Random Thought Thread

And we thought that the Irish were funny when they referred to someone as "himself". Well, we've gone a long way down the rabbit hole since then.

I was born into a working class family but I identify as "His Eminence". 🤣

Egads. :rolleyes:
 
I have come across the “identity/identifier” issue in real life a few times. Honestly, I’m old enough to not care. As in, I say “he”, they say “she”, I then use “she”. I would do the same with “triangle” if I ran into it. Just doesn’t bother me in any way.
 
My family calls me Jo. Anybody that calls me Jonni, I know they don't really know me. It's funny, my dad named me that but he absolutely hated people calling me Jonni but Jo was perfectly fine. When I was younger it was just close family and friends that called me Jo. In school I used Jonni Jo. At some point just Jo became easier
 
Jo the Machinist said:
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One parenting moment that I've never forgotten is when my oldest was three or four, and I yelled at him for something he did wrong, don't even remember what it was, but he started bawling and yelled "I'M JUST A KID!" at me, and I felt like the worst father of all time. Won't ever forget that, or do it again.
 
Jo the Machinist said:
I try to avoid using pronouns altogether so I will say a person's name in place of where pronoun would be appropriate. I sound really dumb but I'm not using they / them for a singular person.
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I had to try to stop saying sir or ma’am when I move to California after growing up and living in Georgia for 20 years. It was a habit. I would say yes sir or ma’am and people would be offended and say stuff like “how old do you think I am”. That was 20 years ago. It was strange. I was used to saying it to anybody of any age. But now it’s even more offensive because it also is a gender indicator. So I really have to watch it.
 
Mendoman said:
I had to try to stop saying sir or ma’am when I move to California after growing up and living in Georgia for 20 years. It was a habit. I would say yes sir or ma’am and people would be offended and say stuff like “how old do you think I am”. That was 20 years ago. It was strange. I was used to saying it to anybody of any age. But now it’s even more offensive because it also is a gender indicator. So I really have to watch it.
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Don't you think accommodation just fosters more of the same to some extent? I don't try to be disrespectful, but I can't possibly keep up with all the fluidity and constant changes.
 
- SpyderMan - said:
I seriously do not get this stuff…..🤦‍♂️
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I don't think you're supposed to "get" it. By the time you hear about it, they'll just move on to the next thing to be offended about.

I work in Corporate Finance and we had a meeting on non offensive words and the term "Grandfathered" was brought up as offensive. The problem? No one could think of a replacement term. So we will continue to use it. :oops:
 
Jo the Machinist said:
My actual name is Jonni Jo. Pronounced Johnny Joe. It is led to a lot of confusion for some people and some pretty obnoxious comments.
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I still get a chuckle out of remembering that the a few years ago, some non-regular random who had happened to post in one of the sales threads, had referred to you two as the "Carothers Brothers"... OK, we all know by now that there is a twin named Jonathan whose name makes things even weirder!
 
tokerblue said:
I don't think you're supposed to "get" it. By the time you hear about it, they'll just move on to the next thing to be offended about.

I work in Corporate Finance and we had a meeting on non offensive words and the term "Grandfathered" was brought up as offensive. The problem? No one could think of a replacement term. So we will continue to use it. :oops:
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It shows us how soft society is becoming when people get offended by such nonsense.

Seriously, a thumbs up emoji?

Good grief.
 
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