New Zealand to replace 'sexist' road signs after 7-year-old girl's plea - Sensationalist Headlines

Because it's a dumb thing to care about? Like it doesn't misrepresent anyone, it's not saying women can't be a lineman or whatever you want to call them, it's people all of sudden getting uppity about things that have been the way they have been for ages, but oh look, it's easier to speak up about non-issues and make something out of nothing, so why not. http://puu.sh/B7y3r/90f086d659.png A person, not a man, unless women aren't classed as people, there's no problem and it's just more stupid shit.

If you think it's a dumb thing to care about then stop caring about it

That sort of usage is being phased out with similar terms like policeman/police officer and fireman/fire fighter, it makes sense for similar terms to follow suit. Language evolves, it's stupid to use the term man to mean both man and human so we should change it, not cling to it in a desperate attempt to try and stop SJWs getting their way.

I'm pretty sure I've not seen anyone "absolutely enraged" by this. Most people don't give a shit, but also think it's pretty stupid.

Women!!!

If you want to see people getting incensed over this, look at middle aged people on facebook comments. This thread is pretty tame, I don't think anyone on either side is particularly passionate about it.

Actually, the accepted gender neutral term is "letter carrier". I shit you not, they were concerned that mail sounds like male and might still offend people. Source: I know someone who works for the USPS as a letter carrier.

The term letter carrier has existed for a long time. So it isn't like they created the term just for that.

quite funny that everyone's getting themselves into a lather about this seeing as their primary complaint is PEOPLE SHOULDNT GET UPSET ABOUT THIS

Wow, what a great response, truly thought provoking.

"But the dictionary" is a silly response, because the dictionary isn't some end-all solution. The language is outdated, and unnecessary. Language has evolved in a way that "linemen" does sound outdated, so they're changing it. Literally the only people making something out of nothing are the people getting so mad about the change. There's no protest outside of the highway department, no one's crying misogyny. Like, someone went "hey, that seems outdated, don't you think?""Huh, you're right." And some people, apparently including yourself, and going "Uhhh, why do you care? That's a dumb thing to care about, seriously, it's such a non-issue, just drop it." It's as if you want it to stay "lineman." Like, purposefully so. That's how invested you're being, right now. It changing is such a non-issue.

Well I was at least hoping you were able to make the connection that saying something is dumb to care about and afterwards going against that issue that you think people are "suddenly" getting uppety about, well it's dumb. Your entire post reeks of you getting offended as hell over something that's nothing more than: "Hey, would it be alright if you changed those signs?" "Sure we could do that when we order new ones" Just think about it dude. What's happening isn't people making an issue out of things. It's making a suggestion. The only one that suddenly gets needlessly uppity about this is you

"ugh why are you people so SENSITIVE, stop getting offended over EVERYTHING omg you SJWs disgust me ughhhhhh!!!"

Mail doesn't sound like male, it's the exact same pronunciation. They're homophones. That's a perfectly reasonable concern.

I think people are fully capable of discerning that it's not talking about someone who carries males around. Being afraid that a grammatically irrelevant part of a word "sounds male" borders on misandrist

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Yeah, I know that. I just think it's a bit silly to care about that, since the only connection mail has to anything gendered is a completely different word with a completely different meaning that happens to sound the same. I get removing "man" from mailman. That makes perfect sense. Removing "mail" just seems like overkill.

Do you have a source for the reasoning on why they changed it to letter carrier besides the word of you friend? Considering the NALC (National Association of Letter Carriers) was founded in 1889, I doubt the name was chosen out of a need to be politically correct.

Meanwhile in New Zealand no one actually cares, they intend to change them as they age and phase out so it will barely cost anything, yall get up in arms about anything these days.

I'm all for them using the term 'letter carrier', but I think 'mail carrier' is perfectly fine too. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect English-speakers to differentiate the two.

Unfortunately, no. I asked about it again, and they couldn't remember if it was something they assumed or they heard it from somewhere. They've worked as a letter carrier for over 30 years, so I can't really blame them for forgetting.