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We don't call each other cunt that much, but of course we do it now and again with a smile on our face. Right. My point was simply that the word is much more c
by throwaway328 1y ago
We don't call each other cunt that much, but of course we do it now and again with a smile on our face. Right.
My point was simply that the word is much more common in places like the UK and Australia, to the point where being called that once ever is very far away from my experience, enough to be quite noteworthy. A point which your comment literally confirms.
And, as everyone is rushing to point out, yes, it can be used offensively, if used a certain way. What is this apparent difficulty accepting that words have multiple uses, even sometimes the opposite thing. English is a very contextual language, tone and intonation and familiarity and etc matter hugely.
For example, your last point - calling a woman a cunt can of course be sexist, but what if you and the woman for whatever reason both decide that you like calling each other a cunt? If you think that doesn't happen in the world, in respectful and mutually caring relationships and friendships, you are mistaken. Some people simply enjoy breaking taboos, it can be healthy and playful.
- twixfel 1y agoIf he’s posting about it on hacker news about how he was called a cunt by him then me thinks they weren’t, and never were, friends. Point is even with context you’re still wrong.
- throwaway328 1y agoI didn't comment on OP's story of being called a cunt, nor claim that they were friends, nor make any guesses about how the word in the original story was employed. From the other comments in the thread, it seems it very well could have been meant offensively in this case - but I wasn't commenting about that. But anyway, that hardly matters - yes, I am indeed dead wrong in the made up argument you're having about the thing no-one said.
- twixfel 1y agoOk so you just decided to randomly explain that cunt is not an offensive word in some cultures and in some contexts to some guy who complained he was called a cunt once and by a Brit. No reason why someone might think your comment was connected to OP’s comment. Nope none at all. Nicely done.
- throwaway328 1y agoNo no, there's a very good reason people might think that! It's called poor engagement with the written word. Another way to refer to it would be making ungrounded assumptions and then acting like it's the agree-upon reality. Very common nowadays. I'd like to take responsibility for your incorrect reading of my comments, but it would unfortunately make no sense. I implore you to take a break from the insinuations and instead quote directly any part of any of my comments that shows me saying what you believed me to be saying. You won't be able to, because it simply didn't happen. The word cunt has radically different patterns of use in the USA vs in UK/AUS/IE/NZ. More cultural knowledge is useful and good. It's perfectly plausible that OP was unaware of that fact, and I therefore thought it could be useful knowledge, for OP and anyone else, regardless of the original anecdote, but possibly related to the original anecdote. That's for OP to decide, I don't know the details. Is that clearer now for you?
- twixfel 1y agoI didn’t bother to read any of that. Except the last line. I can’t imagine I missed out on anything at all.
- throwaway328 1y agoAh, thank you for sparing me another misinterprtation, how good of you!
- twixfel 1y agoWord of advice: learn to write and this problem you face won’t happen quite as often.
- throwaway328 1y agoWriting advice from some pleb with the English comprehension ability of a garden gate, who probably wrote a story about his pet dog to scrape a pass in his O-levels - truly, our civilisation descends but deeper into the abyss