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PaperclipPerfector  2yr ago (text post)   5955 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 10, 2023

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What kind of subhuman finds any toothpaste tasty?

here’s somebody marking me for execution over toothpaste. Do your share opinions about toothpaste with everybody in your so-called ingroup?

Unless I’m misreading the situation, you are massively overreacting to a joke. How do you even get “somebody’s marking me for execution” out of a sillily-worded statement that no toothpaste tastes good? Even taking f3zinker literally shouldn’t do it.

Seconding ArjinFerman.

However, I’d also like to push back against the idea that “subhuman” = “should be executed.” I’d say the connotation should instead be “subhuman” = “animalistic.” If I call someone an ass or a pig, I’m passing a negative judgment on them but not calling for their deaths. The same holds true if I use the broader category of sub-human.

Of course, it doesn’t really matter in this case, since it was all a joke anyway.

While we probably all have some form of autism over here, and so don't hold it against you, you might need to tone down yours a bit. Even the "subhuman" part is a joke. The idea of using such extreme language over something so trivial is where the humor is.

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