spirinolas @ spirinolas @lemmy.world

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Lol, I'm not even dignifying that with an answer. I've made my point.

Whether it’s been appropriated or not by other cultures

Uh? Englishmen appropriated the English language now?

here in Canada it is misogynistic and is interpreted so by nearly every woman here

And as such I strongly discourage anyone to use that word in Canada. The thing is, this is not Canada, it's Lemmy and lots of people commenting here (me included) are not from the Americas. And they were pretty clear in what way they meant it. You don't have to become comfortable with the word but you must understand it doesn't mean the same in other places and you have no right to impose on them the meaning it has in your country.

Look, I don't mean to antagonize you but you're looking at it in a very American-centric (and quasi-chauvinistic) way.

In other countries the c-word doesn't have the same connotation as in the US. You are assuming American culture, and its concepts, are universal. They're not.

There's nothing inherently wrong in the c-word and the n-word, but it's the context where those words got to be used that made them so repugnant. Since the n-word was mostly a US thing, its taboo meaning passed over to all variants of English. The c-word though, was already used in other variants and didn't have the same bad connotation it does in the US. So it kept being used in a different way.

Trying to force the American meaning on other English speakers comes, at best, as ignorant and, at worst, chauvinistic. I don't think you have bad intentions since you clearly don't understand how a word can have very different meanings in different cultures. But now you know.

He didn't even know if you were a woman or a man. You just made his point.

The other fly swatters will know not to mess with that fly.

This reminds me of a story with an old high school maths teacher.

Someone said a number divided by zero was zero and he proceeded to explain why it was not. One of the class jokers went "oh yeah, well my calculator says it's zero!". The teachers smiles and says "surely not" and approaches the joker to see what kind of shenanigan he was pulling. And sure as hell he divides five by zero and zero is the result. The teacher, not believing his own eyes, looks at the calculator, then the joker, then the calculator again. The window was open. Figure out the rest yourself.

I'm not familiar with Wisconsin voting system. Isn't the vote secret?

Blow on it really hard.

Not much, just stare at Luigi's picture and droll.

No homo but if he smiled at me I'd grow ovaries.

Inb4 Trump starts issuing executive orders with "constitutional amendments".

I've been here since the API exodus. I still go on reddit sometimes but found myself frequenting Lemmy a lot more. It's just better and the slow growing is quite noticeable. Gone were the days where you were always checking for new posts.

Welcome friend! I've been keeping your seat warm * mini-fart *

It only needs to have some of its territory in Europe. It would be funny giving them a square meter enclave in the middle of nowhere.

That's the safest take he could have on the situation.

That's what he said, america...

I hear you. You are in a difficult position, yes. You prefer to live comfortably in a dictatorship rather than risking your future. It doesn't make you a bad person. Most of us are afraid and I'm not arrogant enough to affirm without any doubt that I'd do differently. But you must realize the fact that you make that choice allows you to be part of the wrong side. If (or when) the US invades Canada, your work will make it possible. Your taxes will finance it. Your work may even directly contribute to the logistics of an invasion. And, as unfair as it may be, it does make you the enemy. After you digested that fact you will probably realize how utterly insulting it is for you to just apologize.

Unlike you (or maybe even me) there were thousands, even millions of people who were put in that same position and made the other choice. In my own country we fought against a dictatorship. My own grandfather was in jail for being part of the opposition. These people had everything to lose. They were fired, arrested, tortured and even killed. They had jobs, family and dreams and risked it all for what is right. But they were exceptional men. Most of us are just normal and we don't have it in us to fight so we become a clog in the machine. But, please, at least have the decency to not apologize and thinking it somewhat absolves you of being part of it.

Dude, this guy is calling Trudeau "governor" and blatantly rejecting Canada's independence. He's openly declaring that he WILL take European territory. He's openly taking the side of a dictator and ripping of your own constitution and international law not to mention calling for a genocide. He WILL start WW3 with Putin holding his leash and you WILL fight for him!

And here you are acting like he just raised your taxes or took an opposing political choice. Protesting? You should be burning the house down. But, ok...you have other priorities. I understand that. But by doing nothing you are taking his side. You are making a choice even if you don't like that choice. But that choice makes you our enemy.

Remember, back in the 30s and 40s many Germans talked just like you. Many had nothing against Jews and Poles. But ALL of them contributed to the genocide one way or another. But they, at least, had the shame to not apologize like they had just spilled a glass of milk.

Are you doing something about it? Are you outside protesting?

If not, fuck your apologies. If you're not doing something to stop this then you are a part of this and you are my enemy. Your so-called President pulled the biggest and most infamous betrayal in modern history. Your country has pulled a 180 and stabbed their allies in the back and soon they WILL attack us militarily.

I repeat, if you're not doing something to stop this then you are a part of this. At this point, apologies are insulting. Pick your side.