Current Events > Yale replaces 'freshman' and 'upperclassmen' with gender neutral terms.

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Capn Circus 09/16/17 11:27:15 AM #1:	Wow, what progress! http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/16/yale-gender-neutral-terms-freshman-upperclassman --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886706631] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Wow, what progress! http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/16/yale-gender-neutral-terms-freshman-upperclassman</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LastTomorrow 09/16/17 11:27:54 AM #2:	1st year 2nd year. 3rd year. 4th year --- Waffle waffle waffle <cite>LastTomorrow posted [p:886706657] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>1st year 2nd year. 3rd year. 4th year</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaname_Madoka 09/16/17 11:28:06 AM #3:	“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.” --- Drawn for me by \| Popcorn_Fairy: https://i.imgtc.com/cvSNxRT.jpg \| Volkswagen_Bros: http://i.imgur.com/86XOVXb.jpg \| ShinobiNinjaX: https://imgur.com/bPb5vEV <cite>Kaname_Madoka posted [p:886706669] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.”</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
J E S U S 09/16/17 11:30:20 AM #4:	Kaname_Madoka posted... “It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.” proceeds to language police --- imaginary <cite>J E S U S posted [p:886706767] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kaname_Madoka posted...</cite> <quote>“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.”</quote> proceeds to language police</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaname_Madoka 09/16/17 11:35:03 AM #5:	J E S U S posted... Kaname_Madoka posted... “It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.” proceeds to language police if someone doesn't say fuck, does that mean you aren't allowed to say fuck? --- Drawn for me by \| Popcorn_Fairy: https://i.imgtc.com/cvSNxRT.jpg \| Volkswagen_Bros: http://i.imgur.com/86XOVXb.jpg \| ShinobiNinjaX: https://imgur.com/bPb5vEV <cite>Kaname_Madoka posted [p:886706976] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>J E S U S posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Kaname_Madoka posted...</cite> <quote>“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.”</quote> proceeds to language police</quote> if someone doesn't say fuck, does that mean you aren't allowed to say fuck?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 09/16/17 11:35:46 AM #6:	okay --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:886707007] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>okay</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
--kresnik-- 09/16/17 11:36:21 AM #7:	That's "progress" for you. Another inoffensive word has been struck from the dictionaries just so somebody can say, "I was there! I voted for that!! I made history!!1!" Thanks, though, cuz I'm glad Trump won. --- "BEFORE we ask what is fair for illegal immigrants, we must also ask what is fair to American families, students, taxpayers, and jobseekers." D. Trump <cite>--kresnik-- posted [p:886707036] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>That's "progress" for you. Another inoffensive word has been struck from the dictionaries just so somebody can say, "I was there! I voted for that!! I made history!!1!" Thanks, though, cuz I'm glad Trump won.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nbda3A4eWFR2 09/16/17 11:37:22 AM #8:	Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! <cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted [p:886707079] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Malcolm_Matar 09/16/17 11:38:54 AM #9:	Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space. <cite>Malcolm_Matar posted [p:886707139] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 09/16/17 11:40:02 AM #10:	Breaking News: Nickelodeon to reboot Welcome First Years <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:886707186] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Breaking News: Nickelodeon to reboot Welcome First Years</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 11:43:20 AM #11:	Malcolm_Matar posted... Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space. If its so inconsequential why change it in the first place? I'm not triggered. Just laughing at these leftists going around with a magnifying glass look for words to change. --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886707332] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Malcolm_Matar posted...</cite> <quote>Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space.</quote> If its so inconsequential why change it in the first place? I'm not triggered. Just laughing at these leftists going around with a magnifying glass look for words to change.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Behaviorism 09/16/17 11:44:28 AM #12:	Skye Reynolds posted... Breaking News: Nickelodeon to reboot Welcome First Years garbage show --- Taryn Terrell has returned to GFW!!!!!!!!! <cite>Behaviorism posted [p:886707378] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Skye Reynolds posted...</cite> <quote>Breaking News: Nickelodeon to reboot Welcome First Years</quote> garbage show</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/16/17 11:46:02 AM #13:	Anyone who doesn't just refer to them as "Frosh" in the first place is doing it wrong anyways --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:886707432] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Anyone who doesn't just refer to them as "Frosh" in the first place is doing it wrong anyways</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 09/16/17 11:46:36 AM #14:	Fakest outrage of them all. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:886707460] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Fakest outrage of them all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Malcolm_Matar 09/16/17 11:47:24 AM #15:	Capn Circus posted... Malcolm_Matar posted... Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space. If its so inconsequential why change it in the first place? I'm not triggered. Just laughing at these leftists going around with a magnifying glass look for words to change. You're more triggered than Trigglypuff dude, and what's worse is you're triggered over the minorest of minor stuff that won't affect anybody's life. You gotta get off this outrage pickle diet dude, it gives you high blood pressure and it's bad for you. <cite>Malcolm_Matar posted [p:886707499] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Malcolm_Matar posted...</cite> <quote>Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space.</quote> If its so inconsequential why change it in the first place? I'm not triggered. Just laughing at these leftists going around with a magnifying glass look for words to change.</quote> You're more triggered than Trigglypuff dude, and what's worse is you're triggered over the minorest of minor stuff that won't affect anybody's life. You gotta get off this outrage pickle diet dude, it gives you high blood pressure and it's bad for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
