Jules she/her5d ago

No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs.

No one's removing the word "Easter" from packaging, chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Christianity in any case, and some very sinister groups are trying to convince us all that Muslims are offended by much loved British traditions and trying to get them banned.

https://monkdebunks.substack.com/p/no-cadbury-hasnt-removed-easter-from

#UKFarRight #Islamophobia

No, Cadbury Hasn’t ‘Removed Easter’ From Easter Eggs

Chocolate eggs have never been consistently labelled with the word ‘Easter’, so why does this claim keep resurfacing?

Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative
Show threadJules she/her5d ago
It's pathetic really. Like wouldn't it be nice if we, in the UK, as a culture, were excited when new ideas and traditions come in instead of being scared and angry? Instead of inventing "You can't say Easter on eggs anymore" wouldn't it be nice if we went "Hey, these people have brought a festival where you can suddenly get really nice dates in pretty boxes and there are lovely shared suppers after dusk?"
Show threadJules she/her5d ago
It's like when the UK women's team did so well in the World Cup, and a bunch of miserable old gits started mithering on about how women's football wasn't real football. And meanwhile my Dad was delighted that now there was twice as much football on TV as there used to be. Not only was he not making a nuisance of himself whingeing on Facebook, he was actually happier. Almost like actually embracing something a bit new and a bit different is actually a nicer way to live.
Show threadqueer as in fuck your borders

@afewbugs I once had a train seat across from a table of white middle aged men who were chatting loudly and I was like "aw man here we go" but they got talking about women's football and all agreed that they preferred it to the men's because the quality of play was so much higher.

It's nice when people don't live down to stereotypes. :)

Mar 25 at 12:53pmWeb
Show threadJules she/her5d ago
@bright_helpings I had a similar experience in a previous job, working in an office of male engineers. One of them got talking about how he'd picked his wife up after a concert at the weekend, and they had agreed to meet in a pub near the venue. He got there early and only then realised the pub was a gay bar. So he said he started worrying that gay men would see him on his own and flirt with him. And I was sitting there dreading what was coming next.
Show threadJules she/her5d ago
@bright_helpings but then he said that no one hit on him, and after a while he started feeling really self conscious and worrying he was ugly because no one had. So he started smiling at random men, and by the time his wife turned up one had come over and chatted to him so he felt better 😂
Show threadMx. Eddie R5d ago
@afewbugs @bright_helpings
Heh, that's a little bit adorable!
Show threadMx. Eddie R5d ago
@bright_helpings @afewbugs
I once worked on a project for live poker games.
What made the chat feature worthwhile was the Ladies event. The play was hot and the live chat was a lot of fun, we drove a bunch of attention that the women's tables don't usually get, and people really enjoyed it.
(Aside, one white dude pro gambler entered anticipating an easy win. Half the chat for the first couple hands was him being mocked, then he got spanked and busted out. Twice.).
Show threadЯ⊛ḶḶ model ☭5d ago

@bright_helpings @afewbugs

they were still talking too loudly.

Show threadBeeCycling4d ago
@bright_helpings @afewbugs Back in January I was getting my bathroom refitted and at one point I could hear two of the electricians talking about bread, and one was saying how much he loved seeded breads, with a good nutty flavour to them, while the other talked about his sister teaching him how to make sourdough bread - which he said was a bit of a faff, but well worth the trouble. Just a couple of northern, working-class tradesmen, who surely don't want any of that fancy woke bread. 😉
Show threadqueer as in fuck your borders4d ago
@beecycling Aw that's lovely. And he's so right about how much better seeded bread is. :) @afewbugs
Show threadPhil Thane ✅4d ago
@beecycling @bright_helpings @afewbugs Always good to upend people's expectations. As a northern-born working class lad I got a leg up by going to teacher training college and became a Design & Tech teacher. Working in a school 'darn sarf' I was asked by a surprised snooty colleague why I was attending a school play when I was a 'woodwork' teacher. Because I like drama? A year later the next school play was a sci fi —and I wrote it.