That didn't last long. ABC Cancels Roseanne after tweet about Obama aid.

[hoosierdoc]

And in this case, probably one of the best examples of the pot calling the kettle black...

What if the pot didn’t know the kettle was black?

 

[Birds Away]

Can one be full of fecks? Or feckful?

You really do ask the best questions. You should find some profession where you do that for a living.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

You really do ask the best questions. You should find some profession where you do that for a living.

"Sir, the reason you're here today is to determine your feck levels..."

I do love a good rabbit hole...

 

[Ziggidy]

Being crude and hateful toward an individual is a lesser offense than being crude and hateful toward an entire group, so the social punishment is less (particularly if you can justify the victim "deserving" it).

Are you suggesting Barr's remarks were against a group? If so, what group? The only group mentioned was the muslim brotherhood, otherwise, I see it as a jab against one person - Valerie J.

The media may be spinning it towards a group, but the reference was not even close.

 

[Birds Away]

"Sir, the reason you're here today is to determine your feck levels..."

I do love a good rabbit hole...

Well, if you're conducting a poll, today I don't give a flying feck at a rolling donut.

 

[T.Lex]

What the feck, guys.

Sometimes I think there should be a permalink at the top of INGO to fecking dictionary.com!

The word derives from the old English, with influences from Latin, where "fekus" was a colloquial term for "fig."* Figs were considered an indicia of wealth. So, someone who had a wealthy role would be considered "fekanus." Someone who was less wealthy would be considered "feklus" that loosely translates to "small figs." From there, it was Anglicized to "feckless" meaning a lack of figs, that is, someone who had been reckless with their fig-keeping and squandered their wealth.

So, "feckless" evolved to mean someone irresponsible or irrational. There is no "positive" version of feck, or fecking, or feckitosity.

* Absolutely nothing in that paragraph is true.

 

[Aeroflame]

I knew the right shouldn't be embracing her too much, she was always a little bit on the loony side.

As a black man, i sent Roseanne a tweet accepting her apology. I think many in the white community were more upset about it than we were. However to put this in the right historical context: WWI white soldiers told French women that black soldiers were monkeys and had tails. This is just one example. Therefore in the black community if you make reference to any comparison to any primate, you may as well use the “N” word. I think she was just ignorant of that fact so all is forgiven.Sometimes people say inappropiate things out of not knowing any better. Sorry she lost her show and sorry for all those others out of work now.

 

[Birds Away]

What the feck, guys.

Sometimes I think there should be a permalink at the top of INGO to fecking dictionary.com!

The word derives from the old English, with influences from Latin, where "fekus" was a colloquial term for "fig."* Figs were considered an indicia of wealth. So, someone who had a wealthy role would be considered "fekanus." Someone who was less wealthy would be considered "feklus" that loosely translates to "small figs." From there, it was Anglicized to "feckless" meaning a lack of figs, that is, someone who had been reckless with their fig-keeping and squandered their wealth.

So, "feckless" evolved to mean someone irresponsible or irrational. There is no "positive" version of feck, or fecking, or feckitosity.

* Absolutely nothing in that paragraph is true.

I'll thank you to leave the size of my figs out of it. Good day, sir.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Are you suggesting Barr's remarks were against a group? If so, what group? The only group mentioned was the muslim brotherhood, otherwise, I see it as a jab against one person - Valerie J.

The media may be spinning it towards a group, but the reference was not even close.

I think I've laid out why referring to a black person as a monkey is going to be perceived as racial due to the long history of the slur and reason behind it. You can argue intent if you like, but the perception is well rooted.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Well, if you're conducting a poll, today I don't give a flying feck at a rolling donut.

It is National Doughnut day...

 

[Birds Away]

It is National Doughnut day...

Now you're just fecking with me.

 

[T.Lex]

I'll thank you to leave the size of my figs out of it. Good day, sir.

I have it on good authority that your figs are gruntled.

(We always hear about "disgruntled" people, but never "gruntled.")

 

[Birds Away]

I have it on good authority that your figs are gruntled.

(We always hear about "disgruntled" people, but never "gruntled.")

Now you're just being ingenuous.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Now you're just fecking with me.

I'd not joke about a topic as serious as free doughnuts.

Find a sweet treat with free doughnuts and deals on National Doughnut Day | FOX59

 

[T.Lex]

Now you're just being ingenuous.

My status as an ingenue is none of your fecking business.

 

[T.Lex]

I'd not joke about a topic as serious as free doughnuts.

Find a sweet treat with free doughnuts and deals on National Doughnut Day | FOX59

I almost feel like that should be a punchline instead of a setup....

 

[BehindBlueI's]

My status as an ingenue is none of your fecking business.

Since you brought it up, how do you fit in the bottle?

 

[Birds Away]

I'd not joke about a topic as serious as free doughnuts.

Find a sweet treat with free doughnuts and deals on National Doughnut Day | FOX59

You ask the best questions, wear the most stylish hats AND know when National Doughnut Day is. You, sir, are a prince among men.

 

[T.Lex]

Since you brought it up, how do you fit in the bottle?

Fecklessly.

 

[Birds Away]

My status as an ingenue is none of your fecking business.

That's what I get for playing out of my league.