tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8287102112605915034..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Nothing Could Go Wrong Here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78962240948376989522015-07-26T15:33:16.607-04:002015-07-26T15:33:16.607-04:00Carroll would have had such fun with this stuff.
...Carroll would have had such fun with this stuff.<br /><br />Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53385928547785958442015-07-26T15:17:32.035-04:002015-07-26T15:17:32.035-04:00"According" is a trigger for me, and you..."According" is a trigger for me, and you should have warned me so that I would have known to close my eyes when I read it. My accordian teacher . . . no, I just can't talk about it. All these years later, and it's still too soon.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52781475409736262642015-07-26T15:16:35.799-04:002015-07-26T15:16:35.799-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88980529054303573492015-07-26T11:22:42.335-04:002015-07-26T11:22:42.335-04:00"Queen"? That's really inappropriate..."Queen"? That's really inappropriate and unnecessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28069924421208607942015-07-26T11:19:06.594-04:002015-07-26T11:19:06.594-04:00"Draw out" is offensive. Am I just some ..."Draw out" is offensive. Am I just some object to be pushed or pulled according to your will?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4678213395600272522015-07-23T22:01:40.794-04:002015-07-23T22:01:40.794-04:00Yes, 'tis truly the end of times, is not this?...Yes, 'tis truly the end of times, is not this?<br /><br />However, intriguingly, I was triggered by phrase "you have to draw them out" by Amber Cheek, the university’s disability inclusion and ADA compliance manager. To me, that implies that someone is being set up for a public shaming, and as the victim of such "drawing out" episodes myself, I would have hoped that this Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46716779862073346852015-07-23T21:46:40.178-04:002015-07-23T21:46:40.178-04:00Please don't call me "offensive" any...Please don't call me "offensive" anymore. I prefer to be called "person with a propensity for miseuphony." Thank, I mean, fuck you.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88398627511331124452015-07-23T21:45:13.389-04:002015-07-23T21:45:13.389-04:00Couric: What pronouns do you use?
Palin: All of t...Couric: What pronouns do you use?<br /><br />Palin: All of them.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28441543657266489692015-07-23T16:36:26.218-04:002015-07-23T16:36:26.218-04:00It a matter of simple courtesy to not make a habit...It a matter of simple courtesy to not make a habit of insulting or verbally abusing the people around you. Fine. So I try to stop using the old euphemisms that have taken on the negative connotations of the words they were introduced to replace and instead to use the <i>new</i> euphemisms that haven't yet acquired those connotations.<br /><br />But that is a Red Queen's Race with the dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2511490277498211292015-07-23T13:53:36.191-04:002015-07-23T13:53:36.191-04:00If you’re unsure if someone wants to be referred t...<em>If you’re unsure if someone wants to be referred to as a “she” or “he,” you can simply ask, “What pronouns do you use?”</em><br /><br />I'm with Cassandra. I wouldn't do that. It would sound like I was throwing some serious <a href="http://jezebel.com/shade-court-is-in-session-1647145347" rel="nofollow">shade.</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76508815134585897912015-07-23T11:28:54.807-04:002015-07-23T11:28:54.807-04:00What ever happened to just doing your best to use ...What ever happened to just doing your best to use current terminology yourself, and letting others around you pick up on it? Discourse communities do naturally shift vocabulary over time, and, at least in relatively relaxed discourse communities without this sort of hyper-correct vigilance/policing, people naturally have conversations when they hear new-to-them vocabulary (e.g., in my own Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11123610919976452912015-07-23T08:55:05.976-04:002015-07-23T08:55:05.976-04:00Well, this development that has been common practi...Well, this development that has been common practice in my field since the 1960s is clearly terrible and a sign of The Decline of Higher Ed.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71802799771647577792015-07-23T08:30:38.646-04:002015-07-23T08:30:38.646-04:00May I still use "aliens" when I mean ext...May I still use "aliens" when I mean extraterrestrials? We do cover SETI in my general-ed astronomy class, and many students don't know what "extraterrestrial" means.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27763832199023003452015-07-23T08:25:29.537-04:002015-07-23T08:25:29.537-04:00"Wheelchair user." Like it's a choic..."Wheelchair user." Like it's a choice. That is all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11158514013134382952015-07-23T06:41:07.854-04:002015-07-23T06:41:07.854-04:00"What pronoun do you use?"
I refer to my..."What pronoun do you use?"<br />I refer to myself as "I".Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.com