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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•10 days agoI think the important bit people miss here is “was”, language changes, it was an insult, now it just means adding shiny stuff to your desktop.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•10 days agoPlenty of people still know or use the other meanings, and it’s still based on common stereotypes. Reclaiming slurs only really works when it’s done by the targeted group, and when the word is being used with positive connotations.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•9 days agoI think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality. You wouldn’t call a polished and extremely stable customisation a ‘rice’, you’d probably call it a theme
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-29 days agoI’m all for using “theme” as a replacement.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 days agoHow about “farkle” to take another term from the motoring world?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 days agoI just said ‘theme’ has different connotations?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•9 days agoIt isn’t cool if it’s offending people, though. And clearly it is.
I think the important bit people miss here is “was”, language changes, it was an insult, now it just means adding shiny stuff to your desktop.
Plenty of people still know or use the other meanings, and it’s still based on common stereotypes. Reclaiming slurs only really works when it’s done by the targeted group, and when the word is being used with positive connotations.
I think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality.
You wouldn’t call a polished and extremely stable customisation a ‘rice’, you’d probably call it a theme
I’m all for using “theme” as a replacement.
How about “farkle” to take another term from the motoring world?
I just said ‘theme’ has different connotations?
It isn’t cool if it’s offending people, though. And clearly it is.