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MesaVerde87 t1_jd503dm wrote

What color? Sprinkles are rainbow, Jimmies are chocolate.

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snerdaferda t1_jd5n7jz wrote

But somehow, nobody makes the connection that this is kinda shitty and we should stop calling them that. Calling them sprinkles despite growing up calling them Jimmies has not caused a major inconvenience in my life.

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avrilfan12341 t1_jd6to5r wrote

As far as I'm aware, they're named after an employee named James. "Jimmies" being racist was just something people assumed.

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Cantide756 t1_jdalcoc wrote

The worst is always assumed. Better than those baby shaped chocolates

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wern00 t1_jddtoep wrote

"Sidney Farber, a cancer researcher in Boston, founded a charity named after one of his patients called The Jimmy Fund. His nephew opened an ice cream restaurant called Brigham's and charged an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on a cone, which benefited The Jimmy Fund."

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snerdaferda t1_jddu21u wrote

But most people associate “Jimmies” with referring to Jim Crow instead, and that’s the important part. It’s like the Mandela affect of racism.

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pornplz22526 t1_jdiwrlk wrote

Nope. Most people being idiots who literally invented a false history should never be a viable argument.

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snerdaferda t1_jdj53ko wrote

Well we teach how the Indians taught the pilgrims to farm and everyone got along and that’s thanksgiving so

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pornplz22526 t1_jdjj4w8 wrote

Thanksgiving is literally just a harvest feast. Correct the origins and move on.

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snerdaferda t1_jdktqui wrote

Right so we should be telling the whole story? That’s kind of the whole point, isn’t it.

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pornplz22526 t1_jdl6qaw wrote

Racism isn't part of Jimmies' story, though. It's fiction.

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IAmAn_Anne t1_jd5ciw1 wrote

I’m glad someone else said this too. The question made me hesitate and think more than it should have. (I am sick right now though, so I’m a little dumb) I had to mentally put myself back into the ice cream places of my youth to figure out why I couldn’t answer it. Jimmies, yes correct, but also rainbow sprinkles XD

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Obahmah t1_jd5ey1b wrote

I moved to Florida a few years back... got some interesting looks in the Publix (that's like the Market Basket of FL)

Standing in the confectionery aisle "OK yeah You want to Jimmies or Sprinkles"

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Jrzgrl1119 t1_jd5kbls wrote

Publix is nicer than market basket! I miss Publix! I love their ice tea and fried chicken! 😩

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lizyouwerebeer t1_jd5m1ts wrote

How am I the only person who calls rainbow/chocolate jimmies??? I know I'm not the only one because I grew up going to ice cream shops that called them that too!

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NHiker469 t1_jdak0my wrote

You aren’t allowed to say Jimmie’s anymore. RACIST SOB.

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PM_Georgia_Okeefe t1_jd5acyu wrote

Those are two different things. Jimmies are chocolate. Sprinkles are multi colored.

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gman2391 t1_jd5k2q0 wrote

Nah dude, rainbow jimmies. Sprinkles are different

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Carteeg_Struve t1_jd5yxa5 wrote

Rainbow and jimmies just doesn’t work together. It’s like saying pineapple with pizza.

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jjmenace t1_jd5zopf wrote

There is no evidence that the name is racist. https://www.boston.com/food/food/2015/06/21/is-it-racist-to-call-them-jimmies/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmies-etymology/

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CrimsonTerror57 t1_jdaj9dh wrote

Hol up, people really have a problem with a name for an ice cream topping? Of all things?

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longlostgem t1_jd7fmjh wrote

Go say it to a little black girl’s face while you’re ordering and convince her you’re not trying to be offensive. I was made so uncomfortable when I used to work at JP Licks on Newbury St. I just tacked it onto the list of things white ppl do that make us feel shitty about but can’t do anything about. I just smiled and nodded it away. The history doesn’t matter, it’s the connotation. And frankly my friends you can’t change how it makes non-whites feel. The rest of the country has no problem calling chocolate or rainbow- sprinkles. The ppl who care enough will change their ways and the nonempathetics will keep do their thing knowingly. That’s just how ppl are- stuck in their bubbles only thinking about themselves and no one else around them.

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jjmenace t1_jd7zb7p wrote

Sorry you've been put through the ringer on this topic. I think this world would be a better place if people knew the facts before spouting implications but that's not the world we live in anymore, the facts don't matter and people have no problem crushing someone else in the name of love.

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LeverTech t1_jd58xqy wrote

If you don’t call them Jimmies, you’re probably a fresh transplant.

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LFRebel_603 t1_jd5iqnx wrote

Jimmies are chocolate and sprinkles are the colorful ones.

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exhaustedretailwench t1_jd5jimv wrote

chocolate jimmies, rainbow sprinkles. end of.

