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I think tokenadult's nickname is a reference to tokenism[1]. It's a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that he's the acting adult amongst a group of children. Just a
by groovy2shoes 13y ago
I think tokenadult's nickname is a reference to tokenism[1]. It's a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that he's the acting adult amongst a group of children. Just a joke.
If that is correct, then tokenwoman would be the one woman in a group of men. It's a joke within a joke, though unfortunately one with echoes of truth, statistically speaking.
Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism
- elohesra 13y ago> Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. Please do not tell me to 'cool my jets'; this isn't 4chan. Now that the parent has explained what she meant, it's clear that it had nothing to do with conflating Woman and Adult. That said, if it had meant what I thought it meant then it would have been worth calling out, whether offense was intended or not.
- croisillon 13y agoExcuse me, but... did you say "parent"? So you think you're a child?
- LukeShu 13y agoNot quite, tokenadult's username isn't not a tongue-in-cheek insinuation. The username originated on a website (http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/) where the majority of users actually are children, and he just chose to re-use that identity.