Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts · 8 months agoSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elsemessage-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down128
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elseThorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts · 8 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 months agoI think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
minus-squareMaaluslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·8 months agoAlso “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoTraditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.
I think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
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Also “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
Traditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.