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It's as insulting as M$ is
by seanclayton 8mo ago
It's as insulting as M$ is
- cinntaile 8mo agoHow is M$ insulting? It just looks like a leetspeak version of MS.
- matsemann 8mo agoAnd other insults are just words as well. It's the intention, history, connotation etc. behind words that give them meaning. M$ is meant as an insult, hence it's insulting. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/M$ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/M$
- cinntaile 8mo agoAs I said, I was not aware of the insult.
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- riffraff 8mo agoIt is supposed to indicate Microsoft cares only about money, which to me too, seems in the same league as microslop, i.e. mildly insulting but really not rude enough to be worth censoring.
- JasonADrury 8mo agoHas there ever been a single good piece of writing that uses "M$" or the likes? "M$" may not be insulting in itself, but it's certainly typically associated with insultingly poor writing.
- BigTTYGothGF 8mo ago> Has there ever been a single good piece of writing that uses "M$" or the likes? There has not.