Author Topic: The politically correct future of the armed forces … (Read 313 times)

Viking · « **on:** April 21, 2007, 08:39:57 PM »

I just had to translate and share this one!

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2007, 08:49:26 PM »

Wy would you need to translate somethig the depicts the US army?

john9001 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2007, 08:55:17 PM »

it is norway joking for fun of US army. <<---is my translation.

Viking · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2007, 08:57:42 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Wy would you need to translate somethig the depicts the US army?

Because it was in Norwegian. This comic strip is distributed in many foreign newspapers too, so I guess using the US army was best for recognition.

Squibb · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2007, 08:59:17 PM »

haha.. there will be a cold day in hell first...

Viking · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2007, 08:59:44 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
it is norway joking for fun of US army. <<---is my translation.

You should have a doctor look at that skin. It seems much too thin to me.

Viking · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2007, 09:03:56 PM »

And btw. in my opinion Mr. Øverli is poking fun at the idiocy of political correctness, not at the US Army.

Squibb · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2007, 09:10:52 PM »

some guy asked me if he could use my white out the other day to correct his paper... i didn't have any white out, but I had "correct fluid" in my desk..

politcally correct white out..

E25280 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2007, 10:33:50 PM »

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Originally posted by Squibb
some guy asked me if he could use my white out the other day to correct his paper... i didn't have any white out, but I had "correct fluid" in my desk..

politically correct white out..

I wish I had a better memory or could find where I wrote them down, but we had a list of about 80 faux PC terms at college. They were written out of frustration at the changing of the school motto to make it "PC" - despite the fact that it was a direct quote from a novel.

Similar to your "correction fluid", I remember our "white out" was changed to "typographical correction liquid."

Then we kept going into complete absurdities . . . the two I can still remember were:

Glasses: Could be misconstrued and condescending to vision challenged individuals. Therefore, "eyesight enhancement" is to be used. To ensure the offensive term is completely eliminated from the lexicon, "beverage container" is to be used when referring to vessels containing liquids for consumption.

Doorknob: A term that is offensive to the academically challenged, as in "dumb as a --". Henceforth to be named "Portal Access Apparatus."

Meatwad · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2007, 11:31:40 PM »

Translate it R. Lee Emery style

cpxxx · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2007, 08:02:39 AM »

E25280, you'd have to be careful doing stuff like that. I'd bet money that if you straight faced, had shown that to some people. They would have nodded and agreed it was a good idea.

I have a suspicion that changing 'white out' to 'correcting fluid' probably started as a joke.

As for the joke, I wonder if modern DI's have been briefed not to be too cruel to the recruits. There may be an element of truth in it.