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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·8 months agoOh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
minus-squareno banana @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoThe only reality available
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 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-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoAs a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.
minus-squareNythos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 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-down1·8 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-down1·8 months agoIt’s towards people who put fags in their mouth.
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”
As a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.
I interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
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.