Political correctness has nothing to do with being absurdly literal-minded?
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Let's stop using the terms "skinny" and "curvy"
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Political correctness has nothing to do with being absurdly literal-minded?
Assimilated.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Unless you think that the term "differently abled" is more literal than "cripple", I don't see how it could be any other way. If anything, "politically correct" language is market by an unusual degree of circuitousness.
90-60-90 would be a good start.
Biased?
Idiocy, you mean. The whole point of being blind is that you are not able to see, so saying 'disabled' is proper.
It's their claim that these [and other] types of description are more appropriate that makes them literal. It's that their method of definition is the correct one, and they won't budge from it - pedantically arguing for definitions based on a moral viewpoint is just as literal as pedantically arguing for definitions based on accuracy.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
True, but it could equally be observed that none of us can fly, and in that sense we are all disabled. So I think there's a genuine debate to be had around how we understand disability, and what implications that has. Not that I think that insisting on terms like "differently abled" actually contributes to that, mind, but, well, there you go.Idiocy, you mean. The whole point of being blind is that you are not able to see, so saying 'disabled' is proper.
That isn't what "literal" means. I'm honestly not even sure why you think it does.
G-Max
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I mean that "curvy" is an inherently positive word when describing women, which is why fat chicks use it to describe themselves, whereas "skinny" has historically held negative connotations, but is used by some people to describe slim, lean, or athletic women.
"Appearance" has nothing to do with it. People are talking about body types in terms of body fat percentages. If you want to seriously tell me that Amanda Beard and Anna Kournikova have the same body fat percentage as a Bridget Jones-era Renée Zellweger, then... well... I've no idea what to tell you.
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Oscillator
The term "bony" is stupid and meaningless. All humans have bones.
This is what I'm talking about.
G-Max
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Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
What is what you are talking about?
You prefer your women to be boneless? Or merely paraplegic?
I mean, if we're going to be as literal-minded as you seem to want, then let's be consistent.
Crezth
i knew you were a real man of the left
You're saying this in the context of a society whose media massively favors thin women? A society where overweight women often feel depressed and self-hating as a result of their body type? What the hell are you on about?
He's on about males real preferences, not social norms. Just because mid-size women feel unattractive, doesn't mean men find them unattractive.
Boundless
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This chart is useful me thinks?
Crezth
i knew you were a real man of the left
What does that have to do with the term "curvy?"
Some of us like curves
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This chart is useful me thinks?
Yes, I find it quite useful.
Crezth
i knew you were a real man of the left
Some of us like curves
Indeed; so whence come G-Max's objection to the use of a term to describe a body type that so many men find attractive?
What threw me off about his posting was his fixation on the term as if it was a term meant to pander to larger women, to avoid hurting their feelings. I mean, what?
