Cancel Culture

[AngryOfTuebrook]

13 minutes ago, Fugitive said:

Decided to watch The Life of Brian tonight. Pretty sure that will now be on the list but it’s fucking funny.

Never mind "now" - it was on the cancelled list in a massive way when it first came out.

[Fugitive]

2 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Never mind "now" - it was on the cancelled list in a massive way when it first came out.

Yeah, I’ve seen the blasphemy debate on the BBC from the time… it’s hilarious.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Just now, Fugitive said:

Yeah, I’ve seen the blasphemy debate on the BBC from the time… it’s hilarious.

There were pickets outside cinemas and everything.  Full on The Passion of St Tibullus stuff.

[Fugitive]

2 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

There were pickets outside cinemas and everything.  Full on The Passion of St Tibullus stuff.

 

 

[sir roger]

9 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

There were pickets outside cinemas and everything.  Full on The Passion of St Tibullus stuff.

 

I went to see it on its first night at the ABC Lime Street and there were nutters galore handing out bibles and threats of damnation to the queue.

[cloggypop]

Life Of Brian was shown here in Pieterskerk which is a very large Gothic church famous for the Pilgrim Fathers.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

 

I went to see it on its first night at the ABC Lime Street and there were nutters galore handing out bibles and threats of damnation to the queue.

They soon split up into followers of the shoe and followers of the gourd.

[SasaS]

This is now simply hilarious.

 

Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people's names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.

 

"Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don't work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs," the society's CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67298103

[Section_31]

"Blue tit" was funny when I was five, and it's still funny now.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

6 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

"Blue tit" was funny when I was five, and it's still funny now.

 

I got thrown out of a class at school for repeatedly laughing at the word "Shag". I have no regrets there.

[Section_31]

3 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

 

I got thrown out of a class at school for repeatedly laughing at the word "Shag". I have no regrets there.

 

The definition for "sex' is on page 503 of the Collins dictionary, 1990 edition.

[Strontium]

14 minutes ago, SasaS said:

This is now simply hilarious.

 

Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people's names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.

 

"Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don't work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs," the society's CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67298103

 

Episode 9367 of solutions to problems that don't exist, making birding more accessible by confusing the hell out of everyone.

 

Checking my own list of birds seen, there's at least 22 on there which will have their names altered, if these changes are adopted. Utter madness.

[Bjornebye]

Me and a few mates got kicked out of the tate in primary school. Started out laughing at a pair of tits then we got told off, walked round the corner and it was a naked woman with a full on bush out. I was eating the floor as I was getting dragged outside for bringing the school into disrepute. Why they took us there is beyond me.

 

Salmon paste and cucumber butties and a ribena sat on the wall was outstanding though so credit where it’s due. Miss you mother 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

12 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Me and a few mates got kicked out of the tate in primary school. Started out laughing at a pair of tits then we got told off, walked round the corner and it was a naked woman with a full on bush out. I was eating the floor as I was getting dragged outside for bringing the school into disrepute. Why they took us there is beyond me.

 

Salmon paste and cucumber butties and a ribena sat on the wall was outstanding though so credit where it’s due. Miss you mother 

I saw a class of primary school kids in the Tate all sat on the floor and being given a talk about this.

 

Poor fuckers probably still have nightmares to this day

 

[Strontium]

Are those stills from the horse video?

[Bjornebye]

37 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I saw a class of primary school kids in the Tate all sat on the floor and being given a talk about this.

 

Poor fuckers probably still have nightmares to this day

 

Pink Floyd gear that 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Michael Crick getting booted from a GBeebies discussion on media censorship, because they didn't like his opinions.

https://x.com/PickardJE/status/1720915331957342659?t=Lypr8s3f3o9d60iK3SeGnQ&s=09

 

[Jairzinho]

On 02/11/2023 at 17:42, SasaS said:

This is now simply hilarious.

 

Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people's names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.

 

"Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don't work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs," the society's CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67298103

 

Hearing news that our former colonies in Africa are absolutely made up with the news. 

 

Any danger of some reparations, you racist cunts? Er, no, but we are willing to rename the chaffinch. 

[VladimirIlyich]

Renaming the blackbird will stop the wars in Sierra Leone,no doubt. And renaming the Shag will promote better birth control in Mali. Easy stuff!

Trivia alert. As most will know the female Blackbird is actually brown. But not that racists realise such things.

[Kevin D]

Vorderman has lost her job for criticising government policy:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67366934
 

Stars including Alan Carr and Joe Lycett are among those offering "respect" to presenter Carol Vorderman, who left her BBC Radio Wales job after her criticism of the government on social media broke BBC guidelines.

