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octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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They've got a point!

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They've got a point!

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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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      Whoa, fuck yeah Linus Torvalds

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        On top of all of that he used “I couldn’t care less” correctly.

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          Do people use that incorrectly a lot?

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            There’s a whole country of them.

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

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

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          Man, fuck english idioms. Will never get over how “that’s shit” = bad but “that’s the shit” = good

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            Greater brevity: “Holy fuck!” Something bad happened. “Holy fuck!” Something awesome happened.

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            That’s quite the example.

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            “bollocks” = bad / nonsense / lies

            “the bollocks” = the absolute best you can get

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          Yes, but sometimes they use them too much.

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