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longlostgem t1_jd7fc3q wrote

Go say it to a little black girl’s face while you’re ordering and convince her you’re not trying to be offensive. I was made so uncomfortable when I used to work at JP Licks on Newbury St. I just tacked it onto the list of things white ppl do that make us feel shitty about but can’t do anything about. I just smiled and nodded it away. The history doesn’t matter, it’s the connotation. And frankly my friends you can’t change how it makes non-whites feel. The rest of the country has no problem calling chocolate or rainbow- sprinkles. The ppl who care enough will change their ways and the nonempathetics will keep do their thing knowingly. That’s just how ppl are- stuck in their bubbles only thinking about themselves and no one else around them.

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Jimbohamilton t1_jd5lb6m wrote

I hate to break it to you guys, but you can't say "jimmies" anymore.

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asphynctersayswhat t1_jd5x6rp wrote

That’s bullshit. Jimmies is a specifically New England term that has its roots in a confectioner in Rhode Island who used a cheese grater on a chocolate bar to shave on ice cream. His name was Jim.

It’s been retconned by some dumbass virtue signaler to be tied to Jim Crow - New England had no Jim Crow states. I’m all for inclusive language, but it’s dangerous to give people this kind of power over how we speak. Yes jimmies is a trivial thing, but it’s indicative of what misinformation can do.

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BeemHume t1_jd660is wrote

"According to the Boston Globe, one potentially viable origin story for the sprinkles term comes from confectionary company Just Born—the monster best known for Easter’s most divisive treat, the Peep. The company doesn’t give a hard date on the invention, but credits the name to the employee who invented them (his name was Jimmy, obviously)."

*Just Born is a PA company

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ShortUSA t1_jd7gp71 wrote

Don't believe everything you hear, read, or dream up, much less parrot it. Unless you're goal is to appear crazy.

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Puzzleheaded-Row-511 t1_jd5gl3z wrote

I grew up in Boston. We always called them jimmies. The first time I heard sprinkles, I wasn't sure what it meant. Thought it was something else LoL.

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rudyattitudedee t1_jd5q8al wrote

My parents and grandparents called them Jimmie’s or rainbow Jimmie’s lol

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Puzzleheaded-Row-511 t1_jd5rmer wrote

Exactly! Never sprinkles. Always jimmies 😊

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rudyattitudedee t1_jd5weix wrote

I read way too much about the history of Jimmie’s on wiki, since that’s who I am as a Person, and New England and Philly are the only places we commonly call any sprinkles “Jimmie’s” in America.

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raptorjesus2 t1_jd5klc7 wrote

No. They are named after the machinist (who ran the machine) that was the first to be used to make Jimmies. Look up the story and please stop spreading this misconception

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pillbinge t1_jd5ftph wrote

No, and this comes up so much that I wonder if people like you are just saying that to stir conversation. You can Google it.

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WelfarePeanutButter t1_jd54dg2 wrote

There’s no real consensus as to why we use the term, but there’s some solid evidence that it’s due to the color association with “Jim Crow.” I err on the side of caution with this one.

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PM_Georgia_Okeefe t1_jd5aqmi wrote

There’s more evidence that it was because Brigham’c Ice Cream shops used to donate all proceeds of the chocolate sprinkles add-on to the Jimmy Fund.

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pillbinge t1_jd5fx1b wrote

What's that "solid evidence" no article has ever listed? And if it's from Jim Crow, why don't other parts of the country even know the term? I asked a girl for jimmies in the South and she was amazingly confused.

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WelfarePeanutButter t1_jd5mqn4 wrote

You know what? I’m going to eat my hat a bit on this. I had read the Vice article someone else mentioned on this thread not too long ago (my sister owns an ice cream shop, and we were discussing this very issue) and I remembered it as having actual evidence in it. It does not, and coupled with other articles I’ve just read, it is likely not true.

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Rooster_Local t1_jd5lgwi wrote

Serious question: what "solid evidence"? Not only have I never seen any solid evidence, I have actually never seen *any* evidence that the etymology of the word comes from Jim Crow or otherwise anything racist.

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Comfortable-Job-6236 t1_jd5qvac wrote

I grew up in Northern NH and never heard anyone call them jimmies ever.

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HeresW0nderwall t1_jd5s9z1 wrote

I call the chocolate ones Jimmies and the rainbow ones sprinkles

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VinsonChe90 t1_jd5y3nc wrote

They are not the same. Jimmies are chocolate and sprinkles are rainbow like others have said.

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Red_Febtober t1_jd62qq6 wrote

Jimmies are Chocolate

Sprinkles are Multicolored

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sername-checksout t1_jd6ovsv wrote

To end the back and forth over whether 'jimmies" is racist or not let's just agree to call all jimmies and sprinkles regardless of color by the obviously superior choice... Fairy shit 🧚‍♂️.

