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A german user was banned on Twitter for writing "Die Boomer" = "the boomers" https://www.dw.com/en/german-grammar-in-ok-boomer-tweet-gets-twitter-account-banne
by haunter 7y ago
A german user was banned on Twitter for writing "Die Boomer" = "the boomers"
https://www.dw.com/en/german-grammar-in-ok-boomer-tweet-gets-twitter-account-banned/a-51225631 https://www.dw.com/en/german-grammar-in-ok-boomer-tweet-gets...
Also my all time favorite when Facebook banned people posting about faggots which is a traditional food in the UK Midlands
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10419598/Man-banned-from-Facebook-for-liking-faggots.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10419598/Man...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)
- noodlesUK 7y agoI have to say, when I first moved back to the U.K. after a long time in the states, I absolutely could not control my shock followed by giggling when people asked if they could bum a fag off me at a pub or suchlike. (Fag is slang for cigarettes for those outside the U.K.)
- reaperducer 7y agoI've always known the word "fag" to also mean a bundle of sticks, like you'd use to start a fire. I expect the meanings are related. Life seems to be peppered with problems with people with limited vocabularies who would rather make themselves "offended" by something, rather than think. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_n...
- mytailorisrich 7y ago> I've always known the word "fag" to also mean a bundle of sticks, like you'd use to start a fire. Yes, that is the 'standard', non-slang, definition of 'faggot'. Social media means that ignorant people suddenly have equal air time...