Shaddup, Wanda!

[rwguinn]

Anybody see the new thought police commercial by Wanda Sipes?
Taking people to task for the phrase "That's so gay".
Talk about sanctimony!

 

[Lisa Simpson]

It's Wanda Sykes and I agree with the PSA.

 

[rwguinn]

It's Wanda Sykes and I agree with the PSA.

Well, 'scuse the hell outa me...

The topic is Sanctimony. Thought police. And what the hell business is it of anybody to walk up to a table full of people and be as rude as that unfunny ... person... is?

 

[Rufo]

Assuming this is the one you're talking about, it's not really new.


I don't think it's rude to ask people if they consider the meaning of the words they use. Sure, confronting people for their choice of words could lead to some akward situations, but in the long run, it's preferable to the akward situations those words will land them in.

 

[Beerina]

It's Wanda Sykes and I agree with the PSA.

I'm 45. My generation, as children, had it beaten into their heads to not use "gay". And "******" and "negro" and "wop" and "spic" and all kinds of things. And no more "Polack" jokes.

I was rather dismayed by the resurgence of "That's gay!" in the past ten years. That's so teen-boy-with-a-cheesy-mustache.

 

[Sledge]

Does anyone else find it amusing that we used to laugh at retired old colonels writing to the Daily Mail to bemoan the word gay changing it's meaning from "happy" to "homosexual," and we are now trying to stop it changing meaning from "homosexual" to "a bit naff"?

 

[Ray Brady]

The topic is Sanctimony. Thought police.

You're using the wrong terms. It's not sanctimony, since her position is not rooted in religious devotion. And it's not Thought Police, since she's asking people only to be conscious of what they say, not what they think.

And Wanda Sykes is hilarious. Check out Dave Chappelle's show if you want to see her at her best.

 

[rwguinn]

You're using the wrong terms. It's not sanctimony, since her position is not rooted in religious devotion. And it's not Thought Police, since she's asking people only to be conscious of what they say, not what they think.

And Wanda Sykes is hilarious. Check out Dave Chappelle's show if you want to see her at her best.

You just lost any respect I had...
Those are two of the un-funniest stand-up comedians I know of...

 

[Rufo]

Does anyone else find it amusing that we used to laugh at retired old colonels writing to the Daily Mail to bemoan the word gay changing it's meaning from "happy" to "homosexual," and we are now trying to stop it changing meaning from "homosexual" to "a bit naff"?

Considering the potential meaning of "naff", I admit it would be sort of fun if the two became synonyms.

 

[qayak]

Assuming this is the one you're talking about, it's not really new.


I don't think it's rude to ask people if they consider the meaning of the words they use. Sure, confronting people for their choice of words could lead to some akward situations, but in the long run, it's preferable to the akward situations those words will land them in.

That is one great public service ad! I laughed my "so Sixteen year old male with a cheezy mustache" ass off!

 

[qayak]

Does anyone else find it amusing that we used to laugh at retired old colonels writing to the Daily Mail to bemoan the word gay changing it's meaning from "happy" to "homosexual," and we are now trying to stop it changing meaning from "homosexual" to "a bit naff"?

Gay still means "bright and cheerful" even though the old colonels aren't around to appreciate it.

 

[Beerina]

Gay still means "bright and cheerful" even though the old colonels aren't around to appreciate it.

This same guy remembers way back when in 7th grade English when we were studying adverbs, and my friend, when asked by the teacher for an example, said, "He walked gaily down the street." And he meant it in the old-fashioned way. And got laughed at, mainly by the girls, to the point of tears.