Just saw a video about them last night. ( was bored.  random clicking ).  Even if only 1/2 of the conclusions from the team that worked on it are true, its still flips our history on its head.

If you call a chairman a "chair" I will not take you seriously about anything.

Well, its is accepted use of the term in a lot of industries. 

Wed Jul 02 2025 17:16:16 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

If you call a chairman a "chair" I will not take you seriously about anything.

So is "birthing person".

Sun Jul 06 2025 14:37:28 UTC from ZoeGraystone

Well, its is accepted use of the term in a lot of industries. 

Wed Jul 02 2025 17:16:16 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

If you call a chairman a "chair" I will not take you seriously about anything.

 

Not a "lot" just a few edge-cases.

Sun Jul 06 2025 16:20:30 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

So is "birthing person".

Sun Jul 06 2025 14:37:28 UTC from ZoeGraystone

Well, its is accepted use of the term in a lot of industries. 

Wed Jul 02 2025 17:16:16 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

If you call a chairman a "chair" I will not take you seriously about anything.

 

 

It wasn't HAL's fault.

Chair doesn't bother me -- a chair chairs the committee. That can be a man, a woman or even a team. 
"people" don't birth. Women do. If you're actively using your womb, you cannot claim to be a man. sorry. That's just reality. 
And if you do, then you shouldn't be allowed to be in the maternity ward, because that's for women, so... you're out of luck.

Sun Jul 06 2025 16:20:30 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

So is "birthing person".

Sun Jul 06 2025 14:37:28 UTC from ZoeGraystone

Well, its is accepted use of the term in a lot of industries. 

Wed Jul 02 2025 17:16:16 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

If you call a chairman a "chair" I will not take you seriously about anything.

 

 

Ditto

Tue Jul 08 2025 13:01:22 UTC from triLcat

Chair doesn't bother me -- a chair chairs the committee. That can be a man, a woman or even a team. 
"people" don't birth. Women do. If you're actively using your womb, you cannot claim to be a man. sorry. That's just reality. 
And if you do, then you shouldn't be allowed to be in the maternity ward, because that's for women, so... you're out of luck.

 

 

Even "chairman" is silly when you think about it.  What does leading a committee have to do with furniture?

It bothers me because it is yet another manifestation of political correctness. Traditionally the term used (regardless of the incumbent's sex) is chairman. Then people added "chairwoman". Unnecessary but whatever. Now the pc types hate both terms and demand you say "Mister/Madam "Chair"". THAT is just too stupid for me.

Tue Jul 08 2025 13:01:22 UTC from triLcat

Chair doesn't bother me

Would be a real shame if a bunch of Thiobacillus and Halomonas titanicae were to be released in some of these new developments around here.

No, not really, the base term "chair" has nothing to do with political correctness. But believe that if you like. its a mostly free country and its your right to be wrong.

Tue Jul 08 2025 23:07:05 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

It bothers me because it is yet another manifestation of political correctness. 

Addressing the chairman as "Mister/Madam "Chair"" is indeed a recent phenomenon practiced in the interest of political correctness.

Wed Jul 09 2025 22:31:07 UTC from Nurb432

No, not really, the base term "chair" has nothing to do with political correctness.

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Wed Jul 09 2025 23:01:06 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

 

Darn, we cant html formatted messages, with embedded JavaScript

That could be fun. 

Hmm.. The Communist party is red.  The Republican party is red.

Coincidence? 

I remember a hoax that was going around the internet a few years ago. It claimed that NASA was originally tasked with exploring the oceans but then suddenly switched to researching space/ways to go to space. This implied something very....theatrical, and was, of course, nonsense.