untrustful 09/16/17 11:48:11 AM #16:	"Political correctness gone awry again! We need to pull public funding from Yale." --- My Mario Maker Levels https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/profile/untrustful?type=posted <cite>untrustful posted [p:886707528] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>"Political correctness gone awry again! We need to pull public funding from Yale."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 09/16/17 11:49:26 AM #17:	My only nitpick is that you can no longer refer to a person's first year in a given field as their "freshmen year." His freshmen year of boxing, her freshmen album as a musician, etc. The whole point of that comparison is calling attention to it being their first year without using the term "first year." <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:886707585] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>My only nitpick is that you can no longer refer to a person's first year in a given field as their "freshmen year." His freshmen year of boxing, her freshmen album as a musician, etc. The whole point of that comparison is calling attention to it being their first year without using the term "first year."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WizardPowers 09/16/17 11:49:45 AM #18:	lol'd at the "ha!" at the end there --- http://i.imgur.com/FS3aeNW.png http://i.imgur.com/Hy9IDHK.gif <cite>WizardPowers posted [p:886707598] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>lol'd at the "ha!" at the end there</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mortimerjames 09/16/17 11:50:29 AM #19:	I can't believe guys actually care about this. Go back to calling them freshman if you want, why does it matter that other people won't? --- Tell me the story about how people used to believe in the Bible - Future kid to their grandparents <cite>mortimerjames posted [p:886707633] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>I can't believe guys actually care about this. Go back to calling them freshman if you want, why does it matter that other people won't?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mal_Fet 09/16/17 11:51:00 AM #20:	Freshperson Femyle Womxn Theirstory --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell <cite>Mal_Fet posted [p:886707648] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Freshperson Femyle Womxn Theirstory</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JSancton 09/16/17 11:55:01 AM #21:	Ya, this has been the case for years. I thought first years, sophomores, junior's, seniors was mainstream by now. So behind yale is. --- PSN: JSancton <cite>JSancton posted [p:886707840] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Ya, this has been the case for years. I thought first years, sophomores, junior's, seniors was mainstream by now. So behind yale is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 11:55:24 AM #22:	nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886707860] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mal_Fet 09/16/17 11:56:27 AM #23:	Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? Wowomen --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell <cite>Mal_Fet posted [p:886707900] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> Wowomen</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nbda3A4eWFR2 09/16/17 11:59:16 AM #24:	Capn Circus posted... "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Yes, one refers to males, the other females <cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted [p:886708002] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. </quote> Yes, one refers to males, the other females</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmk 09/16/17 12:00:38 PM #25:	does that also mean we can't call them humans anymore --- I am snazzier, hot, hot rant. Warily slight as. Croak rush, OK? Weirder, almighty make out. ::) <cite>Tmk posted [p:886708052] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>does that also mean we can't call them humans anymore</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/16/17 12:00:40 PM #26:	Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? "Womyn" has been around for decades man. --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:886708054] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> "Womyn" has been around for decades man.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 12:04:12 PM #27:	Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? "Womyn" has been around for decades man. Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one. --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886708211] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> "Womyn" has been around for decades man.</quote> Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 12:04:47 PM #28:	Tmk posted... does that also mean we can't call them humans anymore Good point. Ask a liberal or feminist. --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886708242] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tmk posted...</cite> <quote>does that also mean we can't call them humans anymore</quote> Good point. Ask a liberal or feminist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/16/17 12:05:20 PM #29:	Capn Circus posted... Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? "Womyn" has been around for decades man. Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one. If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew. --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:886708268] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> "Womyn" has been around for decades man.</quote> Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one.