Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: That's not funny! Do not make double entendres with the word "cockpit" Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:21:19 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <1091977865.740816249.810894.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 21:21:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9ba2c2d3ce561632f359d9cd1548a403"; logging-data="515757"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+RbpBuJsHtXg7myDt9nUt5OP408OsX5sQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:zJv8Koj/mEQehkF8MEF1aFD9TJ0= In-Reply-To: <1091977865.740816249.810894.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2275 On 6/23/2024 12:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> I've decided to dedicate my life to publicizing what's not funny as a >> public service so that you understand how to use anti-offensive language >> and adjust your sense of humor to be anti-offensive. I've set up a >> GoFundMe campaign as it's going to require significant amount of >> dedicated space at a small server farm. You really have no idea how much >> just isn't funny at this time. >> >> You are a bad person. Just accept this. If the Web site with massive >> database doesn't work, then we're going for re-education and >> electroshock. Just think of the eyelid clips in A Clockwork Orange. >> > > I actually have to have that done periodically. > > >> The union leadership at the Air Line Pilots Association has warned its >> members against making double entendres using the work "cockpit", and >> has condemned "cockpit" for not being inclusive language. >> > > It’s not? You’ve either got a cock or a pit. > ... ....or, if you alternate between the two, a shuttlecock, making pitstops.