It's 2018, and that means we now have female Father Christmases and, believe it or not, gingerbread 'people' - a recent change that comes after the Scottish parliament voted to ban the use of the term 'gingerbread man' in a bid to reduce sexism.
Reducing sexism, in my opinion, is only a good thing. As is rethinking traditional gender terms, because frankly there's a bigger conversation going on outside of spiced biscuits and fictional festive characters that is more important than some might choose to accept.
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But when it comes to gingerbread men, it seems people are very protective.
Getting involved in the manner that he always does, Piers Morgan tweeted the news out, writing: "FFS. Scottish Parliament re-names gingerbread men to tackle sexual harassment."
While many shared his annoyance ('The world's gone mad!'), Morgan's tweet also prompted others to consider whatever could be next, with some Brits becoming concerned about a potential change the name of one northern city.
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"Also parliament is renaming Manchester to Personchester," one person joked.
Another commented: "Next they'll be asking the govt. to rename Manchester to Personchester then there is the problem of the Isle of Man. Isle of Person anyone?"
Erm, something tells me that won't be happening anytime soon. C'mon chaps, that's not really the same.
Mind you, that didn't stop Morgan from actually saying the same thing over a year ago when he tweeted:
Only thing is, it didn't go down too well then, with many saying his quip was a 'dad joke'.
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One person tweeted: "You tragic, dated saddo. My dad made jokes like that in the 1980's and they weren't funny then."
Another commented: "Dude. Just STFU. You're just gross and not even close to witty or funny. You're like a place holder for a real person. Grow."
Someone else said: "You know, these jokes are as funny now as when they were first made with the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975."
A third wrote: "Maybe you should Piers LESSgan."
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Ouch.
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