the overlap of linguistic appropriation and race in a social context as diverse and historically loaded with abuse as the US is fascinating—especially when it repeats certain patterns

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    what was the old way? I never really saw it used before the current use. afaik it either is to be taken literally as saying dead/death, or as tongue in cheek “haha this is painful / cringe”

    for example: “oh of course this company sends you in an endless loop from the general help page to a specific help page back to the general help page, neither of which have the resources promised by the other page” — “💀”