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minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·2 years agoOh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down1·2 years ago Does PragerU think no
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoAmerican here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.
minus-squarecredit crazylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoHonestly I only found out it was a slur 3 days ago and I still don’t know what it’s targeted towards
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoGay rights are human rights.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoI’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”
minus-squareNythos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
minus-squareT00l_shedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoAs a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.
Oh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
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I forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
American here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.
Honestly I only found out it was a slur 3 days ago and I still don’t know what it’s targeted towards
Gay rights are human rights.
I’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”
I interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
As a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.