▲ 1134 ▼ electruleician (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com) submitted 11 months ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -6 points 11 months ago (2 children) Hi, that's a slur! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] spacesatan@leminal.space 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) not in this context permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 11 months ago (3 children) It's a slur no matter what you're talking about: https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/793665456460447744 https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/788972407966859264 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LwL@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 child) It really isn't, it's the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals... Like holy shit context matters, and I don't mean that in a "it's fine if it's not meant as an insult" way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent. But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can't tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ysjet@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago It's not a slur when used in proper context, and also are you really trying provide a random tumblr post as source? permalink fedilink source parent [+] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) I assume you mean the "h" word I used. If that is a slur than I apologize, I did not know. It is a common industry term for genderless electrical connectors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago I appreciate your civil response. So, this word has been used as a slur against intersex people (people born with or who in puberty developed genitalia or sex charasteristics differing from the concepts of 'male' and 'female') since the middle ages and has had a long history of violence, such as forced genital mutilation and infanticide, behind it. It often is conflated to mean someone or something possessing both a penis and a vagina, who is typically capable of both impregnanting and becoming pregnant. (it should be noted that this does not occur in humans without body modification!) Because of this, the h-word was later (19th or 20th century iirc) used by scientists to describe cosexual animals and plants because someone was too lazy to come up with a new term that didn't have truckloads of baggage attached to it. Thus leading to what we're talking about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) not in this context permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 11 months ago (3 children) It's a slur no matter what you're talking about: https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/793665456460447744 https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/788972407966859264 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LwL@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 child) It really isn't, it's the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals... Like holy shit context matters, and I don't mean that in a "it's fine if it's not meant as an insult" way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent. But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can't tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ysjet@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago It's not a slur when used in proper context, and also are you really trying provide a random tumblr post as source? permalink fedilink source parent [+] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -9 points 11 months ago (3 children) It's a slur no matter what you're talking about: https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/793665456460447744 https://www.tumblr.com/status-quo-hater/788972407966859264 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LwL@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 child) It really isn't, it's the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals... Like holy shit context matters, and I don't mean that in a "it's fine if it's not meant as an insult" way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent. But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can't tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ysjet@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago It's not a slur when used in proper context, and also are you really trying provide a random tumblr post as source? permalink fedilink source parent [+] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LwL@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 child) It really isn't, it's the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals... Like holy shit context matters, and I don't mean that in a "it's fine if it's not meant as an insult" way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent. But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can't tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It's been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago It's not a slur when used in proper context, and also are you really trying provide a random tumblr post as source? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) I assume you mean the "h" word I used. If that is a slur than I apologize, I did not know. It is a common industry term for genderless electrical connectors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago I appreciate your civil response. So, this word has been used as a slur against intersex people (people born with or who in puberty developed genitalia or sex charasteristics differing from the concepts of 'male' and 'female') since the middle ages and has had a long history of violence, such as forced genital mutilation and infanticide, behind it. It often is conflated to mean someone or something possessing both a penis and a vagina, who is typically capable of both impregnanting and becoming pregnant. (it should be noted that this does not occur in humans without body modification!) Because of this, the h-word was later (19th or 20th century iirc) used by scientists to describe cosexual animals and plants because someone was too lazy to come up with a new term that didn't have truckloads of baggage attached to it. Thus leading to what we're talking about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago I appreciate your civil response. So, this word has been used as a slur against intersex people (people born with or who in puberty developed genitalia or sex charasteristics differing from the concepts of 'male' and 'female') since the middle ages and has had a long history of violence, such as forced genital mutilation and infanticide, behind it. It often is conflated to mean someone or something possessing both a penis and a vagina, who is typically capable of both impregnanting and becoming pregnant. (it should be noted that this does not occur in humans without body modification!) Because of this, the h-word was later (19th or 20th century iirc) used by scientists to describe cosexual animals and plants because someone was too lazy to come up with a new term that didn't have truckloads of baggage attached to it. Thus leading to what we're talking about. permalink fedilink source parent