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by sago 1937 days ago
> 'blacklist'.. is as logically coherent ... 'black pudding'

Really? Regardless of what you think about racism, I don't want to be funny isn't it obvious that one is a metaphor and one isn't?

This is not a racism question, but would you think 'Concrete' in 'ConcreteList' is functionally the same as in 'Concrete road'?

I can't imagine how a blacklist is the colour black. Blood sausage is. Except the Irish version I know. Which is called white pudding.

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They said banning one was "as logically coherent as" banning the other, not that one was functionally the same as the other. (But since we're on this tangent, the only black pudding I've encountered was (admittedly dark) red, not black. Also revolting, but supposedly that's normal?)