Oct 16, 2026, 9:27 AMOne has to laugh, or cry.
> References to sexual orientation and gender identity were considered offensive to a majority of
survey respondents
Indeed, "cis" is considered an offensive word.
- Oct 16, 2026, 9:27 AM
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- Oct 16, 2026, 9:30 AM
To be clear, some of the words included here are incredibly offensive, and are generally used to punch down.
Others... not at all!
noodlenoodle@aus.socialOct 16, 2026, 9:29 AM@neil Comparing the gender table to any other table is very disappointing.
ZwifiZwifi@framapiaf.orgOct 16, 2026, 9:30 AM
Otte Homan :: fediologistotte_homan@theblower.auOct 16, 2026, 9:46 AM@neil A triptychon, a story in 3 pictures.
[edit: the internet connection on my end is fine, at 500Mbit/s. Maybe OFCOM's internet shit the bed though, hard to see from where I am]
Oct 16, 2026, 12:02 PM@neil 80% of people think "fanny" is too offensive to be broadcast in the day? what the fuck is WRONG with them, the whole point of it is that it's a kid-friendly word. That's also why it's funny
- Oct 16, 2026, 12:03 PM
I can see how some of the words will be highly problematic in the context of how they are likely to be used.
Other words... not at all!
Andrew Deaconaadeacon@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 10:14 AM@neil I presume the "survey respondents" were self-selected rather than a true random sample i.e. professional complainers and self important bigots?
Heathen 🐈heathen_cat@furs.socialOct 16, 2026, 10:16 AM@neil
Wait until they learn about the term perisex (meaning not intersex).The dominant group always hates when they can't just define themselves as "normal"
Oct 16, 2026, 11:02 AM@neil and only 43% of respondents thought it was ever acceptable to broadcast it.
What are we doing here? There's clearly something very wrong with their methodology... Where did they canvas? Terfington Village Hall, Terfshire?
Dźwiedziudzwiedziu@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 11:08 AM@neil
The document refers to some participants as “LGB”.As:
> 18. Findings for transgender and non-binary respondents have not been reported because the base size for this population is too small for robust analysis.
As an amateur statistic enjoyer I could understand this.
But as a TERF/FART Island un-afficionado I also understand this and it's bad.
Robee? Na! 🌈robeeshepherd@torturedsouls.comOct 16, 2026, 11:10 AM@neil I’m wondering how long until a group of straight people call heterosexual offensive as a word 🙄
Lumiukkolumiukko@metalhead.clubOct 16, 2026, 11:38 AM@neil TIL: The "watershed" is basically the "Sandmännchen" of the UK :D
D.K. MacKinnon 🇨🇦📸🍁dkmackinnon@ottawa.placeOct 16, 2026, 11:42 AM@neil so it's offensive to say they are on the same side? Because cis literally means "on this side of" as in cismontane meaning being on the same side of a mountain as the speaker. I don't think we're the snowflakes here as they can't even handle a little stem word.
Hoarse e-Books20002ist@thepit.socialOct 16, 2026, 11:49 AM@neil I see we’re headed to the point where “vertebrate” or “carbon-based life form” will be considered harmful.
- Oct 16, 2026, 12:01 PM
@neil this is so funny, omg the english are such a pathetic people
