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[–] [email protected] 138 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes, fun idea. No problem with that but... that 'flag' is a sail. They're different things.

[–] Klear 54 points 1 month ago

Using a sail to fly your colours is a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sus. Having any issue with a red flag meme. /s

[–] PunkiBas 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Immediate red flag in my book

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[–] mtpender 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Etterra 40 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Remember, pirates did fly red flags as well as black ones. The red ones meant you were extra fucked.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you saw a pirate ship with a rainbow flag though , you're in for a mean margarita and a good time.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think they’re still after your booty.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But my booty is a treasure only for me and the crew to enjoy.

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[–] Agent641 8 points 1 month ago

I hope they don't run me through with their sword

[–] eddanja 18 points 1 month ago

I think black was like, "We just want your shit and we'll let you live if you surrender" while red was like, "We're gonna kill and then take your shit or take your shit and then kill you, either way you will not survive," kinda thing.

[–] AngryCommieKender 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sometimes the black one meant they just wanted your hats.

Benjamin Hornigold. No I'm not making that up.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not as bad as the ones that call women femoids.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

It's an incel thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's very prevalent on 4chan and the like if you want to look at it and be depressed for a bit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been 4chan-free for a very long time and want to keep it that way.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

female as an adjective for clarification (like "oh you're looking for that female doctor over there") is ok, female as a noun is just weird

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

There are contexts where it makes sense, mostly medicine or science, but even in those contexts it's deliberately dehumanizing, which is the point. It is also the only English word for a female human that does not imply age, as woman and girl both do.

The quick sniff test: "Males and females"? Clinical, but probably fine. "Men and females"? Fucking Ferengi freak, avoid that guy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Unless you're speaking about (non human) animals. Saying a dog is a female is fine.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I knew it! Once I suggested this to someone assuming they're, like me, not a native speaker, and got downvoted to hell. Turned out I was too woke.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But isn't calling her a bitch also fine in this case?

[–] veganpizza69 6 points 1 month ago

To be fair, the existence of animal breeders is not fine.

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[–] Revonult 19 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I been wondering people's opinion of "Female" in some instances. Like is "First Female president/athlete/mayor/lawyer" appropriate? "First woman____" doesn't sound right and you wouldn't say "first man athlete to run 2 hour marathon" you would use male.

Most things can be rephrased maybe, but obviously using Females outside these instances is very right wing cringe.

[–] Zombiepirate 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Female" is fine to use as an adjective.

It's also fine to use as a noun when describing livestock, which is why it's a red flag to describe women that way.

[–] spankmonkey 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

What is a good word to use for people who are female of any age including young children that are not old enough to be called women in addition to women?

'Women and girls' is pretty clunky when talking about something that is gender specific, but applies to all ages.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

boys and men / girls and women sounds right to me

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Women is probably fine to use when the ages can be gleaned from context. You can also make the noun non gendered and use female as a adjective like “female students” or “female patients”

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[–] Klear 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just ask yourself if you'd use "males" in that context.

[–] spankmonkey 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I absolutely would use males in that context. "Toxic masculinity has a detrimental affect on males of all ages" sounds perfectly fine to me because I don't know of a different label for the group and males doesn't have the same dehumanizing usage as females.

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[–] DarkCloud 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] LovableSidekick 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Okay here's my pirate joke.

A ship is sailing the high seas when the crows nest guy calls down, "Pirate ship ahoy!" The captain tells the cabin boy, "Fetch my reddest jacket!" The boy brings the reddest jacket he can find and the captain puts it on. They engage in battle and sink the pirate ship. The boy asks, "Cap'n, why did you call for your red jacket?" The captain says, "So that if I should be wounded in battle the crew would not notice the blood and lose their fighting spirit."

Next day the crows nest calls down, "Twenty pirate ships ahoy!" The captain tells the cabin boy, "Fetch by brownest pants!"

[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well since we're telling pirate jokes...

A guy is at a party and sees a pirate coming towards him. He notices as the pirate approaches that the pirate has a little wheel sticking out of his pants.

Naturally curious, the guy asks the pirate, "why do you have a little wheel sticking out of your pants?"

"Arr," says the pirate. "I don't know, but it be drivin' me nuts!"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone should really tell everyone from the south. I had no idea until it was pointed out to me by someone younger. Changed my behavior of course, but was simply ignorant before.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A lot of people use certain words just out of habit, the last thing you need is some SJW jumping down your throat and calling you names cause they don't like your regional dialect. Lots of words I grew up with that were normal or not that bad, and now are considered super offensive. It's not a malicious thing, all you can do is calibrate and learn, but some people get so worked up if you don't use the words they're used to

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do they also pronounce "human" as "hugh mon?"

If so, that's a Ferenghi ship.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Uterus having creatures

Squishy Chested Humans

Temperamental Beings

Confusing Loud Wind Atronach

Ever Bleeding Never Dying

Human human Grower

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Or they are just non-native english speakers

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but those people don't get defensive when you comment on it, while those who are raising the red flag immediately do. It's pretty easy to tell them apart from that point forward.

[–] krashmo 10 points 1 month ago

What a sweetheart you are. Can't even let a webcomic get away with not being inclusive.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

he'd probably call women maidens

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[–] Luvs2Spuj 8 points 1 month ago

I wonder if the joke would work better if it actually was a black background. This might also keep the 'its a sail' gang happier.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

With an attitude like that, something tells me that pirate won't be getting any booty

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Lmao good one

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