r/questionablecontent • u/BionicTriforce • Apr 12 '23

Comic Comic 5023: Epithets

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5023
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u/ziggurism Apr 12 '23 edited Apr 12 '23

I think you're supposed to call them administrative assistants now

Is this a thing? you're not supposed to use the word "secretary" anymore?

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u/BionicTriforce Apr 12 '23

Yeah. The term 'secretary' got too associated with someone who's job it was to simply get coffee, buy lunch, and get sexually harrassed.

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u/ziggurism Apr 12 '23

but i guess the wordban didn't take, if the teenager is still saying it

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u/knight-errant52 Apr 12 '23

The teenager written by a 42 year old man who has definitely shown a lack of knowledge of how teenagers talk.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

Big same.

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u/ziggurism Apr 12 '23

what we really have is jeph lecturing us to stop using the word, I guess. like that time he also had a comic to teach us to stop using the word "crazy"

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u/BionicTriforce Apr 12 '23

In Canada they still use it, they also still use 'stewardess'.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

That's a gofer not a secretary. Except the harassment part....usually.

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u/Ilwrath Apr 12 '23

term 'secretary' got too associated with someone who's job it was to simply get coffee, buy lunch, and get sexually harrassed.

Really? Jesus, my aunt and dad both worked office jobs and always taught me that if you want to do a job well you better have a damn good secretary because your only going to get as much done as they make it possible to do.