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minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down3·1 year agoIs it supposed to be “fag”?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoOh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoAmerican here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.
minus-squarecredit crazy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoHonestly I only found out it was a slur 3 days ago and I still don’t know what it’s targeted towards
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoGay rights are human rights.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”
minus-squareNythos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoAs a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.
Is it supposed to be “fag”?
Oh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?
I forgot Americans don’t call them fags.
American here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.
Honestly I only found out it was a slur 3 days ago and I still don’t know what it’s targeted towards
Gay rights are human rights.
I’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”
I interpreted it as either meaning tab or fag so I guess entirely depends on the region you’re from.
As a Canadian I look at that and think dart or a smoke.