapped used to be the "nice" word to replace the "mean" words lame, crippled, and invalid.

Mentally ill was the nice term to replace crazy.

OCD replaced anal retentive prick.

Then there were the technical sounding words.

Quadriplegic replaced stumpy.

Post traumatic stress disorder replaced shell shock.

And don't get me started on the pronouns. I wish I could send my kids back in time to meet my militant English teacher and try to say They in place of he and she. They never would have graduated from elementary school.

George Carlin will be busting out of his grave any day now to set things right.

[Ben Trovado]

12+ pages of elimination of words to whittle down the thoughts we are allowed. And counting.

100% this.

Handicapped used to be the "nice" word to replace the "mean" words lame, crippled, and invalid.

Mentally ill was the nice term to replace crazy.

OCD replaced anal retentive prick.

Then there were the technical sounding words.

Quadriplegic replaced stumpy.

Post traumatic stress disorder replaced shell shock.

And don't get me started on the pronouns. I wish I could send my kids back in time to meet my militant English teacher and try to say They in place of he and she. They never would have graduated from elementary school.

George Carlin will be busting out of his grave any day now to set things right.

Since to late 80s, I have viewed this as Eupeptics -- giving something a better coating to help something be swallowed easier.

A large portion of those in charge feel that renaming something somehow solves (or hides) the problem.

Prison - Dept. of corrections.

Well, THAT certainly solved the problem. Off to gin and tonics!

[Doctor X]

"Map is not territory."

– J.D.

[ed]

Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

Gimpy idiots

[Anaxagoras]

Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive

Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutral

[Ben Trovado]

I can't wait until they "fix" 1984.

Any minute, now.

[Doctor X]

Why would they need to change the awakening and flowering of the love between Winston and Big Brother?

– J.D.

[Ben Trovado]

Why would they need to change the awakening and flowering of the love between Winston and Big Brother?

– J.D.

They'll cut it down to the last 2 pages. There is a lot of non-useful words that could confuse people in the other parts.

[robinson]

To the leftists/commie/socialists, Winston was the bad guy in the story.

That much is already true.

Spoiler:

Sound far fetched? The left hates Snowden and Assange, so you know it's true

[Bruce]

To the leftists/commie/socialists, Winston was the bad guy in the story.

That much is already true.

Spoiler:

Sound far fetched? The left hates Snowden and Assange, so you know it's true

MTG wants a "divorce" between red and blue states. Hilarity continues to ensue.

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylo ... 2449?amp=1

[robinson]

I'm not surprised a lot off people want to get out from under the socialist/insane federal leadership, as well as the over the top shit show that is the big blue states.

When the government no longer serves the people, you either declare independence, then got to war, or you start slitting throats. Or all three at once. Just ask Washington, Jefferson and that crowd of murderous white dudes who wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Or we could go the election route, but when elections are no longer open and honest, it's Mao or Hamilton. What to do?

[Bruce]

We choose a wise leader who will carry us forward into the new age.

https://i.imgur.com/FuQTZXy.jpg

At the time, I was looking forward to this guy running the show for a while.

[Doctor X]

I usually hate the "It Can't Get Worse Than ______" appeal, because reality often proves its naïve fatuousness, but Biden is making me question that.

– J.D.

[sparks]

Never fear. It can get worse.

Way worse.

Wildcunt could get elected! :)

[Captain]

We choose a wise leader who will carry us forward into the new age.

https://i.imgur.com/FuQTZXy.jpg

At the time, I was looking forward to this guy running the show for a while.

He's ours now.

[Ben Trovado]

That's a man who looks like he could eat 50 eggs.

Of course, no one can afford to buy more than 6 at a atime now, but . . . .

[Doctor X]

Of course, no one can afford to buy more than 6 at a atime now, but . . . .

https://rlv.zcache.com/biden_i_did_that ... r_736.webp

– J.D.

[robinson]

Is it really that eggs are more expensive? Or maybe, the money isn't worth as much anymore.

[Ben Trovado]

Is it really that eggs are more expensive? Or maybe, the money isn't worth as much anymore.

Like, have you ever really *looked* at your hand, man?

[robinson]

Avian flu or price gouging?

Seems Mexican eggs are dirt cheap. So of course the border patrol is cracking down on egg trafficking.

How ironic.

It's easier to get a living human across the border than a truck full of eggs.