Black holes given a politically correct name

The Daily Redundancy ^

[chordmaster]

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The International Space Nomenclature Council today adopted the term 'emplacements de hauts gravité super' - or 'super high gravity locations' - as the official replacement name for black holes. Originally named in reference to the fact that light cannot escape their intense gravity, the term 'black hole' was increasingly criticized as being insensitive to African-Americans and African-Europeans...

[SunkenCiv]

that’s not specific to black holes. :’)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_singularity

[MacDorcha]

The fact that this is satire escaping so many people’s notice is very telling of the times we live in.

When something like this is “plausible” and “not suprising” enough to ping a few people into questioning it’s validity... the world is more f-ed than we can imagine!

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Nokidi Imsure, Professor of Astronomic Anthropology at Howyflyl University. “You would definitely want to cross the street if you saw one coming.”

hehehehehehe

[Publius6961]

Well then, I guess the term “black ice” would really get these people exercised!

How about 'black body' as used in the study of physics?
How about tubes of paint? "Paint of color"? how silly is that?

[Publius6961]

OK, you have that one fixed, now what about Uranus?

You go ahead and worry about Uranus.
I'm still stressed out about Pluto...

Just saying.

[absolootezer0]

African-Europeans...

rofl!! that's the first time i've actually heard this. someone must have finally smacked the reporters for refering to black englishmen as african americans.

[Wyatt's Torch]

What would someone who was black immigrated to the US from Europe be called? African-European-American?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

What a stupid article.

[absolootezer0]

ever see domino? there’s a lady in there that explains it..

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Jerry Springer: OK, as I understand it, you brought a mixed-race flow chart with you. Why don’t we bring that out?
Lateesha Rodriguez: How you doin’, sugar? All right. I’m gonna call you later. Mwah. All right.
Lateesha Rodriguez: Take a look at this... Blactino, blackasian, hispasian, OK? Now, for the Asian subcategories- I got you, sister. We have chinegro right here. That’s you. Chinegro.
Chinegro Woman: That’s not a word! That’s not a word!
Lateesha Rodriguez: Yes, it is, sister. We have koreagro. Japegro, OK? Chispanic, koreaspanic, and last but not least, check this out, y’all... japanic.

Lateesha Rodriguez: That’s how I flow with it!
Jerry Springer: Do you believe the government should recognise these racial subgroups?
Lateesha Rodriguez: Yes, Jerry, I do.

[Dinsdale]

The real reason is that if you translate ‘Black hole’ literally into Russian and several other languages it becomes an idiom that means exactly what you think it means.

Potentially leads to doctors showing up a astrophysics conventions.

[litehaus]

Word is that they .........................Can I ask who THEY are?...LOL.....

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Bro’holes????

[Enterprise]

"Can I ask who THEY are?"

No. But you can who they is.

[snowsislander]

Can someone explain to be how that is being insensitive?

I hate whining victim groups claiming exclusive ownership of a word defining a color forpetesake!

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[ken21]

they need an enema.

[irishtenor]

Mine’s alright, how’s yours?

[Killborn]

So instead of saying “zebras have black and white stripes I should say that they have “white and African American stripes?”

Idiots.

[Wyatt's Torch]

LMAO! That’s great stuff!

[spotbust1]

Oh yes we can !!! Wait, you said HOLES, with an L. Sorry, my bad. Continue on.

[spotbust1]

Let me help here. Here are the new correct words.

Holes of color,
Top of color.
Ice of color.
Jack of color.

Need I go on?

[spotbust1]

Hey, quit picking on poor Snow White. Oh wait her too not just the dwarves.