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[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not just bis. Gays do it to. I found out from Reddit gay subs that I should be a fast walker. Apparently gay people all walk fast. Not something I've ever noticed.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's funny how innocuous stereotypes sometimes get popular like that. In ten or twenty years that stereotype will have been repeated by the current generation so much that the next generation will find it offensive.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I swear that someday the word "autistic" will become offensive

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Any word is offensive if you use it in a manner to cause offence.

A muppet is a kids puppet with a hand in it, very entertaining, but if I call you a muppet I'm saying you're all mouth and no brains.

Most insults for stupidity are archaic medical terms describing a lack of normal capacity.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but saying "lunatic" doesn't carry the same weight as the R slur. I think "autistic" may eventually carry that weight

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because people are less offended about being called crazy than deficient. That's nothing new.