Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoRinse and Repeatlemmy.mlimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down115
arrow-up1806arrow-down1imageRinse and Repeatlemmy.mlGrayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·11 months agoIs it supposed to be “fag”?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·11 months agoOh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoThe only reality available
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months 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-up3·11 months agoI interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoAs a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months 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 crazy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months 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-down1·11 months agoIt’s towards people who put fags in their mouth.
Is it supposed to be “fag”?
Oh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
no
The only reality available
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.
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
It’s towards people who put fags in their mouth.