Soggy

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

It's just pointing out that your position isn't consistent and seems to be related to how close the subject is to your own experience, while providing examples of the phenomenon of turning a derogatory generalization into a broadly understood concept that isn't necessarily attached to its root. (Barbarian is a fun one since the word was making fun of the way foreigners talked. I don't know of a direct contemporary comparison because people would rightfully point out that "chingchonger" is wildly offensive.) "Mansplaining" is a behavior specifically called out as a self-assured-man-assumes-ignorance-in-woman-and-condescendingly-explains-a-thing. It's not just dudes talking, it's not all men, and it doesn't hurt men that the behavior is identified. Mansplaining is a particular tone and context, it's hyper-specific language critical of one facet of patriarchal dominance and the assumed value of masculinity.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alright well the key difference is that males are not a historically disadvantaged class and that makes a big difference.

Do you rail against "Karen" as an insult? What about philistine, Luddite, or barbarian? Do you fight this hard against "eat the rich" or ACAB?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The word is formed from an experience common enough that the word caught on overnight. We don't need to get #notallmen about this.

(Also, "I'm struggling to think of examples": thinks of several examples)

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm sure that will be very comforting to all the people who still live in places where they can be executed for crimes like "sodomy" or "heresy".

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

He didn't even have to be a shit person to get rich! Just turned out to be one anyway.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago (8 children)

"Language changes and evolves over time, so we could also make a new word for this phenomenon."

We did, you just don't like it.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's some professional-grade entitlement.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The whole Anglosphere is pretty fucked thanks to Rupert Murdoch and easy cultural exchange. I'm not super up-to-date on European politics but I haven't heard anything bad about Finland lately.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'm the wrong guy to ask for that, sorry. Blue cheeses aren't something I reach for.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (8 children)

This isn't about what's available in Europe (also, hyperbole makes a terrible argument. I can just point to something like Reykhólar) You're specifically complaining about cheese availability in the United States and I think you're way more invested in hating the country than actually trying to fix your problems.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (10 children)

There's a lot more than one "American Cheddar", it's a big damn country with several distinct dairy regions. (Wisconsin, California, New York, and Vermont being significant but not exhaustive) And the cheese culture is just a fork of the various European colonizers/immigrants that brought cattle over, combining old techniques with new resources.

Cream cheese, Humboldt Fog, and Cougar Gold are some highlights of American-developed-and-produced cheeses.

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