A few negative online reviews early on can hurt a restaurant

Re:A few negative online reviews early on can hurt a restaurant by gerdesj on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:38PM (#23945915)

I sort of understand where you are coming from but my name is Jon and I'm British. Jon, here, is short for Jonathan.

I'm aware that John is an Americanism for the bog (toilet/WC.) John Doe is a person whose name is unknown in the US. A rubber johnny is just one nickname for a prophylactic. My mum used to call me Jonny or Johann or even Johannes as a sign of affection.

I'm not so sure that Karens are offended by the term Karen. You see, very few Karens are actually Karens.

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Re:A few negative online reviews early on can hurt a restaurant by jay_kyburz on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:59PM (#23946293)

I don't see why we need to create a new derogatory term using a persons name. It's not even very descriptive.

People didn't start calling a toilet Jon because they wanted a label for the sterotype of an entitled asshole.

I guess its a form of virtue signaling. You have to be cool and know meems to know what calling somebody a Karen even means.

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Re:A few negative online reviews early on can hurt a restaurant by mlthoughts2018 on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:29PM (#23946433)

Why do you feel that you need to be able to see the point of it for it to be ok or non-offensive? Maybe you don’t see the point of it, but others see their own point and don’t have to justify it.

Should every possible characteristic a living entity can have also be a protected class?

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