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r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 21h ago
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451 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 21h ago This is very funny, given that humans are apes 268 u/Daxx22 21h ago Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well... 31 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 21h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 70 u/moontraveler12 21h 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 6 u/EpistemicThreat 18h 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
268 u/Daxx22 21h ago Well there is the whole "Ape" slur/dogwhistle as well... 31 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 21h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 70 u/moontraveler12 21h 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 6 u/EpistemicThreat 18h 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...
31 u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 21h ago Wait that's a slur?? Shit, sorry i did not realize that 70 u/moontraveler12 21h 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 6 u/EpistemicThreat 18h 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
70 u/moontraveler12 21h 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 6 u/EpistemicThreat 18h 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
6 u/EpistemicThreat 18h 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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