Funny

10759 readers

515 users here now

General rules:

Be kind.
All posts must make an attempt to be funny.
Obey the general sh.itjust.works instance rules.
No politics or political figures. There are plenty of other politics communities to choose from.
Don't post anything grotesque or potentially illegal. Examples include pornography, gore, animal cruelty, inappropriate jokes involving kids, etc.

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

TheDude@sh.itjust.works

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works

example@reddthat.com

VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works

431

Pure authoritarianism (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

127 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

"All slang is made up" and "a lot of people are racist (or at the very least ignorant)" are not mutually exclusive statements. Finna is equally as "made up" as gonna or even skibbity.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

i know but my point is that this is pointless pedantry.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

True, I just suppose I feel saying a word is or isn't made up doesn't really mean anything, versus saying a word is actually actively used and understood by a group of people.