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Time to ban feminist

Nov 13, 2014#1

GasBandit

Hah, gotcha. No, not me... TIME MAGAZINE.

Along with a number of justifiably obnoxious, overused words and phrases like "literally," "bae," and "turnt," Time's fourth annual poll titled "Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?" also includes the word "feminist."

The post clarifies the nomination as follows:

"You have nothing against feminism itself, but when did it become a thing that every celebrity had to state their position on whether this word applies to them, like some politician declaring a party? Let's stick to the issues and quit throwing this label around like ticker tape at a Susan B. Anthony parade."

The poll, while intended to be a lighthearted piece, has resulted in a bit of controversy online over that words' inclusion.

TIME thinks the word "feminist" should be banned? We think reductive attacks on feminism should be banned. #justsayin http://t.co/3pJMAs4SyD
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) November 12, 2014

Washington Post writer Alyssa Rosenberg has a lengthy piece explaining why she thinks "Suggesting banning it is stupid on linguistic grounds, not just political ones."
Samantha Allen from the The Daily Beast goes even further to dub the poll both "sexist" and "racist."
And, as The Daily Dot points out, some users on 4Chan's /b/ board, who are infamous for regularly gaming year-end polls on Time, are using the site to rally votes to ban "feminist." 9gag is reportedly also trolling the poll.

And it seems to be working.

As of Thursday afternoon, "feminist" is winning with 50% of the votes, with "bae" in a distant second.

"OMG," "YOLO," and "twerk" were the previous winners.
I can't even with this.
(via TIME)

Nov 13, 2014#2

PatrThom

I saw that it won the Time poll.
I reserve comment until I see how LSSU decides to rule this year in their annual banned word list.

--Patrick

Nov 13, 2014#3

figmentPez

This is obviously just a red herring set up to take the heat off of "bae". I'm not sure what group is behind such a heinous conspiracy, but "bae" needs to die. "Before All Else" makes absolutely no sense when you call a dozen different people "bae".

Nov 13, 2014#4

PatrThom

figmentPez said:
This is obviously just a red herring set up to take the heat off of "bae". I'm not sure what group is behind such a heinous conspiracy, but "bae" needs to die. "Before All Else" makes absolutely no sense when you call a dozen different people "bae".

All this time I thought it was just a shortened form of "babe."

--Patrick

Nov 13, 2014#5

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
All this time I thought it was just a shortened form of "babe."

--Patrick

I'm convinced that, similar to "pwned," this is a memetic abomination spawned from a typo that was played off as intentional.

Nov 13, 2014#6

Bowielee

Yup, no way that 4chan people artificially weighted that poll... nope, nope nope.

Nov 13, 2014#7

GasBandit

Bowielee said:
Yup, no way that 4chan people artificially weighted that poll... nope, nope nope.

Nov 13, 2014#8

Terrik

Aw, gee, I thought this threat was going to be about GB using his new-found powers for good.

Er...I mean evil. Yes.

Nov 13, 2014#9

GasBandit

Terrik said:
Aw, gee, I thought this threat was going to be about GB using his new-found powers for good.

Er...I mean evil. Yes.

GasBandit said:
Hah, gotcha.

Nov 13, 2014#10

bhamv3

This poll says that people want to get rid of "om nom nom nom" which means it's automatically invalid. Om nom nom nom is awesome.

Nov 13, 2014#11

figmentPez

via Tumblr

Nov 13, 2014#12

DarkAudit

Nov 13, 2014#13

PatrThom

"Hallo! I am a Feminist! You banned my label! Hear my rallying cry!"
"STOP SAYING THAT!"

--Patrick

Nov 13, 2014#14

Charlie Don't Surf

When I first saw this, I honestly thought it was a joke.

Also the old, stuffy, white backlash to bae makes me laugh. I really love the people that say the "BAE MEANS POOP IN DANISH SO YOU'RE CALLING YOUR LOVER POOP YOU DUMMIES" thing.

Nov 14, 2014#15

Celt Z

"Bae" irks me the same way "boo", "shawty", "shmoopy" etc. makes my eyes roll. 1) It sounds like you had a stroke. Is the word "baby" suddenly too complicated for you? and 2)if you're using a term of endearment for someone, it sounds so shallow for it to be some flavor-of-the-week term.

I also noticed in my 20's I disliked being referred to as "baby". It just felt uncomfortably diminutive (and ridiculously over-used). Chalk me up as old, stuffy and white.

Nov 14, 2014#16

Bowielee

Four of those are not even words, they're phrases.

Nov 14, 2014#17

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I also noticed in my 20's I disliked being referred to as "baby". It just felt uncomfortably diminutive (and ridiculously over-used). Chalk me up as old, stuffy and white.

"No, the name ain't 'baby.' It's Celt. Celt Z if you're nasty!"

Nov 14, 2014#18

fade

This is literally the first time I've seen the term "bae".

Nov 14, 2014#19

Necronic

When I heard the results I immediately assumed it was 4chan. This poll says a lot more about them than it does anything else.

Nov 14, 2014#20

Terrik

GasBandit said:
"No, the name ain't 'baby.' It's Celt. Celt Z if you're nasty!"

Ssssssssss--eeellllttt Z.

Nov 14, 2014#21

bhamv3

fade said:
This is literally the first time I've seen the term "bae".

Really? You've never seen this pic?

Nov 14, 2014#22

drawn_inward

I literally haven't heard of bae, turnt, or sorry not sorry. I haven't heard anyone use most of the others either. Am I old and out of touch?

/ninjad bae fade. Did I use it right?

Nov 14, 2014#23

GasBandit

Nov 14, 2014#24

Celt Z

Terrik said:
Ssssssssss--eeellllttt Z.

It's pronounced "Bob".

Nov 14, 2014#25

Tinwhistler

drawn_inward said:
I literally haven't heard of bae, turnt, or sorry not sorry. I haven't heard anyone use most of the others either. Am I old and out of touch?

/ninjad bae fade. Did I use it right?

My youngest niece uses "sorry not sorry" at least twice a day on facebook. I'm about to have to unfriend her ass

Nov 14, 2014#26

strawman

Tinwhistler said:
My youngest niece uses "sorry not sorry" at least twice a day on facebook. I'm about to have to unfriend her ass

"Hey niece, I'll give you $5 if you can go a day without saying 'sorry not sorry'

PSYCH!"

Nov 14, 2014#27

Cajungal

Turnt? Like "turned?"

Nov 14, 2014#28

Terrik

This thread is about to:

Nov 14, 2014#29

Covar

stienman said:
"Hey niece, I'll give you $5 if you can go a day without saying 'sorry not sorry'

PSYCH!"

NOT!

Nov 14, 2014#30

Bowielee

You know what I'm getting sick of:

The _____ is REAL!

Ugh.... just... I can't even...

Nov 14, 2014#31

DarkAudit

Celt Z said:
It's pronounced "Bob".

Nov 14, 2014#32

Terrik

bhamv3 said:
Really? You've never seen this pic?

View attachment 16637

What does that whole sentence mean?

Nov 14, 2014#33

GasBandit

Terrik said:
What does that whole sentence mean?

"How amusing! My beloved caught me unawares as I was sleeping. He is so dear to me. Pleasant dreams everyone, on both our behalf!"
(meanwhile, look in the mirror behind her).

Nov 14, 2014#34

drawn_inward

Balderdash and pshaw.

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