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Fediverse sounds gross (lemmy.world)
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Anytime I mention it to people IRL they look uncomfortable before I explain it's the federated universe of distributed social platforms.

That moment of ๐Ÿ˜ฌ is due to the name Fediverse sounding like 'Fetiverse.' These people aren't sex obsessed. Most are tech professionals who were on Fark, SA, Digg...etc.

How do y'all navigate this homonymous quirk?

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[โ€“] haverholm@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess OP means it sounds like "fetish", but this looks like a retread of the "what if people think the fediverse logo looks like a pentagram?" hypothetical that didn't have any root in reality either.

[โ€“] noobface@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wish it was hypothetical. Two slightly awkward conversations prompted this.

[โ€“] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

In that case, sorry to break it to you: It's hard to swallow (no pun intended), but sometimes you just have to accept that people of your immediate acquaintance or relation are utterly unkinky.