• @[email protected]
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    368 hours ago

    You all are overthinking it way too much.

    Most people hate anything that’s different or uncommon to themselves and their “world”.

    Simple as that.

    It’s heterophobia in the semantic sense of the word “fear of anything that’s different”.

      • @[email protected]
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        108 hours ago

        I always thought that xenos was more refering to people from outside, like physically from a different place.

        But I really know nothing about words, greek, latin or whatever. So it will probably be a better choice of words.

          • @Freefall
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            14 hours ago

            Sigh, I’ll get the holy promethium…

        • @[email protected]
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          47 hours ago

          “other; different in origin.” is the meaning of xeno.

          So… it kinda fits, it kinda doesn’t.