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by noahbp1 days ago |
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upvoteby lkey1 days ago|
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Capital be praised that capital owners are back on top.

May the low-waged ever be trodden upon and forever know their true place.

Those that died or became disabled during covid are mewling degenerates.

Their cries of 'illness', 'poverty', and 'homelessness' are precisely as useless as the wailing and lamentation of women in their menses, a farcical thing to be dismissed and ignored.

May the Fed be ever in your favor, Amen

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upvoteby tadfisher1 days ago|
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Highly suggest adding "hysterical" to your internal vocabulary filter.
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upvoteby beckon691 days ago|
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Not OP. But respectfully disagree. Reads appropriate to me.

"Related to or marked by Hysteria" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysterical

Hysteria being "behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess" which seems to be exactly what OP was trying to say.

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upvoteby GlickWick1 days ago|
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The origin of the word is a bit darker than its meaning, unfortunately. It comes from the Greek word for Uterus. You can kinda fill in the blanks from there as to how it came to its modern meaning.
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upvoteby annodomini20191 days ago|
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Let's add dumb, lame, sinister, grandfathered in while we're at it if we're litigating roots nobody thinks about on a day-to-day basis...
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upvoteby clates1 days ago|
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virtue signaling of the highest degree.
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upvoteby GlickWick1 days ago|
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Nah, I don't care either way. Just explaining to the person why the definition isn't the whole story.
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upvoteby palmotea1 days ago|
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> The origin of the word is a bit darker than its meaning, unfortunately.

We should all just stop speaking. The origin of too many words is problematic. Just think of how many were coined by racists and misogynists!

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upvoteby sapphicsnail23 hours ago|
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Are you aware of the irony of complaining about people being hypersensitive while you're overreacting to someone explaining why some people might find a word offensive?
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upvoteby palmotea6 hours ago|
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You misunderstood me: I'm complaining about people being sensitive/offended due to the origin of a word. It's not a workable standard. Language changes and evolves, and the etymology should considered little more than a historical footnote not some significant, controlling thing.

If I open etymological dictionary and find out the word "pineapple" was originally coined to demean my ancestors (a fact I and a majority of people were completely unaware), what should the reaction be? Push everyone to start calling them Ananas comosus in everyday speech instead?

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upvoteby tadfisher4 hours ago|
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There's one difference between your experience and mine, and that is that I learned about the etymology from people with uteruses on separate occasions after I had used the word. So it's not some meaning lost to time, at least to people I associate with.

In any case, I made a suggestion. Do with it what you will.

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upvoteby GlickWick1 days ago|
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Nah, that's knee-jerk. Don't have a particular horse in this race, just explaining why some people might react this way to the word if they're aware of the history behind it. We as a society can determine whether or not we like certain words in our vernacular.
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upvoteby palmotea1 days ago|
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My point is: who cares about the origin of the word? IMHO, no one should. Unless the word used in a way meant to offend, it's fine. Otherwise you're kind of cultivating offense and over-sensitivity, helping it survive and grow, which helps no one.
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upvoteby GlickWick1 days ago|
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It's trickier than that. There's a lot of people who are naturally aware of the history behind the word, and it's tough to remove emotion and intent from that history. Sometimes things bother people, and it's nice to understand why before deciding if you should do anything about it or not.
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upvoteby tadfisher1 days ago|
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In particular, people with uteruses can be hyper-aware of the etymology, and I've had several inform me about it in the past, which helped me decide to avoid it.
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