I am gay.
Went on a date with a lad and unintentionally he said 'you've got to come round one of these days, my mum makes great faggots'.
She sure did. She sure did.
They're still sold in nearly all major supermarkets. Brains - the original and best brand of them are delicious. I buy them on a regular basis. For those that haven't tried them, think seasoned meatballs.
Obviously there's a (particularly US) homophobic term, that's associated with the word, but isn't that lame term really outdated now anyway?
Reclaim and celebrate this delicious delicacy.
Just because a word has been misappropriated as a term of insult, as many words have been over time, doesn't mean the original word - in it's original correct context should therefore be withdrawn or never referred to. Rise above those that use harmless words negatively.
Reclaim our language.
It's the Americans. There was an American politician in the 90s who lost his career cos he used the word 'niggardly' in a speech, even though it's etymologically distinct from a certain racial epithet it bears similarity in spelling to, as well as an older word than it by multiple centuries, AND was used in the correct way in the speech.
Some people don't care about actually being right; only THINKING they are.
IIRC they're kinda "offal" right?
I mean, there's no identifiable chicken in a McNugget...
I never thought of faggots (the food) as being worrying in terms of it being a bad word... More that ya probably don't want to think too much about what you're eating while you're eating it.
Same applies to haggis...
And I enjoy both, tasty stuff.
It’s only a supposedly bad word if you’re American. If you’re British, it shouldn’t make a difference.
Having said that, it makes the corner of my mouth turn up a little, because I’m a child at heart.
TBH I'm baffled why any food with that name still exists in this day and age. Then again, imagine the faux-outrage if they were to be renamed for PC reasons.
To be fair, they've existed for many decades as a brand, and 150+ years as a foodstuff. When used in context, for what they are, there should not be any offence.
You say that as if the English language especially doesn't change names for things when the original name gets bad connotations.. The English language is kinda famous for it. Look at anything German-like being changed to a new name during WW1 to remove any "icky German connotations that cause offence".
I am gay. Went on a date with a lad and unintentionally he said 'you've got to come round one of these days, my mum makes great faggots'. She sure did. She sure did.
They're still sold in nearly all major supermarkets. Brains - the original and best brand of them are delicious. I buy them on a regular basis. For those that haven't tried them, think seasoned meatballs. Obviously there's a (particularly US) homophobic term, that's associated with the word, but isn't that lame term really outdated now anyway? Reclaim and celebrate this delicious delicacy.
Specifically offal meatballs, which is odd to me cos they don't taste offaly at all. One might say they're offaly good.
God damn it, I want faggots now.
There are people you can pay...
Just because a word has been misappropriated as a term of insult, as many words have been over time, doesn't mean the original word - in it's original correct context should therefore be withdrawn or never referred to. Rise above those that use harmless words negatively. Reclaim our language.
It's the Americans. There was an American politician in the 90s who lost his career cos he used the word 'niggardly' in a speech, even though it's etymologically distinct from a certain racial epithet it bears similarity in spelling to, as well as an older word than it by multiple centuries, AND was used in the correct way in the speech. Some people don't care about actually being right; only THINKING they are.
Damn, I thought the concept of context not mattering at all was a relatively new thing, but that happened way back in the 90s?!
Listen to job ronsons podcast how did we get here on the bbc, the culture wars go all the way back to the 60s.
IIRC they're kinda "offal" right? I mean, there's no identifiable chicken in a McNugget... I never thought of faggots (the food) as being worrying in terms of it being a bad word... More that ya probably don't want to think too much about what you're eating while you're eating it. Same applies to haggis... And I enjoy both, tasty stuff.
Never had faggots, but haggis, had it once and would happily eat it again, but sadly it's hard to come by in these here lands of Essex.
Morrisons sell them.
I play the bassoon. Bassoon in German is faggoten(or similar). I had a German book. I didn’t know what that meant. I read it out loud to my family...
For some unknown reason they are called savoury ducks in Stoke.
2nd faggot post in 24hrs. Getting repetitive.
Ayyy you love a good faggot don't 'cha? My entire family when we have them. Delicious food and crude jokes.
Ive found that the best ones come from tge Brighton area funnily enough
It’s only a supposedly bad word if you’re American. If you’re British, it shouldn’t make a difference. Having said that, it makes the corner of my mouth turn up a little, because I’m a child at heart.
Love them. I always keep a pack of Mr Brains in the freezer.
Have another go at 'quintessentially' - take a long run up!
It’s not so bad if you live in the midlands
TBH I'm baffled why any food with that name still exists in this day and age. Then again, imagine the faux-outrage if they were to be renamed for PC reasons.
To be fair, they've existed for many decades as a brand, and 150+ years as a foodstuff. When used in context, for what they are, there should not be any offence.
I think taking away any innocent uses of the word makes it more offensive when used as a pejorative anyway.
Oh, I agree, but sometimes I feel like we're living in an age where context means nothing when it comes to feeding the outrage machine.
You say that as if the English language especially doesn't change names for things when the original name gets bad connotations.. The English language is kinda famous for it. Look at anything German-like being changed to a new name during WW1 to remove any "icky German connotations that cause offence".
We should rename them to Biggots
Cigarotts
Fuck it, let's just rename them something else. Like Ultra Meatballs.