And he is a total spaz. Look at this guy he’s straight up looney toons

Edit: You should know this because adding a little factoid tidbit can brighten your day. It can also help you adjust to the new name of your favorite social media platform!

  • MilkToastGhost@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I’ve noted this, but I believe intent really carries the meaning in this situation. When you use other terms such for little people or mentally handicapped your using those terms to to either them, or someone who is not but is like them. In this case I used a word to describe a wacky zainy individual.

    At the same time to your point yall call each other cunts over morning tea. You can’t do that in America either but it doesn’t stop it from happening in the media and distributing it here. Definitly doesn’t stop people from saying it on the internet with or without intent to offend.

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      1 year ago

      Definitely agree, I’m not personally offended when, e.g. Americans use words that I wouldn’t use because they carry different meanings here. The only thing is that not everyone is a word nerd who follows the shifting meanings of words in different areas. While some people will find certain words offensive no matter what, I think the bulk of the offense is from people who don’t know either where you’re from or that the meaning and intent are different there, so I think it’s worthwhile for both sides to learn those differences.