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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[-] damdy@lemmings.world 15 points 7 months ago

I'm just impressed they used 'couldn't care less' correctly.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 22 points 7 months ago

english as a second language tend to be more careful with their usage of idioms

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

Man, fuck english idioms. Will never get over how "that's shit" = bad but "that's the shit" = good

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago

Greater brevity: "Holy fuck!" Something bad happened. "Holy fuck!" Something awesome happened.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

That's quite the example.

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

"bollocks" = bad / nonsense / lies

"the bollocks" = the absolute best you can get

[-] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, but sometimes they use them too much.

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