According to Hofmann: Save time, be politically incorrect
There无毛视频檚 a lot to be said about political correctness and the euphemisms it spawns, but some instances of political correctness have turned into a waste of time 无毛视频� literally.
For a perfect example, let无毛视频檚 look at the jockstrap 无毛视频� no, not the actual thing; I无毛视频檓 talking about the word. Jockstrap 无毛视频� two syllables, no confusion, just fine.
Somewhere, someone along the way decided they didn无毛视频檛 like the word 无毛视频渏ock无毛视频� because it may have been a derogatory term used to describe an athlete or the French name for Jake (or is it Joe or Jimbo?). They were offended just enough to totally change the name and call the contraption an 无毛视频渁thletic supporter.无毛视频�
Athletic supporter 无毛视频� six syllables, which is three times as many as jockstrap; I know that because I once learned how some math works.
But just think of the time that无毛视频檚 been wasted by saying and writing 无毛视频渁thletic supporter无毛视频� instead of 无毛视频渏ockstrap无毛视频� 无毛视频� even typing it just now, I feel like I无毛视频檓 missing out on experiencing something else.
If you want scientific proof from someone who doesn无毛视频檛 know anything about science, I went to a search engine where it lists how fast it takes to get results on a subject. I did two separate searches 无毛视频� one for 无毛视频渏ockstrap无毛视频� and one for 无毛视频渁thletic supporter.无毛视频�
The jockstrap search took 0.43 seconds to find results and athletic supporter search took 0.55 seconds.
That无毛视频檚 0.12 seconds wasted on political correctness.
Just imagine what you could have been doing in that stretch of time. You could have spent it blinking, starting an incomplete thought, or your brain could无毛视频檝e signaled your body to flinch at a basketball rocketing toward you.
When you really think about it, on a technical level, ask yourself what an athletic supporter is? It无毛视频檚 a sports fan, one who supports athletes.
If you don无毛视频檛 believe we need to go back to calling jockstraps 无毛视频渏ockstraps无毛视频� for the sake of saving time, at least take into consideration the confusion in certain situations.
Imagine, if you will, the conversation in a locker room between the coach and his player before a game, but then imagine that the player doesn无毛视频檛 know that an athletic supporter is a jockstrap:
COACH: Timmy, I hope you remembered to bring your athletic supporter today.
TIMMY: Yeah, coach, I bought four of them.
COACH: Four athletic supporters? It无毛视频檚 only a touch-football game!
TIMMY: It无毛视频檚 cool. It无毛视频檚 my parents and my grandparents from my mom无毛视频檚 side.
COACH: Are you kids giving names to your jockstraps nowadays? Better go out there and wear a helmet this time.
To be fair, back in the day, people started calling the jockstrap a cup.
While I无毛视频檓 glad they had it narrowed it down to one syllable, it still brings the confusion factor to another level. I won无毛视频檛 go into the gory details, but I无毛视频檓 sure there无毛视频檚 a soccer team out there with parents angry about broken ceramic mugs and players who can only pass their love of their sport onto their next of kin if they adopt.
Or to use an euphemism: they would have been better off if they were accompanied by their athletic supporter.
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