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changeyourstars8Part of this entry under the cut due to questionable language. :-)
Overheard yet another gem of a conversation at work today:
Man: ". . . and that's what that Osama-- oops, I mean Obama-- was saying--" *chuckle*
Me: (thinking) "Ohhhh, I get it! You were making a joke by comparing a Democrat to a terrorist! That's so original and funny!" >_<
He went on like that for a couple of minutes, making fun of Barack Obama's name, and making me decide that I need a bunch of, "Kick me, I'm a moron" stickers to put on people's backs.
Also heard some guy using the word 'pussy' to mean 'coward' again. That always makes me twitchy. Not extremely so; it's use of the words 'f*ggot' or 'n*gger' (and yes, I do hear that one more than I'd like to at work) that make the "reevaluating your intelligence now" light in my brain come on, but it does give me pause.
I just never quite understood that use of the word. I mean, when talking about that area of the body-- women give birth, while if you give men a good tap they'll be cussing up a storm about it. But 'ballsy' means 'brave' and 'pussy' means 'weak'? Yeah.
Snarking aside, I did have a nice thing happen today-- a guy I know came up and asked how the book signing went, and said that he really enjoyed We Were Strangers: "No, seriously-- I don't normally sit down and read, especially fantasy, but that one was good." Cue huge dorky grin on my part. :-)
Overheard yet another gem of a conversation at work today:
Man: ". . . and that's what that Osama-- oops, I mean Obama-- was saying--" *chuckle*
Me: (thinking) "Ohhhh, I get it! You were making a joke by comparing a Democrat to a terrorist! That's so original and funny!" >_<
He went on like that for a couple of minutes, making fun of Barack Obama's name, and making me decide that I need a bunch of, "Kick me, I'm a moron" stickers to put on people's backs.
Also heard some guy using the word 'pussy' to mean 'coward' again. That always makes me twitchy. Not extremely so; it's use of the words 'f*ggot' or 'n*gger' (and yes, I do hear that one more than I'd like to at work) that make the "reevaluating your intelligence now" light in my brain come on, but it does give me pause.
I just never quite understood that use of the word. I mean, when talking about that area of the body-- women give birth, while if you give men a good tap they'll be cussing up a storm about it. But 'ballsy' means 'brave' and 'pussy' means 'weak'? Yeah.
Snarking aside, I did have a nice thing happen today-- a guy I know came up and asked how the book signing went, and said that he really enjoyed We Were Strangers: "No, seriously-- I don't normally sit down and read, especially fantasy, but that one was good." Cue huge dorky grin on my part. :-)
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Date: 2006-05-01 05:26 pm (UTC)Well, maybe it will switch the other way, eventually. Did you see the Pink is for Boys (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=238733) thing I linked the other day? Apparently the blue/pink color symbolism may have switched around just fifty years ago.
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Date: 2006-05-01 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-01 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-01 10:18 pm (UTC)http://www.smc.edu/voices/forerunner/Spring2002/philosophy/pussythispussythat.htm
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Date: 2006-05-01 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-02 01:03 pm (UTC)....Though, the part about males being insulted with words that are more disparaging to their mothers made me think...yes, the examples given are true, but men are also called Dick (or Dickhead) and Prick...and how did these words ever get turned into insults? Why is it that jerks are called after the male member? hmmmmmmmm....