Off Topic 'SNOWFLAKE'

[The Norton Cat]

And that's what a Snowflake actually is ...

.... something that falls randomly on every surface.

People who perceive racism that the actual 'victim' would never notice.

You know, I've never considered it that way- just that they are overly precious and delicate- but that is absolutely true.

 

[Sunderpitt]

Personally if I get through the day without being called a curmudgeon, silly grandad, old git/fart, idiot/fool, soft as ****e, grumpy, lazy selfish tw*t, jammy bastard, you are only politically correct when it suits you... I consider myself lucky

 

[Norm]

OPs a stereo typical Snow Flake, just saying marrews

 

[Nig]

We'll, if you'd actually looked, I was talking to Saffy.

However you've just inadvertently shown how silly your OP is.

You're deriding the effect of me calling someone a name whether it be snowflake, melt, whatever.

Yet that's what you're bellyaching about in the first place

Maybe he's getting offended on behalf of someone else ?

That to me is the epitome of a snowflake.
Like i said in another thread.
Banter even between mates is frowned on now incase some other person gets offended ffs.

 

[Smug in Boots]

Personally if I get through the day without being called a curmudgeon, silly grandad, old git/fart, idiot/fool, soft as ****e, grumpy, lazy selfish tw*t, jammy bastard, you are only politically correct when it suits you... I consider myself lucky

You should tell the vicar to get off your case or find another church mate.

 

[Blond Bombshell]

We'll, if you'd actually looked, I was talking to Saffy.

However you've just inadvertently shown how silly your OP is.

You're deriding the effect of me calling someone a name whether it be snowflake, melt, whatever.

Yet that's what you're bellyaching about in the first place

Boom boom bang bang

 

[FulwellBri]

Famous 'Snowflakes'
The allied forces who gave so much to bring down Hitler, the darling of the bullies and haters.
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
The Labour Governments that gave us the NHS and an education system that was available to all. What softies eh, letting working class people have peace of mind.

 

[Nacho]

Famous 'Snowflakes'
The allied forces who gave so much to bring down Hitler, the darling of the bullies and haters.
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
The Labour Governments that gave us the NHS and an education system that was available to all. What softies eh, letting working class people have peace of mind.

Odd to start a thread about the term snowflakes when you clearly have no idea what it means.

 

[The Norton Cat]

Famous 'Snowflakes'
The allied forces who gave so much to bring down Hitler, the darling of the bullies and haters.
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
The Labour Governments that gave us the NHS and an education system that was available to all. What softies eh, letting working class people have peace of mind.

But no one would describe those people as snowflakes. They had just and righteous causes and fought for them. They didn't just jump on a bandwagon, they didn't get offended when people disagreed with them, they fought their causes properly.

Also, Labour aren't solely responsible for the NHS. It was first proposed and the principles of it were laid out in a report by Liberal MP William Beveridge in 1942. It was under the Conservative coalition that the first white paper proposing its creation was written in 1944. Conservative MP Henry Willink spent a long time wranglingwith the British Medical Association, who were opposed to it, to get it passed but was ultimately unsuccessful. Then finally, in 1948, Nye Bevan was tasked with implementing the new service and managed to break the deadlock with the BMA. So, the truth is that the NHS was an all-party agreement.

 

[Nig]

Famous 'Snowflakes'
The allied forces who gave so much to bring down Hitler, the darling of the bullies and haters.
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
The Labour Governments that gave us the NHS and an education system that was available to all. What softies eh, letting working class people have peace of mind.

So did all the allied soldiers stick to a strict regime of talking nice to everyone and spreading love and peace ?
Churchill let over a million Indians starve to death.

Ghandi was a racist and sexist.

Mother Theresa.
"Mother Teresa believed the sick must suffer like Christ on the cross".
The Catholic church,
Say no more

Labour, ah the jew haters.
Google "shamed labour MP's" because I can't be arsed listing them all

 

[rooch 3]

So did all the allied soldiers stick to a strict regime of talking nice to everyone and spreading love and peace ?
Churchill let over a million Indians starve to death.

Ghandi was a racist and sexist.

Mother Theresa.
"Mother Teresa believed the sick must suffer like Christ on the cross".
The Catholic church,
Say no more

Labour, ah the jew haters.
Google "shamed labour MP's" because I can't be arsed listing them all

I think you can safely say Bri has just lost his argument.

 

[worcestermakem]

I think you can safely say Bri has just lost his argument.

Naa, he won immediately folk responded.

 

[Nig]

I think you can safely say Bri has just lost his argument.

