Okay, because as I was trying to show not everyone considers them so in every context, if the context is one of reclaiming and positive then that might be a context where they aren’t considered slurs.
ok i tihnk i understand. i had a different definition of slur but i looked up a few definitions and it seems like yours is closer to the common one at least. ofc it’s not my place to tell people what words to say/not say (nor would i want it to be) but it was interesting to me that i’ve only seen this on tumblr. do you know if this is a tumblr thing or on other social media also?
makes sense. i think it skews younger than me (27), but I (like i imagine a lot of people on lemmy :)) prefer fediverse platforms so most of my social media is lemmy/mastodon. I tried tumblr once a few years ago but had trouble finding content to follow (but now i’m having the same problem on mastodon so maybe i’m just bad at social media haha) thanks for listening to my adhd rambling
I’ve definitely seen it in other places, but tumblr is a strange site. I’m not sure exactly why but users there tend to be a bit more emboldened about things like this and there’s lots of injokes, cultures and memes that happen only there.
Not everything is good on tumblr of course, them emboldening can lead to a lot of people talking about things they don’t understand and attacking anyone that doesn’t agree with them. That does happen everywhere, however, tumblr is seen as one of the ‘nicer’ commercial social media sites and so they feel like that makes them more justified in their opinions, would be my guess.
yeah for sure, I appreciate you giving me a new perspective on the words. the internet exists for people to learn things, after all. ofc the n word has to some extent been reclaimed so I suppose it’s possible, although like you say, it does seem to be more on tumblr than all other sites combined :) personally if i were to take a guess as to why tumblr i’d say it’s an older site that really only has the core user base left after they banned porn. personally i’m still averse to those words but yk the only constant is change so we’ll see where we are in 5 years haha maybe it’ll catch on(although tbh i do not expect it to) sorry if this is hard to read i am not good at words
Also, to me at least, your words were fine and made sense. I get that words in text can be difficult, especially to translate thoughts to, I have the same problem myself sometimes.
if you mean the ‘slurs’ for gay people then it’s because in some places they are genuinely reclaimed as good things to call yourself.
why did u put the word slurs in quotes lol
Okay, because as I was trying to show not everyone considers them so in every context, if the context is one of reclaiming and positive then that might be a context where they aren’t considered slurs.
ok i tihnk i understand. i had a different definition of slur but i looked up a few definitions and it seems like yours is closer to the common one at least. ofc it’s not my place to tell people what words to say/not say (nor would i want it to be) but it was interesting to me that i’ve only seen this on tumblr. do you know if this is a tumblr thing or on other social media also?
There are a lot of queer and trans folk on Tumblr. It’s like the SM for queer and trans people these days. And it’s awesome.
makes sense. i think it skews younger than me (27), but I (like i imagine a lot of people on lemmy :)) prefer fediverse platforms so most of my social media is lemmy/mastodon. I tried tumblr once a few years ago but had trouble finding content to follow (but now i’m having the same problem on mastodon so maybe i’m just bad at social media haha) thanks for listening to my adhd rambling
Sure, thanks for taking the time 🙂
I’ve definitely seen it in other places, but tumblr is a strange site. I’m not sure exactly why but users there tend to be a bit more emboldened about things like this and there’s lots of injokes, cultures and memes that happen only there.
Not everything is good on tumblr of course, them emboldening can lead to a lot of people talking about things they don’t understand and attacking anyone that doesn’t agree with them. That does happen everywhere, however, tumblr is seen as one of the ‘nicer’ commercial social media sites and so they feel like that makes them more justified in their opinions, would be my guess.
yeah for sure, I appreciate you giving me a new perspective on the words. the internet exists for people to learn things, after all. ofc the n word has to some extent been reclaimed so I suppose it’s possible, although like you say, it does seem to be more on tumblr than all other sites combined :) personally if i were to take a guess as to why tumblr i’d say it’s an older site that really only has the core user base left after they banned porn. personally i’m still averse to those words but yk the only constant is change so we’ll see where we are in 5 years haha maybe it’ll catch on(although tbh i do not expect it to) sorry if this is hard to read i am not good at words
Sure, it was nice to discuss this with you 🙂
Also, to me at least, your words were fine and made sense. I get that words in text can be difficult, especially to translate thoughts to, I have the same problem myself sometimes.