@wirehead2501 guess it doesn’t matter if that usage is common enough though. yuck.
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Replying to @dddagradi
@dddagradi@wirehead2501 I would say continue to use it, because those associations are not real, any more than “picnic” is about lynching.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@wirehead2501 I dunno. Unsure how much it's crossed into pop culture.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dddagradi
@dddagradi@wirehead2501 so that’s a conundrum. If people wrongly believe something is *ist in origin, should we still accommodate them?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@dddagradi yeah, same discussion as "can we reclaim negative terms". complicated!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wirehead2501
@wirehead2501@dddagradi but in this case I don't think there's anything to take back. The DV misassociation seems to be the esoteric one.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@dddagradi see also: person in my comments explaining how "guys" was originally gender neutral & i'm being sexist by saying it's not2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wirehead2501
@wirehead2501@dddagradi we have "guys and girls" which shows the immediate contrast. People have to be told about "rule of thumb".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@wirehead2501@dddagradi so people have to be explicitly given an incorrect etymology to "know" they "should" find it offensive.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@wirehead2501@dddagradi my favored solution for the issue is to teach the general populace the word "heuristic"2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@XaiaX @wirehead2501 @dddagradi as players of my game can tell you, if it can't be solved by expanding vocabulary, i don't want to solve it
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