vashti

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Food waste bin is feeling particularly goblincore today (feddit.uk)
 
Hey, we should all really stop using racist slang to refer to customozation in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The thing is you aren't the audience. Discussion about anti-Asian racism in English tends to be focused on the experiences of e.g. Asian-American people and on the racist abuse they get from white people.

It's actually that exact kind of self-moderation, surely? "hang on, doesn't this word suck, let's not use it"?

What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This reminds me of the not-very-edifying-at-all moment when "joey" became a universal term of abuse in UK playgrounds.