"yeah I'll take a two scoop, and a couple of single scoops for the kids, oh and make sure the fairy shits all over them. Thanks."

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Cantide756 t1_jdam5wn wrote

"Hey, you mind shaking the shit out of that fairy all over my cone?"

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Wifey1786 t1_jd5psmf wrote

Chocolate = Jimmies Rainbow = sprinkles

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FuckM3Tendr t1_jd5nog2 wrote

I don’t eat em so I avoid it altogether lol

Think somebody told me once when I was young “Jimmie’s” was a slur or derogatory word and did my best to avoid it

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tre1001 t1_jd6b5z1 wrote

Jimmies and sprinkles are different things

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Griddler t1_jd5bi67 wrote

Probably already. Somebody people have said this jimmies are chocolate and sprinkles are colored sugar particles and gives us the only way to put it.

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gmcgath t1_jd5cyr9 wrote

I call them sprinkles.

One of the restaurant chains, I forget if it was Brigham's or Friendly's, said in their menus that it was because some mother made them for her son Jimmy's birthday. It never sounded plausible to me that the name would have spread from one party, and I suspect they printed the story only because it sounded cute.

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PM_Georgia_Okeefe t1_jd5lz6w wrote

Brigham’s. They would donate the sale of chocolate sprinkles on sundaes to the Jimmy Fund.

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BigfootJimmy t1_jd5ffyt wrote

282 people from Boston took this poll.

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jeo3b t1_jd6bc7m wrote

Umm both. Jimmy's are chocolate and sprinkles are different colors.

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Zaius1968 t1_jd5baxo wrote

Jimmie’s. As in I’ll have Jimmie’s on my coffee cabinet (if you are from RI)…always.

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lyc17 t1_jd5urgm wrote

Sprinkles

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pointwelltaken t1_jd5vrag wrote

Sprankles but admittedly I’m a transplant from the South.

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Cmama2Boyz t1_jd5xfh9 wrote

I only call them Jimmie’s when we vacation in Maine one week out of the year every August….then it’s back to sprinkles in New York. I know, total poser.

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pewterpetunia t1_jd604eu wrote

How many of you who use the (incorrect) term ‘sprinkles’ actually grew up in NH?

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SeniorBootLance t1_jd68mc4 wrote

I thought Jimmie’s was just “ole timey” for a condom.

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KrissaKray t1_jd7h40e wrote

Came up from southern CT when I was a LITTLE little kid (like 6 or 7) and down there we called them "shots"

I still sporadically call them that for no apparent reason other than demented regression but OTHERWISE? They're jimmies.

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widget_fucker t1_jd9rvn5 wrote

Interchangable. My convictions are weak

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andtheIToldYouSos t1_jd7xrzc wrote

At The Big Catch on Newfound Lake the menu lists them as "rambow sprangles"

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Infinite_Vanilla2243 t1_jd8r8kn wrote

I’ve lived in New Hampshire and Mississippi and I’ll give you one guess as to which one was more racist

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Mynewadventures t1_jd8ug37 wrote

They are two different things. C'mon!

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downArrow t1_jd9o4tq wrote

What? Before reading all the responses, I would claim that they are the same thing. Of course, it has been decades since I've had any jimmies or sprinkles.

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Mynewadventures t1_jd9owww wrote

And you would have been wrong. And you call yourself a New Englander!

Now after reading the responses you know the whole truth, and you can start dropping your "Rs" with a little bit more swagger. Kid. ;)

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ReauxChambeaux t1_jd8yeh0 wrote

That’s like saying apples or motorcycles? Two completely different things

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FavorableState t1_jd9hoi3 wrote

Sprinkles for rainbow,Jimmies for chocolate is the only acceptable answer.

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CrimsonTerror57 t1_jdaiwyt wrote

I've never heard anyone call em Jimmies, but then again I never usually get sprinkles so maybe I'm just not observant.

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zeeke42 t1_jd8fenq wrote

Jimmies are cylindrical, sprinkles are spherical.

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gladysnevermind t1_jd5sipx wrote

Sprinkles are for sissies and children. Any self respecting adult will proudly ask for jimmies on their oreo cookie in a cone.

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DemonDuo t1_jd6cu1h wrote

We have truly fell as a state

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next2021 t1_jd74rao wrote

Friendly’s & Brigham’s always charged extra for Jimmies

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drdactyl t1_jd7gm4y wrote

If you consistently complain about transplants, massholes, or how Cow Hampshire used to be you probably call them jimmies.