</quote> If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 12:05:51 PM #30:	nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Capn Circus posted... "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Yes, one refers to males, the other females But somehow the "men" in Freshmen only refers to males despite the fact the word "women" exist? Lol. --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886708288] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. </quote> Yes, one refers to males, the other females</quote> But somehow the "men" in Freshmen only refers to males despite the fact the word "women" exist? Lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nbda3A4eWFR2 09/16/17 12:10:11 PM #31:	Capn Circus posted... But somehow the "men" in Freshmen only refers to males despite the fact the word "women" exist? Lol. How about freshmen and freshwomen <cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted [p:886708497] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote> But somehow the "men" in Freshmen only refers to males despite the fact the word "women" exist? Lol.</quote> How about freshmen and freshwomen</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Admiral 09/16/17 12:13:08 PM #32:	According to McKinley, since the change formally came into place, the Dean’s Office has received technical questions about the usage of the new terminology. In order to address queries concerning usage, punctuation and capitalization, a brief guide now appears on the staff section of the Yale College Dean’s Office website. Glad to see the university wasting time and resources just so a few pussies can feel like they accomplished something. --- - The Admiral <cite>The Admiral posted [p:886708633] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><quote>According to McKinley, since the change formally came into place, the Dean’s Office has received technical questions about the usage of the new terminology. In order to address queries concerning usage, punctuation and capitalization, a brief guide now appears on the staff section of the Yale College Dean’s Office website.</quote> Glad to see the university wasting time and resources just so a few pussies can feel like they accomplished something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragon56 09/16/17 12:14:27 PM #33:	I dont care <cite>Dragon56 posted [p:886708698] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>I dont care</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkjedilink 09/16/17 12:21:49 PM #34:	Malcolm_Matar posted... Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space. Boobs. --- 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen <cite>darkjedilink posted [p:886709035] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Malcolm_Matar posted...</cite> <quote>Hooray! Capn Circus is here with the outrage pickle of the day! Let us all watch the Red Hats from afar as they get super triggered over something inconsequential and stomp their feet in need of a safe space.</quote> Boobs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkjedilink 09/16/17 12:24:00 PM #35:	Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? "Womyn" has been around for decades man. Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one. If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew. Nobody who spells it 'womyn' is treated seriously. --- 'It's okay that those gangbangers stole all my personal belongings and cash at gunpoint, cuz they're building a rec center!' - OneTimeBen <cite>darkjedilink posted [p:886709140] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> "Womyn" has been around for decades man.</quote> Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one.</quote> If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew.</quote> Nobody who spells it 'womyn' is treated seriously.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SGT_Conti 09/16/17 12:25:03 PM #36:	Just use senpai --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 <cite>SGT_Conti posted [p:886709188] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Just use senpai</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/16/17 12:37:45 PM #37:	The Admiral posted... According to McKinley, since the change formally came into place, the Dean’s Office has received technical questions about the usage of the new terminology. In order to address queries concerning usage, punctuation and capitalization, a brief guide now appears on the staff section of the Yale College Dean’s Office website. Glad to see the university wasting time and resources just so a few pussies can feel like they accomplished something. They're making the world a better place. It's worth it all --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886709709] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Admiral posted...</cite> <quote><quote>According to McKinley, since the change formally came into place, the Dean’s Office has received technical questions about the usage of the new terminology. In order to address queries concerning usage, punctuation and capitalization, a brief guide now appears on the staff section of the Yale College Dean’s Office website.</quote> Glad to see the university wasting time and resources just so a few pussies can feel like they accomplished something.</quote> They're making the world a better place. It's worth it all</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squidkids 09/16/17 12:57:31 PM #38:	i don't get it, how is feshman and upperclassmen not gender neutral? --- Be a team player, guard those super jump rings. See a team member inking a wall to swim up on? ink with them. Ink your foes into ash. http://tinyurl.com/z7hbzrr <cite>Squidkids posted [p:886710659] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>i don't get it, how is feshman and upperclassmen not gender neutral?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FreedomEtrtment 09/17/17 10:33:43 PM #39:	Kouhai, Senpai <cite>FreedomEtrtment posted [p:886797868] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Kouhai, Senpai</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PostCrisisJ2 09/17/17 10:35:04 PM #40:	so yale has officially become anime --- spritual powah will never die Don't be shy to drop a PM to me, I'm always open for conversation. <cite>PostCrisisJ2 posted [p:886797947] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>so yale has officially become anime</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightningAce11 09/17/17 10:36:05 PM #41:	This is it. This is the most redhats can ever complain about. Not actual injustices or problems. --- "I'm an atheist too but still believe in hell. That's where you're headed pal." - Mr_Karate_II <cite>LightningAce11 posted [p:886798004] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>This is it. This is the most redhats can ever complain about. Not actual injustices or problems.