Well I’m happy for you, but that doesn’t change that Nazis are using it as a dog whistle. And FWIW I’m unfortunate enough to know it’s not even a particularly niche one—it’s been pretty popular with edgelords for a few years now
Lmao, by that logic you wouldnt be able to use any 3-5 letter words because every one of those probably has some acronym associated with it, that means something bad.
And context usually gives away whether something is being used innocently or not.
Don’t assign moral values to words or numbers. Those things are morally neutral. Look at how they’re being used and the context surrounding their use then use that to determine the morality of the individual using them on a case by case basis.
Did everyone responding to you miss the FrenWorld drama at Reddit a few years back? It was thinly-veiled racism disguised as friendly comics. It was finally banned for both that and glorifying violence.
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I know it’s very likely innocent
But “fren” will always be a huge red flag parade for me
What do you meaaan? I have been using it innocently only, why would it be non innocent? Plz dont take fren from me, it sounds so cute.
If the word fren is not fren, why is it fren-shaped?
Don’t worry. The common meaning is friend. Everyone knows. Just like smol snek etc.
There are a lot of words that also have a bad meaning. A lot depends on context.
Far Right Ethno Nationalist
I have literally never run into that until now. That seems like a dog whistle pitched so high, not even rodents can hear it.
Well I’m happy for you, but that doesn’t change that Nazis are using it as a dog whistle. And FWIW I’m unfortunate enough to know it’s not even a particularly niche one—it’s been pretty popular with edgelords for a few years now
You can self censor however much you want if that makes you happy.
I’ve just replied to you elsewhere, but dude
This is not censorship
This is one regular person telling another regular person that they might accidentally be doing something racists do as a shibboleth
Thx for the tip, fren 👌
Can’t we just chill my fren?
Lmao, by that logic you wouldnt be able to use any 3-5 letter words because every one of those probably has some acronym associated with it, that means something bad.
I don’t think Nazis are actively using every acronym, c’mon you know that’s silly.
They use this one though.
It’s like saying 1844 isn’t a bad number, because numbers aren’t bad—unfortunately more often than not, when you see it, it’s not used innocently.
Fuck all the way off with your newspeak bullshit
I didn’t come up with this, they did
I would love this to not be the case, but it’s just naïve to ignore the reality of the shitheads that are out there
Their whole thing is existing in the grey area between harmony and incongruity
And context usually gives away whether something is being used innocently or not.
Don’t assign moral values to words or numbers. Those things are morally neutral. Look at how they’re being used and the context surrounding their use then use that to determine the morality of the individual using them on a case by case basis.
Did everyone responding to you miss the FrenWorld drama at Reddit a few years back? It was thinly-veiled racism disguised as friendly comics. It was finally banned for both that and glorifying violence.
Ikr, people clearly have short memories.
I’m sorry that people don’t like it, but it is what it is; denial of this only helps the fuckos using it that way
I can assure you its use is innocent, here.
But after looking up I can understand your concern. It seems to be one of those otherwise innocuous phrases that’s been co-opted by miscreants.