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I remember the first time I flew in the mid eighties. The plane was a twelve seater, the pilot asked for one of the passengers to sit up front and 'be' the copi
by cam_l 6y ago
I remember the first time I flew in the mid eighties. The plane was a twelve seater, the pilot asked for one of the passengers to sit up front and 'be' the copilot. When it came time to hand out the refreshments, he would get the copilot to pull drinks out of the eski, and pitch the plane up so they could roll the drinks down the aisle.
- tricolon 6y agoeski?
- jchallis 6y agoCooler. Some folks refer to this as an Eskimo, a non PC term for the Inuit.
- rhn_mk1 6y agoWhat makes "Eskimo" not politically correct?
- thg 6y agoIt's a rather demeaning term and means "meat devourer" or "meat muncher" (loosely translated).
- capableweb 6y agoThat doesn't seem to be accurate. First, Eskimos and Inuits are not necessarily referring to the same people, and Eskimo seems to come from Algonquian and means "snowshoe-netter" or "to net snowshoes", at least as far as I gather from some quick searching.
- asutekku 6y agoIf you would’ve read the whole NPR article, you would’ve realized that the “snowshoe-netter” is relatively new theory and does not suddenly remove the racist connotations the word itself used to have.
- bookofjoe 6y ago>Edmonton to drop 'Eskimos' name https://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-cfl-franchise-to-drop-eskimos-name-1.1496402 https://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-cfl-franchise-to-drop-eskimos-na...
- javagram 6y agoFWIW, https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/24/475129558/why-you-probably-shouldnt-say-eskimo https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/24/4751295... > But now there's a new theory. According to the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, linguists believe the word Eskimo actually came from the French word esquimaux, meaning one who nets snowshoes. [. . .] But the correction to the etymological record came too late to rehabilitate the word Eskimo. [. . .] Many Native Alaskans still refer to themselves as Eskimos, in part because the word Inuit isn't part of the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia. So it’s considered non-PC because for a while an incorrect etymology of “meat muncher” was used
- bookofjoe 6y ago>Reports: Edmonton CFL club will drop 'Eskimos' name https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/29482242/edmonton-cfl-club-drop-eskimos-name https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/29482242/edmonton-cfl-c...
- capableweb 6y agoNot sure if I'm missing something, but the article never outlines what actually makes "Eskimo" offensive, just that sponsors think it is.
- DanBC 6y agohttps://www.uaf.edu/anlc/resources/inuit_or_eskimo.php https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/resources/inuit_or_eskimo.php > Although the name "Eskimo" was commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this usage is now considered unacceptable by many or even most Alaska Natives, largely since it is a colonial name imposed by non-Indigenous people. Alaska Natives increasingly prefer to be known by the names they use in their own languages, such as Inupiaq or Yupik. "Inuit" is now the current term in Alaska and across the Arctic, and "Eskimo" is fading from use. The Inuit Circumpolar Council prefers the term "Inuit" but some other organizations use "Eskimo".
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- centimeter 6y agoEsky - it's a brand of cooler. Or just a generic term for "eskimo cooler".
- runarberg 6y agoyuk, that sounds racist.
- centimeter 6y agoIt makes me sad that we've sacrificed many genuinely human moments like this to modernity.
- ArkVark 6y agoIt has been sacrificed due to an ideology which is inherently non-modern, to be fair (and if that ideology was better contained or eliminated we would be better off).
- pbourke 6y agoCare to unpack this? The two ideologies that come to mind when I think of air travel are process improvement and safety theatre.
- mangamadaiyan 6y agoI think the GP is referring to a specific ideology which (like all others of its ilk) involves supernatural entities. Personally, I think the situation merits a bit more nuance than pinning the blame on just one ideology -- but this is a discussion I would not want to start, so I'll just leave it at that. (Edited for clarity and typos.).
- renewiltord 6y agoThe cockpit door is shut and locked not due to safety theatre but actual safety. The ideology he’s talking about is Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, though to be honest, that tends to happen. Exploitable opportunities eventually get shaved away just due to the volume of attacks. Once upon a time computers were simple, then we needed anti-worm stuff. Such is life.
- Waterfall 6y agoWhat do you mean? I remember the pre 9/11 days, and they were fun. I was a kid that would sit with the pilots on the jumbo jets and take pictures with them and the flight attendants, who would give me extra tomato juice. Didn't happen after 9/11 though.
- refurb 6y agoI wasn't asked to be co-pilot, but I flew on Cape Air which is a small airline based around, you guessed it, Cape Cod (well, mostly connecting small airports in MA, ME, NH, VT, etc to Boston Logan). It was a 6 (maybe 8) seater and one of the seats is next to the pilot in the co-pilot seat, which I was lucky enough to get. Landed in a snowstorm which was a bit nerve wracking as I got total spatial disorientation with the light reflecting off the snow passing the windshield.
- em-bee 6y agoi am trying to picture this in my head. the food cart is empty. we need to bring it back to the front for a refill. nosedive...
- jlg23 6y agoFive years ago, in between the Guyanas, also a 12 seater: My lighter gets confiscated by security, while all other passengers put their handguns and magazines into ziplock bags, which are thrown into a postbag, which ends up, open, next to the pilot, just in front of me. During take-off the pilot lights a cigarette for himself, passes me the lighter with the word "open the window, please".
- selimthegrim 6y agoPlease let it be a gun shaped lighter.