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Is this romantic or a red flag? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Where's the leverage if it's a performance?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I can (and have, many times) dropped a hard-r for comedic effect, even around my black friends, as they have the context to know that I'm not actually the kind of person to use that word normally

    If I was recorded and shared to the internet doing so free of context, I would be labelled as a racist shithead immediately and forever

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is that the situation here? It is not.

    Everyone wanting to give the benefit of the doubt here gives racists room to exist.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's how I read it, yes. But we obviously don't have enough context to say whether the GF is actually racist or just pretending to be as a crazy trust exercise. I'm taking it as a crazy trust exercise because that's the only way this could fit any definition of "romantic."

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