Qanon

[Hermit]

You know that before WWII, 'eskimo' was a euphemism in polite society for things that should really never be said or take place anywhere within reach of polite society?

Do you have a source for that?

No straight source stating it that way... but a bawdy song or two with that word in the title, mentions in passing in literature, more clues than straight evidence.

Bawdy songs are clues?

[Svartalf]

what, did some stupid yellow press mag print an interview of sarah palin?

[L'Emmerdeur]

My curiosity is easily piqued, so I did some looking. I found an English Stack Exchange discussion of the term 'Eskimo brothers.' Since Svartalf has been circumspect, I don't know if this is what he was referring to.

[Cunt]

The term 'Eskimo' appears in the ngram viewer in 1500, then again a teeny bit in 1600, then very rarely until about 1800. First appears in the search uncapitalized around 1580

I wasn't much of a reader back then.

ETA - 'Esquimault' doesn't appear until the mid 1800's

[JimC]

dafuq

dafuqu!

[Hermit]

My curiosity is easily piqued, so I did some looking. I found an English Stack Exchange discussion of the term 'Eskimo brothers.' Since Svartalf has been circumspect, I don't know if this is what he was referring to.

Your link concentrates on cospousalism among some Inuits. You could argue that is one of those "things that should really never be said or take place anywhere within reach of polite society", but I think the reason for the change from Eskimo to Inuit is more likely the one I quoted above.

Cospousalism among some Inuits has been known for a lot longer than the discussion at the Stack Exchange would have you believe. I remember hearing a joke about it years before the internet became popular. Probably in the late 60s or very early 70s. It is about a explorer who kept bragging about one of his journeys at parties in the presence of his wife, where an Eskimo let him share his own wife in their igloo for two weeks while they were waiting for a snowstorm to abate. The explorer got his comeuppance when the very same Inuit appeared at the couple's doorstep. He had come to town as a participant in a conference scheduled to last for ten days, and asked if he could stay in their apartment in order to save money. Before the explorer could reply, his wife gave him an enthusiastic "Yes".

[rainbow]

...back to Qonan.

Some say he's quite a Buff Fellow.

[rainbow]

[Scot Dutchy]

If they had a brain between them they would be dangerous.

[NineBerry]

[Tero]

QAnon logic

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It must be true! He said it!

[Cunt]

So these are the guys that nearly overthrowed the US?

Tens of thousands of guardsmen should do the trick.

[Sean Hayden]

What are they supposed to look like? You do know the really threatening terrorists you're imagining just look like goofy people too right?

I mean, look at this goofy bastid!



Or what about these three scary dudes!?

[NineBerry]

It's not like the guy dressed as Ronald McDonald is the one flipping the burgers at the restaurants.

[Cunt]

I would have expected balanced responses to riots/civil unrest.

This q-clown 'insurrection' looked a lot less dangerous than other recent events.