Basically just something people say that indicates a position indirectly, like how seperatists from a given region might always say they’re from [region] and not [country] or how trump supporters call AI “SI” now.
I’ll contribute. I refer to my wife as my “partner”.
People on the left just continue conversation no problem. People on the right pause and you can see the wheels turning.
I’m a white not very masculine male.
“No, don’t worry, Mr. Conservative. I’m male, she’s female, your norms aren’t being broken yet.”
“…Yeh, but partner implies she’s your equal. That don’t sit right.”Partner sounds more serious than boyfriend or girlfriend anyway.
The first time a friend referred to me wife as my “partner”, I questioned his choice of words because he was well aware that I’m not gay.
Like, I would still just carry on in convo, but if I hear “partner”, I make a mental note that they’re gay. The correlation has close to a 100% hit rate.
You know what’s funny about that? A lot of my hetero friends also say partner.
I started using it because it removes the baggage that gendered terms carry. My wife is my best friend. I like to do everything with her. We split chores pretty evenly.
Whereas, especially since gay marriage has been legal here a lot of gay couples very intentionally use wife/husband because of how hard the fight for that was
One day the venn diagram will become a circle.
A lot of my hetero friends also say partner…
…in my region of English speakers.
Fwiw I do this in three languages. It’s not just English. It’s literally all spelled and pronounced partner and means partner. Somehow even the connotations stayed intact. There’s probably more languages that I don’t regularly speak that have it too
Very good example, thank you, whenever someone says “partner” I immediately assume they’re at least somewhat woke.
When they say “property” on the other hand…
I mean, if there’s a safe word involved…
I always throw an occasional “streets ahead” in my conversation just to see if they’re a Community watcher. Most of the people around me are streets behind, though.
Like this?
How do I know that wasn’t Hitler’s dog whistle?
Because Hitler beat his dog instead of calling her with whistle or name
My favorite example is how francophone leftists or those who dislike america will call americans “USians”. (Américain -> États-Unien)
I call people from the US that as I respect the other nations in the Americas who are also Americans - from Chilean people to Canadian. All American. Neither of them USian.
But, I do also hate US Defaultism because it shows a lack of knowledge/understanding/awareness which only plays into the stereotypes that people from the US are stupid and ignorant. Which I think is disparaging to (some of) them, and they could show they aren’t by being using self-aware language. Hence, “USian” . It’s like how “woke” originated too - i.e. “awake” to institutional bigotry.
No one but those from the US claim the term “American”. Canadians do not want to be called American, and everyone else speaks a whole different language, and they prefer to be referred to by their county as well
It’s not US defaultism, it’s like calling someone from China Asian, or worse Oriental. It’s not woke, no one will thank you for calling them by a label you’ve assigned to them as an outsider
It’s only ever done online, if you’re taking to people irl, it’s obvious via context. But online is global so it makes sense to talk in a global sense.
The reason no one does it in person is because they would be swiftly corrected.
In fact, no one actually uses it on the Internet because no one would know what you mean… It’s just a meme argument that probably originated from 4chan
It’s literally the same as calling all Asian people Chinese. You can’t just pick the biggest country in a region (let alone an entire hemisphere) and fold everyone there under their label…No matter what Internet logic you use to justify it, it’s still offensive to everyone involved
Thanks for the comedy. I love how wrong you are. About everything you said.
A) it isn’t said online because of context. Everyone you’re talking to face to face will understand what you’re saying from previous parts of the conversation. It’s only online that you talk to people from all over the world in any given conversation so it’s better to be specific about areas. That’s also why people will say “The US” and not America. To many people, America is the continent, both North and South America. This just shows you lack in education and understanding how others see the world probably because you’re selfish and don’t think about other people from other parts of the world.
B) just because you’ve heard of 4chan and probably don’t understand it, you think everything you don’t like/understand comes from there. Such a Boomer take. Everybody would know what you mean if you called someone a USian. Unless they lack in education and understanding how others see the world probably because they’re selfish and don’t think about other people.
C) People do say “Asian people” quite commonly. They probably shouldn’t but they do. Asian means something different in different places too. If you said “Asian” in the UK, they would think you’re meaning India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. In the US, it’d be the “Oriental” countries. From Australia, it could also be used for South East Asia. You’d know this if…insert end line.
D) China and The US aren’t the biggest country in either of their respective continents. China isn’t by physical size OR population. Well done on being ignorant in multiple ways. Calling someone from the Americas “American” isn’t calling them USian, it’s calling them from The Americas. Insert end line.
E) Hemispheres. Western and eastern are colonial concepts and based off the Greenwich Meridian. Northern and Southern are based on a physical attribute of the oblate spheroid we call Earth and useful due to our axial shift. This shows lack of knowledge about the…you know where I’m going with this.
F) if you’re offended, meh, I don’t care. Don’t be a snowflake. Others aren’t. Get over it. I’m not punching down at a maligned group, even if USians do have both a superiority complex and a victim complex simultaneously - honestly the cognitive dissonance inherent in the psyche of the country should be studied.
Anyhoo, good chat.
“Eat the rich.”
Only two kinds of people say it.
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Those disenfranchised by capitalism
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Literal cannibals that don’t understand the slogan and would also eat the poor
What about actual cannibal Shia LaBoef?
Normal Tuesday night for Shia LaBeouf.
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People wearing the Bad Dragon Logo
You know they’re the kind of pervert that is going to be a really chill hang.
For context, the company Bad Dragon make Fantasy Dildos. And their logo looks very innocuous, just a stylised dragon.
So it is sometimes worn by folks who know that only those who are in the know will know, as a form of dog whistle for being kinky
An example of one of their products:
NSFW, giant dildo
I just realized that there’s a reason that specific part of the logo is red.
I fully didn’t notice until you said it
Saying “Foreigners” but only when talking about non-white people.
In germany words like “Alt-Parteien” (old partys), “Links-Grünversifft” (left-green drenched) and “System-<insert_adjective_or_noun>” get exclusively used by far-right people. Or the classic “<x-nationality-adjectiv> Volk” like “deutsches Volk” is classic nazi talk to avoid using “arryian” and still refer to ethnicity/culture threw the racial theory lense.
Using the German Empire flag or any variation of it (black white red) is a big give away. Or sadly over using the german democratic flag (black-red-gold). But there are efforts to reclaim the democratic flag by democratic forces.
Thorsteiner clothing brand is a very good give away and anything related to prussia, iron cross in any shape or form (unless it is on actual military vehicles obv!) Be it neckless, tattoo sticker or what ever and the gothic/germanic font.
Small note: versifft afaik has a strong connotation that drenched does not have, so the translation sounds to me almost neutral whereas it’s more like “filthy left-green-like” (or something — translations are hard!)
“OwO, what’s this?”
How do you pronounce that?
“Oh-woah”
