Do you find the term "meat market" (as used in its social context) to be highly offensive ?

by Mike Posted 2013/01/15 17:37:02

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	Yes	11 votes	13%
	No	66 votes	77%
	Undecided	6 votes	7%
	All of the above	0 votes	0%
	None of the above	3 votes	3%

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cc 2013/02/15 08:44:59

No

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What's not to love?

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ArisBoch 2013/01/31 09:54:53

No

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Nah.

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susiequest 2013/01/24 15:00:17

Yes

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Especially when you local store sells and the new manger decides to put the panty hose right in front of the meat.

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Mike to susiequest 2013/01/24 18:07:28

sounds gross !! lol

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susiequest to Mike 2013/01/25 04:19:58

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Trust know one but me or your hairdresser it was. If you knew the rest of the story which you never will you would think gross grosser grossest

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Bronar 2013/01/18 15:04:09

No

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Some joints are meat markets, plain and simple.

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AM 2013/01/18 13:44:38

No

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I find it a highly accurate descriptive of the dating scene. From bars to dating sites to chat rooms it all fits.Something I want no part of whether it be exposure myself or exposure to those who partake.Not a judgement of those who do just a personal standard.

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deidara.trueart 2013/01/17 01:56:45

No

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just sad

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Mike to deidara... 2013/01/24 18:08:50

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Essentially the dating scene boils down to playing a game of musical chairs (musical hook-up in this case) lol

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Cynthia 2013/01/16 13:44:24

No

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But then again I use term.

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KittΣnclysm 2013/01/16 11:33:07

No

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I had to ask urban dictionary. I'm a square.

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Blueskys 2013/01/16 04:44:17

No

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I think losers in the social arena tend to use terms like that. They have more time to think about it.

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Mike to Blueskys 2013/01/24 19:37:10
rusty.barnett.16 2013/01/16 03:19:01

No

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I don't like meat from social media. I go Here!!!!!! LOL

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MapoTofu 2013/01/16 01:30:41

No

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You know what I find offensive? People who are always finding offense with colloquial expressions and trying to make the rest of us change the way we refer to something because they selfishly whine about how their selective sensibilities are offended by words. Grow the f++k up! And have a great day! :-D

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Marcus Clark 2013/01/16 00:46:39

No

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It is a very descriptive term that accurately portrays the attitudes and methods of certain people in certain circumstances. When it is appropriately used, there is nothing offensive about it. When it is inappropriately used it is senseless and inaccurate, therefore there is nothing there to get offended by.

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sglmom 2013/01/16 00:38:47

Yes

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Even worse than being called a 'meat market' ..
is the horrid (and definitely pathetic in a very sad, sad (sometimes disturbing way)
the pick up lines ...
some truly deserve to be slapped into the next dimension ..
(that is how offensive/rude/disgusting they are .. )

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sglmom to sglmom 2013/01/16 00:42:15

+1
PS ..
I go to a local BUTCHER ..
(or the Amish Market) to get my fresh proteins ..
I know the source (including how I raise my own livestock)
and I know the meat is fresh indeed ..
all properly flash-frozen for stocking the freezer for the season ..

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Blueskys to sglmom 2013/01/16 05:03:24

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I wonder what they say. Maybe it works sometimes?
Sometimes you see guys walk into a club, say a few words to a girl, and next thing they are walking out together. What did he say?

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sglmom to Blueskys 2013/01/16 10:15:57

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THAT is easy to know what was discussed ..
for the world over ..
there are such we call (oh, what's the most polite term for this)
GOLD DIGGERS ..

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.: LiVi :. 2013/01/16 00:19:06

No

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We are all meat for sale. As long as we can all accept it and laugh at ourselves no harm done.

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mytstar 2013/01/15 23:49:39

No

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I find the term Meat Market to be highly accurate

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Robin 2013/01/15 23:40:02

No

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I find very little offends me lol I have a sense of humor

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eleonora.gozzini 2013/01/15 23:06:58

No

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No, it's the honest truth about our world in which we buy and sell each other, anyone who plays offended is not in touch with reality or self honest about it yet.

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yaaarrrggghhh 2013/01/15 22:57:17

No

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I always thought it was "meet market". I guess it works either way.

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Marcus ... to yaaarrr... 2013/01/16 00:48:08

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It can be used that way as a "play on words."

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intolerantrwj 2013/01/15 22:22:18

No

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...... depends who is around me and if they can hear/see

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Sophia(SoSo) 2013/01/15 22:10:08

Undecided

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Never heard of it. IF I did, then no.

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rbeas 2013/01/15 21:51:52

No

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I find so little offensive socially

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Alice Burrows 2013/01/15 21:14:29

Undecided

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I don't know what it means :s

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naked_and_barefoot 2013/01/15 20:54:23

No

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It is just a saying. Why get upset.

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dobbs.christina 2013/01/15 20:22:04

None of the above

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Not offensive but the assumption that ALL people hang out in a bar/club for only one reason..sometimes us girls just want to drink, dance, hang out....

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mytstar to dobbs.c... 2013/01/15 23:53:42

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you can do that at home .... it the idea of socializing with the opposite sex or at least acting interesting while they are watching you ... that brings people together at bars

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Chuck 2013/01/15 20:19:01

No

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It's just a matter of where my mind is at the time.

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Darr247 2013/01/15 20:09:15

No

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It's no more offensive than "sausage fest"

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no no 2013/01/15 19:34:33

None of the above

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Rasberry wrote: " ...our single-minded insistence on 'rights, or finely honed ability to find offense where none is intended, is endangering the graciousness---the ordinary civility---that makes it possible for societies to function."'

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mitchell.genevieve@gmail.com 2013/01/15 19:27:25

No

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I watched a programme last night about young people behaving abominably in Kavos Greece. I felt sorry for the indigenous Greeks who have to put up with this bacchinalia - and the young people were there to get very drunk and have sex, so the term meat market could aptly describe that situation. Lady Gaga had a dress made of meat. The meaning of the word carnival is a festival of the flesh (or meat).

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kat 2013/01/15 19:24:11

None of the above

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Unfortunately, I find it an accurate representation of what some people really mean. There are so many more highly offensive terms to choose from like "Friends with Benefits" that, that one seems more commonplace.

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Ha'ouli 2013/01/15 19:19:36

Undecided

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well it used to mean one thing and now it means another. it used to mean a party or bar or venue of some sort where there were plenty of available women who LIKED being available. now I think it means the same as a sausage fest, which is a party where there are NO available women that are in any way interested in being available (often 1 or 2 women and like 50 guys). So now I find it quite offensive (as well as off- putting) but i used to LOVE the term.

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Drageona 2013/01/15 19:05:12

No

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I was born in the east and mama always sent me to the meat market with a note to what she wanted. When we moved to Calif. we could not find one and mama was mad, cause it meant she had to go and pick out the meat that was already wrapped.
But now they have meat markets here in AZ and we shop at them all the time...

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