Great influence
2026-05-19 23:54 UTC
Replies (5)
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 00:01
Awesome now I have to hate Thomas the Tank Engine
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@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2026-05-20 03:01
Cue Thomas the Dank Engine
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@LodeMike@lemmy.today 2026-05-20 03:48
Who?
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@58008@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 04:04
The intent and impact of the word was a lot different back then, certainly so outside of the US, but still, using a subset of humanity as a stand-in for an adjective is pretty grim stuff. Shows how little was thought of them. Like if the characters had instead become white from a flour mill explosion, it’s unlikely they’d have been described as being “as white as scampering little crackers”.
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@cowboydan@quokk.au 2026-05-20 00:11
https://www.scribd.com/document/899239966/Henry-the-Green-Engine-1951-Scanned-by-ThatERTLGuy Page 60. Published in 1950, and retracted in 1972 from my quick research.