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam 09/17/17 10:36:58 PM #42:	why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive? <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:886798057] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NurseRedHeart 09/17/17 10:37:49 PM #43:	Honestly those terms are fairly meaningless in college since a student won't always take four years. That said, the reason for the change is madness, mental illness. --- http://tinyurl.com/z8cf8o6 / http://tinyurl.com/jpq5l8j / http://tinyurl.com/z9y449e \ ( ' w ') / - Ah yiss! <cite>NurseRedHeart posted [p:886798097] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>Honestly those terms are fairly meaningless in college since a student won't always take four years. That said, the reason for the change is madness, mental illness.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Deadpool_18 09/17/17 10:38:11 PM #44:	LastTomorrow posted... 1st year 2nd year. 3rd year. 4th year Thanks, I didn't want to read that article. --- We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales, so we tell tall tales, and sing our whaling tune. <cite>Deadpool_18 posted [p:886798116] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>LastTomorrow posted...</cite> <quote>1st year 2nd year. 3rd year. 4th year</quote> Thanks, I didn't want to read that article.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Capn Circus 09/17/17 11:13:43 PM #45:	Fam_Fam posted... why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive? It doesn't actually make anyone feel better. Most women probably do not give a **. Most people do not give a *. An astoundingly high number of women voted for Donald Trump afterall, despite the media's onslaught of portraying him as a woman hater. It's something cooked up in leftist feminist circles and their enablers that is done purely out of spite. And the slippery slope argument fully applies here. Do you think they're satisfied with this change? Going to go home and say their work is done? Absolutely not. These people have issues. --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks* <cite>Capn Circus posted [p:886799978] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fam_Fam posted...</cite> <quote>why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive?</quote> It doesn't actually make anyone feel better. Most women probably do not give a **. Most people do not give a **. An astoundingly high number of women voted for Donald Trump afterall, despite the media's onslaught of portraying him as a woman hater. It's something cooked up in leftist feminist circles and their enablers that is done purely out of spite. And the slippery slope argument fully applies here. Do you think they're satisfied with this change? Going to go home and say their work is done? Absolutely not. These people have issues.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Deadpool_18 09/17/17 11:18:44 PM #46:	Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... Bio1590 posted... Capn Circus posted... nbda3A4eWFR2 posted... Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA! "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them? "Womyn" has been around for decades man. Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one. If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew. Feminists love coining unofficial labels and definitions in the hopes that they'll eventually be accepted. It's pretty obnoxious and never spreads further than their cliques. --- We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales, so we tell tall tales, and sing our whaling tune. <cite>Deadpool_18 posted [p:886800217] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>nbda3A4eWFR2 posted...</cite> <quote>Good lord! You mean the... the fact that colleges now accept women means we can't use male only terms for females? GOOD LORD ALERT THE CIA!</quote> "Woman" literally has the word "man" in it. Do you liberals want to change that, too? What do you want to call them?</quote> "Womyn" has been around for decades man.</quote> Maybe in some fringe feminist circles. I've never heard of it. Still sounds the same when you say it outloud, so they failed pretty hard with that one.</quote> If you've never heard of it then your head is buried deeper in the sand than any of us knew.</quote> Feminists love coining unofficial labels and definitions in the hopes that they'll eventually be accepted. It's pretty obnoxious and never spreads further than their cliques.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fam_Fam 09/18/17 5:54:40 PM #47:	Capn Circus posted... Fam_Fam posted... why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive? It doesn't actually make anyone feel better. Most women probably do not give a **. Most people do not give a . An astoundingly high number of women voted for Donald Trump afterall, despite the media's onslaught of portraying him as a woman hater. It's something cooked up in leftist feminist circles and their enablers that is done purely out of spite. And the slippery slope argument fully applies here. Do you think they're satisfied with this change? Going to go home and say their work is done? Absolutely not. These people have issues. clearly it does make some people feel better, or else they wouldn't be pushing for it. and so what if they made changes, does it really make your life harder to use general neutral words beyond just getting used to it? <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:886843102] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Capn Circus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Fam_Fam posted...</cite> <quote>why do people care about PC-ness in this negative way? the term has the same usage and functionality, and makes people feel better. so why not use it? Without using a slippery slope argument, is there something wrong with using words that are more inclusive?</quote> It doesn't actually make anyone feel better. Most women probably do not give a . Most people do not give a **. An astoundingly high number of women voted for Donald Trump afterall, despite the media's onslaught of portraying him as a woman hater. It's something cooked up in leftist feminist circles and their enablers that is done purely out of spite. And the slippery slope argument fully applies here. Do you think they're satisfied with this change? Going to go home and say their work is done? Absolutely not. These people have issues.</quote> clearly it does make some people feel better, or else they wouldn't be pushing for it. and so what if they made changes, does it really make your life harder to use general neutral words beyond just getting used to it?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
marthsheretoo 09/18/17 6:15:42 PM #48:	What about changing it to Fresh'man Short for "freshhuman". --- "Even MarthKoopa has jumped on the MarthKoopa hate wagon." -DevsBro <cite>marthsheretoo posted [p:886844259] in Yale repla... [t:75781334]...</cite> <quote>What about changing it to Fresh'man Short for "freshhuman".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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