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I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said "well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip." And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn't occurred to me until it's already said.

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[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

"Seek offence and you shall find it" - The secret mantra of Tumblr users

It's a tricky one because if someone wants to be offended, they definitely will be. I once knew a guy who, for some reason, found the use of the word "slug" (in any context) intensely offensive. To this day, no-one ever learned why.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

You can't be stupid, otherwise you'd be on Reddit ๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] OmenAtom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

If someone gets offended by something as banal as "crack the whip" they arent worth bothering yourself over, save your calories for someone else

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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

My mother-in-law used to call everyone "zipper-heads" until someone pointed out that it's a slur against Koreans (and a particularly graphic one at that).

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