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  • Cethin@lemmy.ziptoComic Strips@lemmy.worldEndorphins
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    12 days ago

    Yeah, I agree. I’m not the biggest fan of Sriracha, but the purpose isn’t to be spicy. It’s to add spices and flavor. You can add other stuff in addition to make things spicy. Similarly, Tabasco is a seasoning. It’s technically labeled a hot sauce, but it’s very mild and there for the flavor. There’s plenty of other options to increase the heat. They serve different purposes.



  • Cethin@lemmy.ziptomemes@lemmy.worldThe art of subtlety
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    13 days ago

    Presumably this means sapient, as in the thing humans have but other animals don’t (the term sentient is often misused to mean sapient). In which case, no. Most brains are not sapient. Only humans are as far as we’re aware currently, but definitely not ants and other insects that far outnumber us.



  • Free speech is not what you think it is. Free speech means the government won’t stop you from speaking. It doesn’t mean you are allowed to say anything you want. You need to go back to middle school civics.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

    If there is no limit to tolerance, the intolerant will abuse that and we end up with an intolerant society. Tolerance is a social contract. If you break it, you are no longer tolerated.

    The ONLY exception to this is if the language is used to directly harm, then it is no longer language, it is a weapon and should definitely be restricted.

    Cool. Then stop using that word. It is directly harmful to some people.


  • Just a heads up, your comment above currently has a score of -9 for me right now. That means at least 11 people downvoted, and more if anyone upvoted.

    Do you think Nazis should also be allowed to say anything they want without restriction? Should any language have consequences? I assume you would agree some restrictions are good. You just think it shouldn’t effect you.


  • OK, I’ll explain this to you. Using the word as an insult means that it’s a bad thing to be. For example, the word sinister refers to left-handed people (though so far removed that most don’t know this). It was used to say something is evil, and in turn to call people who are left-handed evil. It was insulting to left-handed people by association.

    If, for example, I were to use blonde to refer negatively to someone, it’d imply that it’s wrong to be blonde and blondes should be ashamed of who they are, right? Consider how you’d feel if we used a part of who you are as an insult. You wouldn’t enjoy seeing it used probably, right? Hopefully you’d have some empathy and stop, but maybe that’s too much to ask for.

    Acting like you’re actually the one being oppressed is honestly hilarious while you insult a group of people.