Spokesman = Spokesfighter
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MANKIND = FIGHTERKIND
Fits in perfectly with my headcanon that we're the real space orks all along
The only real 'other' are the Tyranids and maybe the Necron, rest are based on different aspects of humanity like any other fantasy world
So yeah i agree :)
hufighter
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Policeman = Peoplefighter
Policeman = Domestic abuser by statistics.
i know it's a meme, but "man" originally meant something like -person (though that was like 1,000 years ago).
that said, how about these
firefighter
mailhander
fisher
bootlicker
spokesperson
garbager
garbager
That would be you. The person emptying your trash bin should be called degarbager.
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Hnmm hold on hear me out. Garbagier
In the book series the expanse, which takes place a couple hundred years in the future, terms like sir are gender neutral. Women in charge are often referred to as sir. I think that's what'll happen irl, hopefully. I use guys as a gender neutral term and always have, and I will not stop!
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Bring it back. Call them wermen from now on.
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I always find it extra funny when some communist (or themed account) calls police bootlicker.
Like, not implying the police not being bootlickers in most countries here, but of the countries where authoritarians are / were good at licking boots communist' ones sure as hell are prominent in the top 10.
communist (or themed account)
What do you mean by this? There are many accounts here on Lemmy who defend authoritarian countries but scrolling through OPs posts, I don't see any that would fit the description.
Communist is a word that can mean anything at this point so please be a little more precise and maybe backup your argument.
They meant the OOP account in the screenshot (8 Bit Communism).
Ok, that makes more sense. The hammer and sickle is a clear indicator. Thanks, now I get it.
What do you mean. We had communism for 60,000 years here in Australia and we didn't need cops at all until the white people came and started doing slavery. The cops were for catching slaves.
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its because america spent years to confuse socialist/democratic/leftist... with the overarching evil and ominous communist (red scare)
so even the "left" thinking people confuse it
Isn't communism a classless, stateless, moneyless gift economy?
And wasn't the USSR the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? As in, socialism (so-called), not communism?
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There is no country authoritanism trend doesn't touch. Soviets or Cuba are not the only models of communism. Far from it
Boxer: Fighterfighter
Bouncer: Fightfighter
Teddy Bear: Frightfighter
I believe Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics first made this joke, in 2013:
https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2460
It has always stuck with me since.
I mentally read all of these like I was the announcer from Super Smash Bros
Seamstress - Seamfighter
I've met female taxi drivers, female security guards, one female builder even, but I've never met a "garbage woman". Maybe the nasty smell is just too potent? Women do have very strong noses. 🤔
You wouldn't find the others a few decades ago and people came up with reasons why. Turns out they were wrong so maybe your reason is wrong as well.
I've met a garbage woman once. She didn't work in waste disposal though.
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I've seen a couple in the UK. Driving the trucks and loading garbage bins onto the truck. Here they don't have to carry the garbage, they roll the bin into position behind the truck. Still physically demanding, but not quite like carrying heavy garbage bags all day.
They exist, I lady a garbage lady for a while. My sister in law is head of collections for a large city. She doesn't actually touch the garbage though.
I think I have seen once in Belgium or somewhere in western Europe.
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How are police the bootlickers? Police are the bootwear-ers. They lick their own boots?
Those who support the fascist actions of the police are the bootlickers..
They lick the oligarchs' boots by insisting we lick their boots. It's bootlicking all the way up.
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Shaman = Shafighter
I get it, but not nice to fetish shame ... Not all bootlickers are pigs
The police wear the boots tho
You should see the flexibility they demonstrate to both wear and lick boots.
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Iv wanted to be a garbage fighter since I was a wee lad
Woman -> Woperson
I think you meant wofighter.
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