• @Today
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    9416 hours ago

    I believe that dipshit is the best insult. If you call someone a bitch or asshole, it’s like a badge of honor, but dipshit r is kind of emasculating and really captures the whiny middle schooler inside while also sounding like just a silly word.

    • @[email protected]
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      208 hours ago

      He was a teacher for years, he’s seen first hand which insults play best in middle school, and obviously that’s what American politics has devolved to nowadays.

      • @Bonesince1997
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        2415 hours ago

        That doesn’t really play over here in the US

          • TragicNotCute
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            64 hours ago

            Yeah, no. The broad American public wouldn’t like that. Right or wrong, lots of people hate that word even when directed at someone who is being one.

          • @bassomitron
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            34 hours ago

            Some people get weirdly super pissed when you use that word. I have no idea why. I have seen multiple people freak the fuck out randomly whenever it’s been mentioned out loud. They won’t care about other cursewords, only “cunt” specifically, it’s very strange.

            • @[email protected]
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              23 hours ago

              Here’s my read on it - looking up the definition of cunt, it’s “a woman’s genitals” so essentially you’re associating women’s genitalia with something negative, specifically an insult. It doesn’t necessarily make sense seeing as calling someone a dick is fine and isn’t seen as being so vulgar.

              • @Feathercrown
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                42 hours ago

                Most profanity isn’t used in the sense of the literal definition at all though

            • @[email protected]
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              23 hours ago

              I’m not much of a troll these days, but I do enjoy when people will give my generally bad language on Masto a pass, but clutch their pearls when I call something or someone a cunt. Which I’m wont to do because I’m English.

        • @the_tab_key
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          014 hours ago

          I’m from the US. Plays great here.