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Topic	How do YOU abbreviate Japanese?
Sarcasthma 04/02/17 1:21:08 AM #46:	sveksii posted... Zeus posted... No, the point IS that nobody fucking knows it. A thing can't be offensive if nobody knows to offend with it or be offended by it. If you have to dredge up some grasping term from 50+ years ago where nobody pays it any heed, then there's no issue with it. As for "a learning moment," what exactly is there to be learned? That literally anything a person says is open to moderation because of something not in use anywhere within decades possibly has an old, archaic, and unused meaning? If so, that's a terrible lesson. I've commonly come across it being used in a derogatory way to this day by certain people. It's not as an antiquated as you're trying to portray it as. Yeah, saying the nobody knows about its use as a racial slur is just silly. --- What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches your watch. <cite>Sarcasthma posted [p:876349466] in How do YOU... [t:75183165]...</cite> <quote><cite>sveksii posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>No, the point IS that nobody fucking knows it. A thing can't be offensive if nobody knows to offend with it or be offended by it. If you have to dredge up some grasping term from 50+ years ago where nobody pays it any heed, then there's no issue with it. As for "a learning moment," what exactly is there to be learned? That literally anything a person says is open to moderation because of something not in use anywhere within decades possibly has an old, archaic, and unused meaning? If so, that's a terrible lesson.</quote>I've commonly come across it being used in a derogatory way to this day by certain people. It's not as an antiquated as you're trying to portray it as.</quote> Yeah, saying the nobody knows about its use as a racial slur is just silly. --- What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches your watch.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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