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For history's sake, here are 3 of 5 parts of the original story preserved in the SA Goldmine for anyone who wants to read 2002 forum comments: Part 1: https://

by Lammy 4y ago

For history's sake, here are 3 of 5 parts of the original story preserved in the SA Goldmine for anyone who wants to read 2002 forum comments: Part 1: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=186744 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=18... (dead link) Part 2: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=209856 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=20... (dead link) Part 3: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=260220 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=26... Part 4: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=306921 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=30... Part 5: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=332580 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=33... Disclaimer: The word "sir" seems to have been edited into the f-slur at some point on part 5.

sirmarksalot 4y ago
I remember when that happened. "Sir" or "kind sir" had become a cliche, and the mods added a replacement filter to discourage people from using it. Understand that SA at the time lived by the edgelord ethos, "if I don't mean it literally, it's not offensive," so this kind of thing wasn't seen as homophobic, even though it totally was.
- acchow 4y ago
  "kind sir" was a homophobic slur? I must have been too young to see this.
  - sirmarksalot 4y ago
    "kind sir" was auto-replaced with "kind f**"
    - registeredcorn 4y ago
      kind fat?
- woooooo 4y ago
  To be fair, (to be fairrrr), that was actually mainstream rather than edgelord in 2002. It was completely normal for straight bro friends to call each other the word as a gag even if they'd be horrified at using it as a slur against a gay person.
  - sirmarksalot 4y ago
    Yeah, there was that whole South Park episode where they argue that the slur should be repurposed to refer to people who ride motorcycles too loud and turn left on red, but unfortunately that's just not how slurs work.

by Lammy 4y ago

sirmarksalot 4y ago

I remember when that happened. "Sir" or "kind sir" had become a cliche, and the mods added a replacement filter to discourage people from using it. Understand that SA at the time lived by the edgelord ethos, "if I don't mean it literally, it's not offensive," so this kind of thing wasn't seen as homophobic, even though it totally was.

acchow 4y ago
"kind sir" was a homophobic slur? I must have been too young to see this.
- sirmarksalot 4y ago
  "kind sir" was auto-replaced with "kind f**"
  - registeredcorn 4y ago
    kind fat?
woooooo 4y ago
To be fair, (to be fairrrr), that was actually mainstream rather than edgelord in 2002. It was completely normal for straight bro friends to call each other the word as a gag even if they'd be horrified at using it as a slur against a gay person.
- sirmarksalot 4y ago
  Yeah, there was that whole South Park episode where they argue that the slur should be repurposed to refer to people who ride motorcycles too loud and turn left on red, but unfortunately that's just not how slurs work.