 

Vorderman said she was not "prepared to lose my voice on social media" and managers "have decided I must leave".

Presenter and comic Carr wrote "big respect Carol" on Instagram.

 

Comic Lycett joked: "I have informed the BBC I am available to replace you."

 

He is known for being outspoken about his views, having pretended to shred £10,000 last year, in protest at David Beckham's links with football World Cup host country Qatar, where it is illegal to be gay. 

 

He also criticised former Prime Minister Liz Trusslast year and drew attention after appearing to mock her on the first episode of BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

 

Drag Race judge Michelle Visage wrote to ex-Countdown star Vorderman "adore you endlessly" while presenter Cat Deeley added: "You are brilliant."

 

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies said: "Onwards to the future! Love you Vorders!" while actress and writer Denise Welch added several "flexed biceps" emojis. 

 

Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes added: "You do you Carol! Much respect for sticking up for who you are and not allowing corporations to silence you!" while broadcaster and podcast host Elizabeth Day called Vorderman "a legend". 
 

Ant Middleton, ex-instructor on Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins, wrote: "When your work wants to control your social life, that's when it's time to say bye bye. Good on you Carol."

 

Vorderman has almost 900,000 followers on X, and her previous posts include one on Saturday that said: "This iteration of the Tory Party needs to be utterly dismantled at the next election."

 

On the same day, she commented on a post from Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who said she and the "law-abiding majority" want to stop people who "cause nuisance and distress" by pitching tents in public spaces.

Vorderman wrote: "What I want to stop, and what the law abiding majority wants to stop is your vile government clinging onto power for a day longer."

 

 

[Arniepie]

6 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Vorderman has lost her job for criticising government policy:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67366934
 

Stars including Alan Carr and Joe Lycett are among those offering "respect" to presenter Carol Vorderman, who left her BBC Radio Wales job after her criticism of the government on social media broke BBC guidelines.

 

Vorderman said she was not "prepared to lose my voice on social media" and managers "have decided I must leave".

Presenter and comic Carr wrote "big respect Carol" on Instagram.

 

Comic Lycett joked: "I have informed the BBC I am available to replace you."

 

He is known for being outspoken about his views, having pretended to shred £10,000 last year, in protest at David Beckham's links with football World Cup host country Qatar, where it is illegal to be gay. 

 

He also criticised former Prime Minister Liz Trusslast year and drew attention after appearing to mock her on the first episode of BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

 

Drag Race judge Michelle Visage wrote to ex-Countdown star Vorderman "adore you endlessly" while presenter Cat Deeley added: "You are brilliant."

 

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies said: "Onwards to the future! Love you Vorders!" while actress and writer Denise Welch added several "flexed biceps" emojis. 

 

Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes added: "You do you Carol! Much respect for sticking up for who you are and not allowing corporations to silence you!" while broadcaster and podcast host Elizabeth Day called Vorderman "a legend". 
 

Ant Middleton, ex-instructor on Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins, wrote: "When your work wants to control your social life, that's when it's time to say bye bye. Good on you Carol."

 

Vorderman has almost 900,000 followers on X, and her previous posts include one on Saturday that said: "This iteration of the Tory Party needs to be utterly dismantled at the next election."

 

On the same day, she commented on a post from Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who said she and the "law-abiding majority" want to stop people who "cause nuisance and distress" by pitching tents in public spaces.

Vorderman wrote: "What I want to stop, and what the law abiding majority wants to stop is your vile government clinging onto power for a day longer."

 

 

I think she walked in fairness.

still it hasnt stopped those anti cancel culture warriors at the mail,wanking over it.

[Kevin D]

2 minutes ago, Arniepie said:

I think she walked in fairness.

still it hasnt stopped those anti cancel culture warriors at the mail,wanking over it.

Constructive dismissal.

[sir roger]

The new guidelines only covered 'flagship' broadcasters like Lineker and Sugar, but she was told she was no longer required on 'civility' grounds. 

 

Reminded me of one of the Python films where a character says ' Oooh, you've just made that up '

 

If she needs a shoulder ( or anything else frankly ) to cry on, I'm available.

[Creator Supreme]

9 hours ago, sir roger said:

The new guidelines only covered 'flagship' broadcasters like Lineker and Sugar, but she was told she was no longer required on 'civility' grounds. 

 

Reminded me of one of the Python films where a character says ' Oooh, you've just made that up '

 

If she needs a shoulder ( or anything else frankly ) to cry on, I'm available.

Don't you mean melt on?

 

 

More plastic than Cher!

[Strontium]

Yep, let's rip on women for getting plastic surgery because they work in an industry which places higher importance on their appearance than men in the same industry, that's not in the slightest bit sexist.