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In our recently submitted grants we had to change “traumatic brain injury” to “concussive brain injury” and “male and female mice” to “male and non-male mice” because traumatic and female are now verboten words that can get our grants killed. It’s insanity.

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 49 points 18 hours ago

So it now includes non-binary mice!

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] arschflugkoerper@feddit.org 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Actually more inclusive terminology lol

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think the male is a bit hostile and problematic too. It should be non-male and non-female

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Can't use the word female in any context so it would have to be non-male and non-non-male.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer "those who is" and "those who ain't." Binary and inclusive.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby.

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[–] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Honestly just write "mice", there's no need to specify male and female if you're working on both, unless there's a third secret type of mice you unlock by beating the game with Blanka or something.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

leave the us then. drain your brain off to somewhere that doesnt hate you.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

Anti-Woke stuff is ridiculous.

[–] Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Who cares about those grants as long as the clown school grants are still there and our supreme clown are still in power! Glory to Americlown!! 🦅 🤡

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

These idiots will learn one day that you can't kill an idea.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Orwell would disagree, unfortunately.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Fortunately, he's not a historian.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But he’s got lived experience of totalitarianism. Of rhetorical practices states use to crush ideas.

Epistemically he’s very qualified to comment on this.

And academics who you might call historians, like Foucault, would back him up here.

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 15 hours ago

But you can kill mice! Presumably with a little box and a miniature, spring-loaded boxing glove stored inside

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