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PC culture has a very bad connotation nowadays. Many teenage boys feel special through the fact that they disprove of PC culture, as if they are the only ones who feel that way. However, these people are so boring. You can find a hundred of them for every one woke person you find. I would honestly be much more entertained talking to a PC advocate than a PC hater. As Harvard Business Review states, “ While [PC culture] has helped many traditionally underrepresented employees to experience their workplace as more inclusive, the PC rule book can hinder employees' ability to develop effective relationships across potentially divisive group differences.”, showing how the issue is clearly double-sided, there is good and bad from indulging in the “PC book of rules.” Ironically, we may isolate others through our attempts to include them. What is PC language? I’m not certain. Some examples of PC language include “person with diabetes” for “diabetic”, “very drunk” for “blind drunk”, “chair”...

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WOMEN EXPLAIN HOW THEY’D LIKE TO HAVE THEIR BODIES RESTRICTED NEXT

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    The Onion is America’s most trustworthy satire news network as well as America’s favorite sweet treat; their ridicule brings more positive social change to our society than most “journalism” companies do today. A topic can become meaningless when its distorted through the lenses of the likes of the “New York Times”, yet can bring smiles, empowerment, and activism when combined with the mocking tone and parody of the Onion.     Women are particular fans of the Onion. Women love being exposed to the harsh reality of the patriarchy in an ironic way in order to cope with their struggles. For example, in the titular article, the Onion uses historical examples in “the fall of Roe. Vs. Wade” to establish their credibility on the subject of women’s bodies, yet they combine the irony of asking women how they’d “like to have their bodies restricted”, which is obviously something which no woman actually wants. The article starts by presenting absurd examples such as “maybe ...