Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoComrade Brennanhexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1151
arrow-up1151external-linkComrade Brennanhexbear.netDort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 months agoThe euphemism treadmills are on overdrive and they’ve started to diverge across space.
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt seems like over a long enough period of time, any given word or name or symbol will start to be viewed as problematic or stigmatized, and a replacement comes along. Maybe it really just happens because people feel like it’s stale.
The euphemism treadmills are on overdrive and they’ve started to diverge across space.
It seems like over a long enough period of time, any given word or name or symbol will start to be viewed as problematic or stigmatized, and a replacement comes along. Maybe it really just happens because people feel like it’s stale.