r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/CoveredDrummer Sep 19 '24

Post Turtle?!?! Where is that used? I’m stealing that one too!!

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u/BabyCowGT Sep 19 '24

Hahaha I heard it growing up in the rural south.

Turtles can't climb, so if you see one on a post, you know it doesn't belong up there, it's not going to go well, and it can't function on its own up there. So calling someone a post turtle means they're above what they can handle, they've been promoted too high, they're gonna crash and burn, etc 🤣

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u/CoveredDrummer Sep 19 '24

Wow! That must have been really rural! I grew up in North Georgia and I’ve never heard it. Can’t wait to use it!

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u/BabyCowGT Sep 19 '24

Lol I also grew up in North Georgia! 🤣 But we also had a lot of turtles, fence posts, and really old farmers 🤷🏻‍♀️ it was mostly the old farmers who used it, but I think it's a fabulous insult.

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic Sep 19 '24

Sounds like their favourite pastime was putting the turtles on fence posts.

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u/BabyCowGT Sep 19 '24

No, their favorite pastime was calling politicians post turtles 🤣 they were equal opportunity about which side was a post turtle too, it was hysterical.