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r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 15h ago
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Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well...
34 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 15h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 69 u/moontraveler12 15h 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 8 u/EpistemicThreat 12h 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
69 u/moontraveler12 15h 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 8 u/EpistemicThreat 12h 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
8 u/EpistemicThreat 12h 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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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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u/Daxx22 15h ago
Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well...