jackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoLiberals are dumb as fuckhexbear.netimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down11
arrow-up1168arrow-down1imageLiberals are dumb as fuckhexbear.netjackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareMovingThrowaway [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·6 months agoIt’s a normal part of speech in like half of statesian dialects, including AAVE Having grown up with it I honestly think it’s weirder not to have a gender-neutral second-person pleural pronoun.
minus-squarejoaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 months agoYeah! What drives me nuts is that some libs like using it as a kind of folksy affectation, but I might be reading too much into it
minus-squareRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·6 months agoI get ya, funny enough, I feel the same way about “folks”. Maybe we just need to start saying “Comrade” publicly instead.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 months ago Maybe we just need to start saying “Comrade” publicly instead. You should have seen the labour party conferences (televised) during Corbyn’s party leadership. Here’s a supercut https://streamable.com/vbi0l4
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoI feel the same way about “folks,” ironically it kinda feels like the liberal version of “comrade” in that they both feel like cosplay
minus-squareMovingThrowaway [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoI like comrade having connotations of communist tho, I hope that doesn’t get generalized.
minus-squareFanonFan [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoThere’s occasionally a tinge of white liberal urban superiority complex when people from the coasts use it, for sure.
minus-squareMovingThrowaway [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAgreed
minus-square420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoEmbrace your inner Philadelphian Embrace “yous”
minus-squareFanonFan [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoSynthesis: Yous’ll
minus-square420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoPaul “Yous’ll” Muad’Dib Atreides
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoSome cunning linguist could definitely do something interesting investigating the “dialects” of political parties or movements, like a spiritual successor to Victor Klemperer’s LTI.
It’s a normal part of speech in like half of statesian dialects, including AAVE
Having grown up with it I honestly think it’s weirder not to have a gender-neutral second-person pleural pronoun.
Yeah! What drives me nuts is that some libs like using it as a kind of folksy affectation, but I might be reading too much into it
I get ya, funny enough, I feel the same way about “folks”. Maybe we just need to start saying “Comrade” publicly instead.
You should have seen the labour party conferences (televised) during Corbyn’s party leadership.
Here’s a supercut https://streamable.com/vbi0l4
I feel the same way about “folks,” ironically it kinda feels like the liberal version of “comrade” in that they both feel like cosplay
I like comrade having connotations of communist tho, I hope that doesn’t get generalized.
There’s occasionally a tinge of white liberal urban superiority complex when people from the coasts use it, for sure.
Agreed
Embrace your inner Philadelphian
Embrace “yous”
Synthesis: Yous’ll
Paul “Yous’ll” Muad’Dib Atreides
Some cunning linguist could definitely do something interesting investigating the “dialects” of political parties or movements, like a spiritual successor to Victor Klemperer’s LTI.