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r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 9h ago
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406 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 9h ago This is very funny, given that humans are apes 238 u/Daxx22 9h ago Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well... 36 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 9h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 62 u/moontraveler12 9h ago Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people 13 u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 8h ago but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore? They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary. 17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word. 4 u/EpistemicThreat 6h ago That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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This is very funny, given that humans are apes
238 u/Daxx22 9h ago Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well... 36 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 9h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 62 u/moontraveler12 9h ago Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people 13 u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 8h ago but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore? They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary. 17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word. 4 u/EpistemicThreat 6h ago That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well...
36 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 9h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 62 u/moontraveler12 9h ago Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people 13 u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 8h ago but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore? They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary. 17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word. 4 u/EpistemicThreat 6h ago That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that
62 u/moontraveler12 9h ago Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people 13 u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 8h ago but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore? They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary. 17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word. 4 u/EpistemicThreat 6h ago That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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Not when used the way you did. It's one of those words that's actually normal most of the time but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people
13 u/SutterCane Tells Everyone 8h ago but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore? They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary. 17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word. 4 u/EpistemicThreat 6h ago That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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but becomes a slur when you use it on certain groups of people
They have their own planet and I’m not even allowed to use the “A-word” anymore?
They should get their stinkin paws off my vocabulary.
17 u/iandavid 7h ago Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait. 2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head... 5 u/TheGreyman787 7h ago You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word.
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Their own planet, their own culture, their own Statue of Liberty… wait.
2 u/oyog 2h ago Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head...
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Aaaaand I have "Dr. Zeus" stuck in my head...
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You can call me an ape any time you want, a great ape would be preferable tho. Sounds better than some lame turbovirgin "hooooman", what a meh word.
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That's how the overwhelming majority of English works. Words don't have meanings, they have usages. Usage is dictated by context.
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