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Emsflyer1984 t1_jd5qjue wrote

Never heard of Jimmies until I moved to N.H. Now since I first heard the rumor that “Jimmies” originated as a “racist” term referencing Jim Crow laws, I can’t bring myself to say it. Even though the racist origins have been all but proven false.

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Intelligent_Peace134 t1_jd5a352 wrote

Chocolate shots. I don’t remember a name for the multi-colored shots. I grew up in CT, so it could be regional.

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BooRand t1_jd5m213 wrote

Sprinkles. There’s a reason “jimmies” are only chocolate, it’s a racial thing so i don’t really think I should be saying it. Everyone seems to agree it’s only for chocolate sprinkles but they also seem to think it can’t have anything to do with color 🤷‍♂️

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ExileonShakedownSt t1_jd5ud4g wrote

If you don’t feel comfortable saying it, you do you, but there no evidence Jimmies is a racial thing in this context. Not dismissing Jim Crow one bit, but no one has been able to make a connection to the chocolate sprinkles.

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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_jd5xq79 wrote

Closest I've seen is they nicknamed them after some dude who ran the sprinkle machine lol

But at the end of the day, I don't give a shit what people call sprinkles and I can get how people could take it the wrong way (especially today).

I can get why people could roll their eyes, but it's a weird hill to die on.

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Maldonian t1_jd60rz0 wrote

Anyone caught saying “jimmies” in public might find themselves getting hauled off in a paddy wagon.

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Raindropzonroses t1_jd7c7yq wrote

Yes I called them Jimmies like many of us in this area do but it is racist and we all need to hop on the sprinkles train. 🚂💨

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PM_Georgia_Okeefe t1_jd5aln1 wrote

That’s largely a myth. There’s no set origin of where the name came from, but one of the reason that Jimmies is such a prevalent term in New England is because Brighams ice cream used to donate all proceeds from the sale of chocolate sprinkles to the Jimmy Fund.

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gmcgath t1_jd5dt6i wrote

Nice try.

Snopes says, "No valid reason exists to suppose that 'jimmies' carries a racist meaning or had a racially-charged origin. However, it's difficult to definitively disprove the claim because the term's entry into the English language is downright murky."

But it's such fun to feel superior by making invented claims of racism.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_jd5mtqy wrote

Dang what did they say that made you feel so inferior? This is a common misconception.

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Bada__Ping t1_jd57deo wrote

Jimmy is a historically black name?

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cumsona t1_jd57hs4 wrote

yup

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Bada__Ping t1_jd57u0h wrote

Maybe it’s just me but when I hear Jimmy, I think Buffet, Dean and Neutron lol

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Zeptari t1_jd5a2mk wrote

And Jimmy Johnson… one a race car driver, the other football coach.

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lantonas t1_jd623i1 wrote

That's your white privilege and subconscious racism showing through!

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cumsona t1_jd58290 wrote

i actually just looked it up, and some people think its a reference to Jim Crow, which would actually make a lot more sense

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Griddler t1_jd5bt4z wrote

Well guess what? Everybody loves Jimmy

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thehangel t1_jd537ja wrote

"hundreds and thousands"

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sjm294 t1_jd5qrop wrote

Jimmies is kind of sexist

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Infinite_Vanilla2243 t1_jd6aadg wrote

New Hampshire: the home of “if you say something racist but there aren’t any people of color around, is it still racist?”

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Simon_Jester88 t1_jd5ndm9 wrote

My thoughts, jimmies has undertones because of the whole named after black people thing. I only use jimmies for chocolate, sprinkles for rainbow. I don't think the comparison was made to be racist at the time, why would you name something negatively after all if you were trying to sell it?

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NHiker469 t1_jd5t3vt wrote

I don’t think you can say jimmies anymore lol. Very un PC.

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oldfashioned69 t1_jd55xrk wrote

used to work at an ice cream shop - enough people claimed it's a racial term, so I go with chocolate sprinkles

Vice had an article from a couple years ago

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PowPowPowerCrystal t1_jd5evto wrote

That’s a really poorly written article.

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Bada__Ping t1_jd5laep wrote

This article:

-Jimmies is a regional term from New England but somehow has something to do with the Jim Crow South, although we have 0 evidence of that

-Here are a handful of reasons why the term wouldn’t be racist

-The term is racist

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pornplz22526 t1_jdiygrh wrote

I'm getting really tired of New England being saddled with the historical baggage of other regions...

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raptorjesus2 t1_jd5kydz wrote

You should have corrected them because they were flat out wrong. They are named after the machinist who ran the machine that first created them.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_jd5n0zh wrote

Whoa cool! Is that true? I've never heard that before but that's fun.

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pornplz22526 t1_jdiypmq wrote

Did you actually just use a slur for the mentally ill while decrying all words as offensive if somebody acts offended?

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