Phrases we can retire in 2020...

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Hazek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nothing against gay people either cause I actually get along with them and respect them. Or handicap people.

But the words have their uses.

I'm a Literature major and very anti-censorship: if you try and say a particular word (or books that use that word), should be banned, I'll be first in line to fight you.

But at the same time, words like "cuck", or using "gay" as a generic "bad" ... they're just lazy. It's like using the adjective "cool": yes you can use it in a whole lot of sentences, but should you?

There's almost certainly some other more descriptive adjective you could use instead of "cool" ... but it would take one micron more mental energy to use one of those words.

It's the same deal with "cuck", "fag", or "retard": it's never like you need, and there's no other word you could use instead which A) would be more descriptive, and B) wouldn't make some of your fellow humans feel hated for who they are ...

... but it would take a tiny bit more mental energy.

[Horza]

Originally Posted by Hazek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cuck is needed because it fills the gap between faggot and douche. And not quite the same as retard.

Hazek and other the Dork Men of Odus really are connoisseurs of immature and offensive slurs.

[Asteria]

Originally Posted by Horza [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hazek and other the Dork Men of Odus really are connoisseurs of immature and offensive slurs.

[Smellybuttface]

Originally Posted by Hazek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cuck is needed because it fills the gap between faggot and douche. And not quite the same as retard.

And you’re saying that’s a gap that NEEDED filling? I’ve never seen that word used in such a precision targeted way. On the contrary, it seems to be used carte blanche to describe nearly any person you deem unworthy or undesirable.

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by Smellybuttface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I should keep a log of how many times these get used, but they’re so tired and fucked out it’s not even worth it.

Phrases we should stop using henceforth:

1. “20 year-old elf sim”

2. “Cuck”

3. “Pras”


We can do better. We can BE better. Let’s make 2020 the year we collectively said NO to using this game’s own brand of pre-teen millennial Tik Tok lingo.

<douses self in oil>

Flame on!

Originally Posted by Canelek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In all fairness, ‘cuck’ helps identify alt-right bozos. While not definitive, it is at least an indicator. People like to throw it around here a lot, so it may just be more “edgy” than just regular alt-right nonsense.

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm a Literature major and very anti-censorship: if you try and say a particular word (or books that use that word), should be banned, I'll be first in line to fight you.

But at the same time, words like "cuck", or using "gay" as a generic "bad" ... they're just lazy. It's like using the adjective "cool": yes you can use it in a whole lot of sentences, but should you?

There's almost certainly some other more descriptive adjective you could use instead of "cool" ... but it would take one micron more mental energy to use one of those words.

It's the same deal with "cuck", "fag", or "retard": it's never like you need, and there's no other word you could use instead which A) would be more descriptive, and B) wouldn't make some of your fellow humans feel hated for who they are ...

... but it would take a tiny bit more mental energy.

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Originally Posted by Smellybuttface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And you’re saying that’s a gap that NEEDED filling? I’ve never seen that word used in such a precision targeted way. On the contrary, it seems to be used carte blanche to describe nearly any person you deem unworthy or undesirable.

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[GnomeLuvr]

Originally Posted by Hazek [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cuck is needed because it fills the gap between faggot and douche. And not quite the same as retard.

The only place anyone should be seeing "cuck" used is on Fetlife.

For the other two, it's not that people I respect don't use them, it's more that I don't respect people who use them.

[White_knight]

Originally Posted by GnomeLuvr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The only place anyone should be seeing "cuck" used is on Fetlife.

Quote from GnomeLuvr.

FETLIFE GNOMER LOVER

[indiscriminate_hater]

21 year-old elf sim

checkm8

[Smellybuttface]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

21 year-old elf sim

checkm8

I thought about that as soon as I posted, but sadly no edits in RnF. I figured someone in true forum fashion would correct that for me though.

[shuklak]

Let's retire everquest and move on to Pantheon.