I’m personally kind of reminded of how “faggot” and “dyke” are being “taken back” and used jokingly/sarcastically, but I still get really uncomfortable if someone uses them with me. They’ll say “oh I don’t mean it offensively!” But it’s not really up to you to decide what’s offending another person or not.
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It was used heavily as a slur/insult for a very long time
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•'Did I Miss Something?': Online Shoppers Shocked as Trump Tariffs Jack Up Prices 145%English4·5 hours agoAnd if they’re into politics, it will be a bubble as well. Not even left/right. It’s a bubble of your specific flavor of politics/humor. Because also political discussion and humor go hand in hand now at all times, apparently.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease | Researchers estimate that exposure to phthalates contributes to 13 percent of heart disease deaths in people age 55-64English5·1 day agoThe plastic and other bullshit the FDA allows in our food is definitely why colon cancer rates are skyrocketing in the US as well. Ask anyone who has spent extended time in Europe how their digestion differed when there versus the US. Almost everyone has a hard time adjusting to our diet because it’s so shitty and toxic. I wish I could eat food without doing a million hours of research into what’s in it because the FDA doesn’t do it.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto Global News@lemmy.zip•US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red SeaEnglish3·1 day agoWe were mediocre before but now it feels like a slap-stick comedy
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Peace Corps to undergo ‘significant’ cuts after Doge reviewEnglish4·1 day agoThe idea that most other countries are either extremely strange or extremely poverty-stricken is definitely a very intentional form of propaganda we get fed in the US. People are shocked when I tell them they can get cheaper, safer, better medical care in Mexico pretty often. Mostly for cosmetic surgeries, but they act like all hospitals in Mexico are run down death factories.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident in Maricopa CountyEnglish1·1 day agoCops often treat their own dog’s like shit. Not shocking giving their proclivity for murdering citizen’s dog’s
NeonNight@lemm.eeto Global News@lemmy.zip•Russia has lost over 950,000 soldiers since February 2022English3·1 day agoI hope Russians who want to flee the draft are able to do so, somehow. I feel for any citizen in an “evil” country that wants nothing to do with their own government, especially as an American.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down ActEnglish6·1 day agoAnd Ilhan Omar? Even the “radical” ones fall in line, huh
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•In Trump-voting Iowa, farmers have started to shout at each otherEnglish6·1 day agoEvery day you hear someone say the stupidest shit you’ve ever heard in your life. And then the next day someone says something even dumber. It’s absolute hell on earth but the plus side is my mortgage is cheap as dirt I guess.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated commentsEnglish11·1 day agoThe bots would pretend to be black in order to say “as a black man, I don’t like BLM” or pretend to be a male rape victim so they could say “the experience wasn’t as traumatic as some would say”. How the fuck do they reconcile this as ethical? They’re actively arguing with real people and acting like it’s all just random data. Social scientists once again de-humanizing their subjects, I guess
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated commentsEnglish3·1 day agoIt was reviewed by an ethics board, but they changed the parameters of their study (shifting more towards using personal info against commenters/making up personal info to use in arguments) without it being approved by the ethics board. Essentially their study wasn’t going anywhere so they made it more unethical in order to have more data to work with. They’re on Reddit trying to defend themselves but no one is having it
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Republican Governor Candidate Proposes Female Undocumented Immigrants Can Stay If They Marry “Incels”English4·9 days agoI’d rather be sentenced to death
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing CensorshipEnglish4·13 days agoI do think there is something to be said about what is allowed in American food but outright banned everywhere else. There’s a reason we have more colon cancer and gastrointestinal problems among our citizens, and it’s not just because we overeat. Anyone who goes to Europe notices how much better they feel after eating their food consistently, and how much worse they feel when they come back to the US
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Whistleblower Accuses DOGE of Letting Russians Access Government Accounts in Shocking Security BreachEnglish301·14 days agoKrasnov strikes again
NeonNight@lemm.eeto Reddit@lemmy.world•"A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane" - relatable yet ironically itself reads like fucking AI slopEnglish3·16 days agoI don’t think the article is AI, but I would be hilarious if it was an AI article written about an AI reddit post and the possible AI written comments on it
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Khanna believes manufacturing ‘isn’t going to come here’English12·16 days agoYes it is coming here. The companies that are making this happen are all tech/AI based. These factories aren’t going to have human employees
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’English27·16 days agoLet me tell you, it’s really god damn annoying seeing people just now have “epiphanies” about shit a lot of us have known for decades now.
NeonNight@lemm.eeto News@lemmy.world•Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated countiesEnglish11·16 days agoHow can I leave the US when I’m not qualified for a VISA in any other developed country? Seriously, I’ve tried. If you have a way for me to leave the country that doesn’t involve me spending thousands and thousands of dollars, I’d legitimately love to hear it
Not sure what the link is for, I’m fine with people using it in their own life and media. But using it referring to me or in reference to lesbians makes my skin crawl as someone who used to be called that by homophobic teenagers