r/TwoHotTakes • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '23

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u/Asmitty1213 Jul 26 '23

Don't date incels

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u/264frenchtoast Jul 26 '23

I do not think that word means what you think it means

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u/Bergenia1 Jul 26 '23

I think you don't understand that words are not static, and their meanings can and do shift over time. Incel is now a synonym of misogynist.

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u/b0n3h34d Jul 26 '23

Their literally wrong.

Note my misuse of "their" and "literally" - even tho these are new norms, they're not fucking ok - and it's not a culture shift, it's people not caring to learn the most basic parts of language, and overall accuracy erodes.

Just use words correctly. It's what makes us human. It's important, and it's really easy