That is happening already and one of our rellies services robotics on assembly lines in Australia, NZ and Asia. He says it is not far away now and it will slash the workforce to less than half a dozen people on a big factory floor. He is not far off retiring another three years.
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Then there will be no more minorities on the factory floor!
Now youâre talkinâ.
Relax everyone, Iâm only kidding and that is not at all what Vanders said.
Is anyone aware of the definition of the term âc**nâ in this context or are we all ignoring it? Context matters, folks. âCooningâ is a method one can use when making cheese to quicken maturation. Letâs not go out of our away to get hurt feelings, now.
@Bacchusfox In reference to a post you made earlier, I understand itâs not very nice to call something âspasticâ but itâs the most accurate way to describe some of the posts around here.
Yeah but noone needs to know that much about cheese.
I bet you had to google it to find out.
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You probably would not say that if you had a child with cerebral palsy.
The use of Co-on is very interesting, as it is one of those terms that is a racial slur only when used by a white person towards a black person. I have friends in US who call each other nigg-ers and co-ons regularly (they are coloured folk), but if I used it then it would be very bad.
My very best friend in the world, met his wife when they both 16 and more than 50 years later are still happily married (to each other) and are wonderful people. His pet name for her is sl-ut, and while there is a cute story to its beginning, it does shock many when he calls her by that. She seems to enjoy it and all of his friends just accept it. No-one else would dare use it, as she has a very severe punch.
Life is just a mystery sometimes.
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It has another meaning though.
Excuse my repetition, but this name change is just another Fad.
Any term loaded with enough hatred/negative connotation can take on a racist meaning(or endearing as you make out) , I think thats beside the point.
I just think its horrendous branding. Always has been. â â â â is not a new term. It was racist a 100 years ago.
BUZZ! 
I agree, but it is a fact the American coloured peoples call themselves nig-ger, as part of their culture.
Just like we can call our Mates bastards, I guess.
It is not just the word as you say,it is the intent as well. Still doesnât mean that I am brave enough to call any of my coloured friends, or indeed my Daughter-in-laws family any of those names as an endearment.
I mean its like they were thinking. Hey lets think of a name for our cheese. What about a homonym for a racist insultâŚ
Makes no sense. Never has.
And yes the racist term predates the cheese.
(forgot my homonym from my antonyms from my synonyms there for a sec)
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The thing that I canât get my head around, is that some people are against the name change because itâs a racial slur.
I mean, unless they were equally as bothered about Telecom becoming Telstra.
But they werenât.
SoâŚ
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Yer i know nuts eh.
Noone calls those soft footstools âpoofsâ anymore either.
Its just antiquated english. Retire the term and I am happy warnanbool cheese is.
More people would be keen on buying Warnanbool Cheddar anyway!
It is amusing at times how some things annoy the crap out of some people. I still get amazed at those who are protesting about having to wear a mask. Makes the concept of community and all of us in it together a joke.
I guarantee that few coloured folk really gives a rats about â â â â cheese, and in fact it is appalling that the swear filter here blanks it out.
No one calls Warnambool Warnanbool anymore either these days.
It was seen as Elderist ⌠
Yeah well spellin aint my strong point!
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Growing up in the 80s and 90s it was definetly a term I heard as a kid used with conviction by ugly racists against black fellas.
I hated it and it wasnât even directed at me. I heard it more often than the N word.
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My parents were terriblly racist to Indiginous Australians, and actually most New Australians.
When he was first introduced to to my Sons future Wife, he turned to me and said, âbut she is a boongâ. He was 80 at the time.
To be honest, we were all so shocked that we just went quiet; but my son never forgave him.
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And most people spell it Warrnambool.
When I was a teenager we were pretty racist in the terminology we used for new Australians. Although that didnât translate into how we treated them, because we went to school with them, socialised with them, bought in their shops, ate in their restaurants etc. Different story for our parents however. But also in my teenage world we werenât racist towards Indigenous Australians purely because weâd never met any.
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Children of European immigrants, particularly Mediterranean, called themselves wog-boys and wog-girls.
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