All these horrible evil people calling others names should be birch whipped and aspire to bri's perfect heroes

 

[Ozzymac]

This is an interesting subject really. There is certainly a shift in society where people are more sensitive about things and more likely to take offence about things that they simply wouldn't have done even 15-20 years ago. Indeed, there are definitely some people who choose to take offence easily. There is also a shift that sees more people claiming that it is their 'right' to have or do certain things even if that is to the detriment of people. Another unpleasant strain you see you running through society are those people who 'tell it how it is'- no, you're just rude. As a whole, I think we have become more selfish as a society, more concerned with appearing to be successful, and more concerned with being able to do what we want to do and to hell with everybody else.
In contrast to that, we do appear to have made some good shifts. People are now more aware of mental health matters (although other aspects of modern life aren't helpful to people's mental health) and, for the most part, society has become more accepting of other people's sexualities.
However, despite many prejudices being broken down, I think we are less pleasant, more unkind, nastier society than we used to be.
There are some precious little snowflakes out there. Being nice, being kind, being considerate doesn't make you a snowflake though. It makes you a gentleman.

Nail on head.

Was down the shops earlier today and two old biddy's were struggling to get a microwave into the back of their car so i stopped and helped them. As i was walking off i heard one of them say to the other "if only there were more gentlemen like him around nowadays".

I didn't do it for kudos, i did it because it was the right thing to do. That being said, hearing their words to each other gave me a nice warm feeling that's lasted for the rest of the day.

Simple kindness goes a long way to making life enjoyable.

 

[The Norton Cat]

Nail on head.

Was down the shops earlier today and two old biddy's were struggling to get a microwave into the back of their car so i stopped and helped them. As i was walking off i heard one of them say to the other "if only there were more gentlemen like him around nowadays".

I didn't do it for kudos, i did it because it was the right thing to do. That being said, hearing their words to each other gave me a nice warm feeling that's lasted for the rest of the day.

Simple kindness goes a long way to making life enjoyable.

That's how it should be. Being nice to people is nice and makes everyone's day better. I always try to smile at people when I pass them in the street. Mind, I probably look like some kind of predator
Someone once told me that they'd helped a woman carry her shopping because that was the gentlemanly thing to do. She took offence and tried to make out it was sexist and was denying her her independence. That for me is a snowflake- looking to make a social justice point but make it wrongly. It seems you can't win with these kind of people.

 

[Sunderpitt]

Nail on head.

Was down the shops earlier today and two old biddy's were struggling to get a microwave into the back of their car so i stopped and helped them. As i was walking off i heard one of them say to the other "if only there were more gentlemen like him around nowadays".

I didn't do it for kudos, i did it because it was the right thing to do. That being said, hearing their words to each other gave me a nice warm feeling that's lasted for the rest of the day.

Simple kindness goes a long way to making life enjoyable.

I used to have a cat, if I kicked it and got 'it's out of system I could be nice to everyone for the rest of the day...?

 

[Evil Jimmy Krankie]

So did all the allied soldiers stick to a strict regime of talking nice to everyone and spreading love and peace ?
Churchill let over a million Indians starve to death.

Ghandi was a racist and sexist.

Mother Teresa
"Mother Teresa believed the sick must suffer like Christ on the cross".
The Catholic church,
Say no more

Labour, ah the jew haters.
Google "shamed labour MP's" because I can't be arsed listing them all

Little ****house iirc

 

[Nig]

That's how it should be. Being nice to people is nice and makes everyone's day better. I always try to smile at people when I pass them in the street. Mind, I probably look like some kind of predator
Someone once told me that they'd helped a woman carry her shopping because that was the gentlemanly thing to do. She took offence and tried to make out it was sexist and was denying her her independence. That for me is a snowflake- looking to make a social justice point but make it wrongly. It seems you can't win with these kind of people.

I was going to make a comment about helping but you summed it up nicely there


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...gesting-female-colleagues-extra-expenses.html

Personally i think they all should get a lot less pay the useless corrupt tossers.

 

[Ozzymac]

That's how it should be. Being nice to people is nice and makes everyone's day better. I always try to smile at people when I pass them in the street. Mind, I probably look like some kind of predator
Someone once told me that they'd helped a woman carry her shopping because that was the gentlemanly thing to do. She took offence and tried to make out it was sexist and was denying her her independence. That for me is a snowflake- looking to make a social justice point but make it wrongly. It seems you can't win with these kind of people.

Similar thing happened to me a few years ago.

Walking into a restaurant and a woman was coming out so i opened the door for her and held it open. She basically abused me saying that she was an independent woman and didn't need any assistance from a man.

My wife was with me at the time and couldn't believe what she heard and saw. And some people wonder why chivalry is dying.

 

[E.T. Fairfax]

Nail on head.

Was down the shops earlier today and two old biddy's were struggling to get a microwave into the back of their car so i stopped and helped them. As i was walking off i heard one of them say to the other "if only there were more gentlemen like him around nowadays".

I didn't do it for kudos, i did it because it was the right thing to do. That being said, hearing their words to each other gave me a nice warm feeling that's lasted for the rest of the day.

Simple kindness goes a long way to making life enjoyable.

Man arrested in stolen Microwave shocker!!! 2 grannies still at large!