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What are you trying to say here?
by fknorangesite 4y ago
What are you trying to say here?
- yesenadam 4y agoI thought for a moment maybe the noun as an insult started with the Nazis, but no, the word goes back a long way. p.s. I notice the vast majority of your HN comments are similarly very short and low-effort, with a lot of not-very-nice jabs at people on here. Doesn't make for pleasant reading.
- fknorangesite 4y agoI asked because it's a common tactic for people who would use "degenerate" deliberately with its modern, Nazi-associated connotation but simultaneously (and dishonestly) try and hide behind the fact that it is in fact a much older word, thus protecting their dogwhistle. I was trying to suss out if that's what you were doing. > Doesn't make for pleasant reading. I can live with that. Brevity is the soul of wit?