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minus-squareMelmi@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoIt is explicitly a slur. That’s the whole joke. People use it in analogy to the n-word all the time.
minus-squareSv443@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days agoonce you admit it’s a slur and let the companies categorize it as such you can’t go back. It’s derogatory, sure, but not a slur imo.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-227 days ago a slur for robots It gave me pause too. But, wikipedia again: A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. Not sure that’s what you meant though.
not a slur
It is explicitly a slur. That’s the whole joke. People use it in analogy to the n-word all the time.
once you admit it’s a slur and let the companies categorize it as such you can’t go back. It’s derogatory, sure, but not a slur imo.
It gave me pause too. But, wikipedia again:
Not sure that’s what you meant though.