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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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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Instead of "Leftwing" and "Rightwing", we should just use "Alpha" and "Beta" respectively, just like they wanted. 🤭

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

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

Orwell would disagree, unfortunately.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fortunately, he's not a historian.

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But they can defund ideas and watch them fade to obscurity under a flood of fascist bullshit and violence.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 weeks ago

How DARE they Assume Mice can be MORE then just Male AND Female! NONMALE means ANYTHING THATS NOT MALE you Stupid Libtards Commies!

-A Happy Republican Voter who just Lost their Medicaid and SNAP Benefits and saw their Toddler get Deported!

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you for participating in the latest moral race to the bottom

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

real men don't have trauma and women don't exist. case dismissed.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Wow they didn't need to take the George orwell concept of double speak so far

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Ironically enough, if they used German words for such, it might just pass the Turd Reich censors. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month 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!! 🦅 🤡

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