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Fox News now accusing Scrabble of being too “woke” (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 119 points 7 months ago (19 children)

Jessica Tarlov, one of the panel’s more liberal co-hosts, said she was in favor of the game removing slurs, adding, “I think we can all agree on that.”

Two panelists replied, “Not so fast!” and “Be careful, Jessica.”

Jesus Christ, how do these chucklefucks convince themselves that they aren't terrible people?

[–] huginn@feddit.it 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How do you remove slurs from a boardgame where you pick and place letters?

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There is an official Scrabble dictionary

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Would only really be relevant for tournaments, except the organizing bodies of which aren't affiliated with Hasbro and have their own sets of words and drama over them. People playing casually can just have house rules about whether slurs are or aren't accepted and what counts as one.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Well yeah. When we play Scrabble, the house rule is 'English Wiktionary'

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We used to play "if you can convince me it's a word, it counts". I got a triple word score on zaxticuous and that shit got shut down. It means: Having the property or appearance of Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell.

(The events in this comment are a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.)

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

"Any resemblance to actual persons— Zach Morris or otherwise— or actual events... is purely coincidental."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The best Scrabble move I ever saw:

My brother: "Can you put down swear words?"

My mother: "No."

My brother: (Puts down SHIT) "Not a swear, just what I have to do." (Leaves to go to the bathroom.)

[–] GoosLife@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Legendary

[–] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

Based

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ours was the unabridged OED when I was a kid.

And my father with his English PhD didn't even play.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Tournaments and also digital versions of the game. I think Scrabble might be popular on Facebook?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

I'll accept it if its obviously a real word, no matter how offensive it is.

Not if it requires a capital letter though. I'm not a complete animal.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Which had the N-word in it until 2020.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

They made it so they don't count for points in the official game

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