pootylicious wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:02 pm PC culture will be over as soon as America isn't rich enough to spread it. That's why we need Putin to win

Alex wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 12:50 pm One of the best things about living in Southeast Asia is that you don't really need to care about all that shit.

I'm dreading the day when I'll be forced to return home though. It might never come and I sincerely hope so...

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:05 pm Something to ponder as I crush my plant based chicken stockcubes into a good old fashioned chicken curry;
bought the chicken tender loins on special as about 10 packets were due to expire & be thrown out.
I'm hip

GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:56 pm I'm not so sure. I can't think how any of it impacted my life at all in the West or Asia.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:15 pm

Yobbo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:05 pm Something to ponder as I crush my plant based chicken stockcubes into a good old fashioned chicken curry;
bought the chicken tender loins on special as about 10 packets were due to expire & be thrown out.
I'm hip

What are chicken tender loins?

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:10 pm

GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:56 pm I'm not so sure. I can't think how any of it impacted my life at all in the West or Asia.

I can see PC culture here in Japan. Mostly among the western expats, mind you. Lots of calls for "equity" and "diversity". Even expats talking about "helping Japan become a multicultural nation" and the like.

Recent example:

xandreu wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:00 am I don't quite get it when people tell you their preferred pronouns. There are three types of pronouns in English. First person, coming from the speaker (I, me, my), Second person, directed at the person you are talking to (you, yours) and Third person, typically directed at the person who is not present during the conversation or part of the conversation (he, him, his, she, her, hers).

So when people say their preferred pronouns are He/Him or She/Her, they are referring to how they prefer to be addressed when they are not there. In which case, why would they care?

I'm sure I've been called all sorts of things when I've not been present or involved in the conversation, not just related to my gender. Some of them positive, some negative. I wasn't there, so I wouldn't know. And neither would I particularly care.

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:21 am Can't even tell an Irish joke anymore.

(I'd often wondered what jokes the Irish tell. I guess I'll never know now.)

GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:43 pm

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:10 pm

GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:56 pm I'm not so sure. I can't think how any of it impacted my life at all in the West or Asia.

I can see PC culture here in Japan. Mostly among the western expats, mind you. Lots of calls for "equity" and "diversity". Even expats talking about "helping Japan become a multicultural nation" and the like.

Recent example:

I think this is a good example of what I meant. There have likely been some statements on inclusion at events or places I attend, it just doesn't even register with me and doesn't impact me in any way. For example, just checked a theme park we attend frequently as a family -> They have something about diversity & inclusion on their website. I don't know when they added it and don't notice anything different from when I attended the same place 20 years ago. There are people that see that simple statement and get riled up about it, sane folks just keep going about their business.