Apparently Germany's Chio Chips created gender chips

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 01/17/2015 at 14:04 • Filed to: None

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Because obviously there's no way guys would like "creamy paprika" and girls can't go anywhere near something called "flamed BBQ".

yamahog > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:14

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Everyone just loves Pointlessly Gendered Products!!

Both those flavors sound good but kinda boring, clearly needed some $candal to get some sales.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:18

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I'll do you one better, right here in America.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 01/17/2015 at 14:27

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Bic is a French company.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > yamahog 01/17/2015 at 14:31

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I was expecting such thing from a little company from the South, owned by a crazy religious jerkwad or a Middle Eastern company but this, with Germany's history, really?

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:33

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Indeed. They make products designed by Laszlo Biro who was Hungarian.

Ballpoint pens are called Biros after him.

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:35

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Mädels is a German word? Seemingly so.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 14:40

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No idea, my German skills are basic to none.

Being 40% German, doesn't seem to help, if you're not learning the language.

Klaus Schmoll > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:41

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What do gendered potato chips have to do with Germany's history?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 14:42

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One problem, southern women love barbecue.

For Sweden > yamahog 01/17/2015 at 14:45

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Embrace Spanish or other Romantic languages, and EVERYTHING can be of gender!

For Sweden > Klaus Schmoll 01/17/2015 at 14:47

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They didn't teach you about the Great Sausage Segregation of Friedrich III?

Wow, Germans really are trying to bury their history!

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Klaus Schmoll 01/17/2015 at 14:51

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Well, from what I know, Germany(notably in empire mode) always been a bit more traditionalist and patriarchal, and the Nazi regime appointed women with the roles of mothers and spouses, excluding them from all positions of responsibility, especially in the political and academic spheres.

yamahog > For Sweden 01/17/2015 at 14:53

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La bicicleta! That hussy!

El lapiz! That prick!

APSpanishskills

Manuél Ferrari > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 15:01

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I want the creamy paprika ones

Klaus Schmoll > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 15:34

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It is. Basically means "girls". Not that you wouldn't have guessed that already.

Cé hé sin > Klaus Schmoll 01/17/2015 at 15:47

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Indeed. I've only ever heard of Mädchen because school didn't extend as far as German.

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 15:49

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Why not? Boys' and girls' crisps have nothing to do with religious fundamentalism or fascism.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 16:02

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Because most religious nutjobs promote gender inequality, considering women to be inferior to men.

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 16:08

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Hardly an unusual policy at the time though.

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 16:14

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Speaking of crisps and sexism...

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 16:30

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I'm not talking about then. I'm talking about now.

In Germany's case, I'm gonna say it's just stupid marketing, just like the Bic pen.

But go to the American South or to Islamic countries and ask random people if women are/should be equal to men.

This is the honest opinion of Turkey's president, and we use to consider Turks as the relatively sane and secularist muslims.

Of course, Erdogan is not a jackass only when it comes to women, he is a jackass when it comes to everyone who doesn't agree to him.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 16:45

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British need to use the correct term.

They're chips, not crisps. Americans use that word. Germans use it. Most of the world use it, but not the British.

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/17/2015 at 16:58

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I'm not from Britain and neither was the ad. Doesn't stop them being crisps here. Most of the world doesn't speak English and so doesn't use either word.

These are chips:

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 17:17

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The British also need to give credit for the French fries to the French, or to the Belgians, I don't care, and start using the proper word for chips.

Also, fries taste batter with mayo than with ketchup.

Klaus Schmoll > Cé hé sin 01/17/2015 at 17:49

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It's from the same word family. Mädel is a tiny bit more derogatory if I can say so. Absolutely accepted in everyday life but you wouldn't want to use it in an academic context.

dogisbadob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/18/2015 at 10:35

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No wonder their pens suc

dogisbadob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/18/2015 at 10:35

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Do they grow hair when you eat them?

dogisbadob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/18/2015 at 10:36

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shouldn't the feminine form be Chia?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > dogisbadob 01/18/2015 at 10:47

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No, humans growing hair is just another evolutionary trace that need to go. We don't need to grow hair on our bodies to keep us warm, that's why we wear, fucking clothes, for.

dogisbadob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/18/2015 at 10:55

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You didn't see what I did there. Chio, that's like Chia, you know, those Chia pet plants?

Ch-ch-ch-chia :p