[SaveFerris]

So, nobody can play this Steely Dan song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSTxdmaH2Q4

[irishjuggler]

Oh, dear God... how in heaven’s name did I make it all the way to December 24, 2020, without having heard that “picnic” is a contraction of “pick a n——r (to lynch)”? Alas, we’re living in the stupidest time in human history.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[Veggie Todd]

I bet allah akbar is ok, right?

[P.O.E.]

Brazil nuts

[Greg123456]

Why don’t they do something useful like firing Jim Harbaugh?

[VeniVidiVici]

University of Michigan is blasted as 'parochial and moronic' after task force bans words like 'picnic,' 'brown bag' and 'blacklist' for being offensive and harming morale

Really? Does that mean I have to start saying "African-American list"?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Funny, the words they ban are mostly applicable to them.

Oh boy, man oh man, UMich should be blacklisted for their black-and-white thinking and have another brown bag about it, or put on it. Someone should crack the whip over this crazy, insane idea from the crippled minds of these dummies. He or she who would be our masters are off the reservation and need a sanity check before gypping students of their full historic native language. The guys and gals of UMich faculty in their privileged accounts should learn we are not their slaves and it will be no picnic selling these grandfathered phrases down the river. Take that, sweeties, whatever your preferred pronoun.

[Flick Lives]

In an ironic twist, among the forbidden words is the phrase “sanity check”.

[jonrick46]

Picnic is derived from the French word, pique-nique, from piquer (“to pick”) and nique (“small thing”). Where is racism here?

More Leftnic illusion fit for George Orwell's 1984.

[Covenantor]

...foment a healthy and inclusive culture,' the task force's memorandum says.

Word salad from the Idiot Task Force know-nothings finally succeding in becoming hall monitors, a position denied to them in grade school....perpetual wedgies and swirlies are in order for all involved.

[cranked]

Woke getting tired of woke? Wait, what? /s

[ronnie raygun]

programming humans is important just ask the borg

[Turbo Pig]

The thing that no one has questioned is what authority do IT dinks have in making a list like this and trying to get people to follow it. I’ve been in IT for 30+ years and not once have I seen “thought police” in the job description. Someone needs to tell these people to STHU and worry about IT, and stop the SWJ crap.

[LateBoomer]

The list includes such benign expressions as “long time, no see”. The offensive words/phrases have no explanation of why they could possibly be deemed offensive.

Our entire culture is being erased and re-shaped before our very eyes. By complete and utter morons, many with a very sharp axe to grind.

We can do this the easy way (succession) or the hard way (CWII), but it must be done. Sadly, either way, there will be blood in the streets. History hasn’t been completely erased yet, and it always repeats itself.

[cgbg]

Declare “woke” universities insane asylums—and open them as living quarters for all homeless people!

[PGalt]

University of Manipulators. “Education” these daze.

[ronniesgal]

PICNIC!!?? wthell are they talking about now???

[Mister Tee]

I’m surprised that ‘Republican’, ‘conservative’ or ‘Christian’ aren’t on the list! But I’m also sure that this list will grow after the waters are tested for blow back...

[BobL]

Michigan’s tuition for out of state is $51,200 (with much, if not most, of the money is ultimately from the government, or at least guaranteed by the government).

Articles like this help explain the high price. Lack of any pricing pressures help explain how they can continue to get away with this crap.