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Maybe this isn't ideal for the homepage > Okay Retards, I will make this long because apparently you Apes seem to like long posts, even when a YOLO opportunity
by BrianOnHN 5y ago
Maybe this isn't ideal for the homepage
> Okay Retards, I will make this long because apparently you Apes seem to like long posts, even when a YOLO opportunity like this
But what do I know, I'm just a triggered liberal.
Edit: I understand how they use the "r" word on WSB as it's been in the mainstream news for a year. I'm saying that it reflects poorly on a business, signaling that it failed due diligence, on there homepage of all places.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThis is the dialect of /r/wallstreetbets. Apes strong together and all that jazz. To call someone a retard is a term of endearment, or a (not so) secret handshake. (fellow gambling degenerate)
- tclancy 5y agoThat’s lovely. Bad news is a bunch of edgelords don’t get to dictate how language is used or what it means.
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- adamdusty 5y agoAmong themselves? Why wouldn't they? No one is obligated to participate.
- tclancy 5y agoTo every smoothbrain that responded thusly, if you only use a word in private amongst certain other people, then it feels a lot like we both know that’s a word you shouldn’t use.
- tux1968 5y agoLike scientists, doctors, and programmers who only use certain words in the company of their fellow practitioners? Or say any number of fan bases (think Anime, or personality-driven youtube channels) that have their own lingo?
- exolymph 5y agoHilarious to call people "smoothbrain" while decrying "retard" Clearly it doesn't bother you when someone's intellect is questioned, so what's the issue?
- motoxpro 5y ago"edgelord" "smoothbrained" haha I have to agree here, this is a strange argument.
- tclancy 5y agoAre these words that are applied to specific groups that are marginalized? Oh right, you guys are the real oppressed.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into tedious flamewar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- contravariant 5y agoBad news is that they do and are. I mean it's basically the same kind of people that turned a word that simply meant 'delayed' into a slur.
- Grustaf 5y agoNo, any euphemism people invent to talk about things that are negative will inevitably end up as slurs, because people view these things as negative. It's inevitable. Even when they invent inscrutable acronyms like DAMP or ADHD, people will use them as slurs when they denote things that are undesirable. This is not an example of that though, since "retarded" is not a slur in WSB, it's the opposite.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoWhat else is language dictated by if not the people who use it?
- ijustlurk 5y agoIt appears they’ve already done exactly that within their community
- unixhero 5y agoLol what is an edgelord?
- arcturus17 5y agoActually, they do dictate how language is used amongst themselves. It’s pretty much tautological.
- steve_taylor 5y agoYour wife’s boyfriend can explain it to you.
- dang 5y agoWe ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- steve_taylor 5y agoFair enough. It was a /r/WallStreetBets reference.
- dang 5y agoUnderstood.
- toolz 5y agoI mean you're more than welcome to share your opinion and/or be offended. I don't get why it's gotta be a generalized "triggered liberal" thing or w.e. - just seems so unproductive towards any end. If you want the language to stop, making it an us vs them thing doesn't appear to be a successful strategy. If you're just memeing then carry on. It doesn't really bother me, I just never really understand the call-to-political-arms mentality for this kinda stuff, because it doesn't really change how people talk in my experience - it only changes who they talk to, which I think is counter-productive for society. A society built on private chatrooms is just putting everyone deeper into their own echo chamber.
- tylerhou 5y agoI’ve been called an SJW for politely asking people to stop saying “retarded” or the n-word (or saying things that sound close to the n-word to allude to it). So even if you politely ask, some people will interpret it as an us-vs-them fight anyway. I think the triggered liberal comment was an attempt at levity to make the feedback less harsh so that people might have a less visceral reaction.
- MrStonedOne 5y agoPeople don't like bad faith being injected into their speech, and its absolutely appropriate to treat such attempts as an act of aggression, because it is.
- BrianOnHN 5y ago> an attempt at levity to make the feedback less harsh Indeed.
- morelikeborelax 5y agoI've been using WSB and what has come since for many years as additional sources of DD; and it reads like "Howdy do fellow kids" type nonsense from someone who isn't part of the community. The Ape stuff is cringe, because that moniker is adopted for those who can't read/can only buy and hold stock and is purely focused on GME anyway. This could be a great resource and it doesn't need to be directed to people playing up ridiculous persona's on reddit when the reality is those who will read this are intelligent investors.