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Being from the UK, I hear it all the time to refer to cigarettes. When I worked in a shop, my colleagues would just walk through the shop and say "just taking a
by snet0 6y ago
Being from the UK, I hear it all the time to refer to cigarettes. When I worked in a shop, my colleagues would just walk through the shop and say "just taking a f* break". While it was totally inoffensive, it did make me a bit uncomfortable. Piquing my sjw sensitivities, I guess
- dorkwood 6y agoJust to clarify for people outside the UK, this refers to the three-letter variation.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agofag as opposed to faggot you mean. It’s okay, we’re adults. We can handle discussion about a word.
- throwaway3699 6y agoYes but that's nothing to do with homosexuals? Why is there any relation.
- snet0 6y agoThere isn't any relation other than the word being used. It's not something I ever complained about because I understood that it wasn't offensive in any way and is, like I said, just the response I have to hearing that word.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoPersonally I find it disturbing that adults discussing the word feel the need to type things like “f-word” instead of just typing the word fag. You’re talking about a cigarette. It’s a configuration of 3 particular letters. There’s no reason to react to them in that context.