Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by HexDecOctBin on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:43AM
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English is not my mother tongue, what is the equivalent idiomatic non-controversial English phrase?
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Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by jhardy54 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:45AM
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Not a problem at all, you probably want "brownie points".
Brownie points: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/brownie_point#English
Good boy points: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tendies-stories
Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by k4c9x on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:52AM
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Brownie points? In this particular context? Seems a much poorer choice of words.
Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by HexDecOctBin on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:48AM
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Thanks.
Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by DC-3 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:47AM
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Brownie Points.
But for what it's worth, I think it's an absurd idea to try and cleanse oneself of 4chan memes, since they form such a significant strata of internet culture. The attitude that some people have towards 4chan is embarrassing. It's just a website. Yes, it harbours fascists, but so does every other website. Moreover it's one of the few places left on the internet where people say what they think rather than what they want other people to think they think...
Re:Apple launches new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative p...
by HexDecOctBin on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:50AM
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> Moreover it's one of the few places left on the internet where people say what they think rather than what they want other people to think they think...
As an engineer, I believe in tradeoffs and pragmatism, not dogmatism. Thus, I have no issue with GP's objection and have made the suggested edit.