• terry_tibbs@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    104
    arrow-down
    10
    ·
    7 months ago

    If I ever make it to the point where I have a removedin’ deck overlooking some fine wilderness then you’re damn right I’m gonna piss off it.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      66
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      I’m curious what word you tried to use. I didn’t think “fuck” was filtered on dot ml.

      “Bitchin’”?

            • null@slrpnk.net
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              22
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              7 months ago

              I mean, I can think of plenty of slurs with innocuous origins. It’s about how they’re used.

              • vrek@programming.dev
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                9
                ·
                7 months ago

                I’m tempted to start a community about the country between Chad and Mali… A nice wholesome community… I’m completely unqualified and know nothing about it but the amount of removed words would be amusing…

              • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                8
                ·
                7 months ago

                True, though “bitchin’” isn’t used as a slur in this context, it’s slang for “cool.” Since like 1970 too, it isn’t some “new rizz.”

                If we want to get technical, a slur is “A disparaging remark; an aspersion.” So by the dictionary, any negative remark, especially one that is a false or damaging accusation or insinuation, is “a slur.” Therefore “you are a silly goose” counts as a slur, as it can be contextually negative to be seen as silly, and it is false to insinuate that you are a water fowl.

                We don’t really treat the word “slur” in real life as it’s definition would suggest, or to reign in my above joke a bit, words like “fuckface” or “dick” would commonly be considered a slur. Instead they’re just considered negative remarks by the community at large, to be a “slur” in the eyes of the public (not the dictionary) it has to have something more than just “bad.”

                I posit that “bitch” is truly no different than those common “bad” words, and should not be considered a slur. Frankly, same for “cunt.”

                • can@sh.itjust.works
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  10
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  7 months ago

                  No, it’s automatic based on a filter list. I wonder if it accounts for other languages though.

                • null@slrpnk.net
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  8
                  arrow-down
                  3
                  ·
                  7 months ago

                  Haven’t read their policy – simply saying origin is a useless way to determine whether or not something is a slur.

              • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                6
                arrow-down
                7
                ·
                edit-2
                7 months ago

                The newest example being “DEI”

                I’m sorry have y’all not seen racists using that as a slur lately? Saw a dude refer to Baltimore’s “DEI mayor” the other day

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      53
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      Y’all are some of the most anti-control people around, and then… use an instance that heavily censors the naughty words you can say.