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/b/ for all their casual usage of slurs was a reasonably queer-friendly place when I was there - everyone got insulted as much as anyone else and once you learn not to react to slurs and insults pretty much everyone had a level platform
Yeah. This tracks a lot of what I've heard from others about /b/. I think for a lot of people it gives them a community at a time in their life when nobody else would have them, and the culture of the place reflects that but also is surprisingly supportive?
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It's not hard for me to imagine an alternate history where I ended up on /b/ for a while, though I think part of that alternate history requires me to be at least five years younger than I am. I think the forums and chatrooms I hung out on instead were better for me, but not sure
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Yeah, I read an article a while back that the point of insulting people's particular characteristic wasn't about prejudice - it was a playful signal pushing against "identity" in general. The point was to be homogeneously Anonymous in general
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A black trans woman I know said that a forum like this (might have been this) was the best place for them in feeling at home.
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