Reddit had a very long era where lots and lots of “I just watched Tennant’s Doctor Who and I need to LARP as a kind English gentlesir now” types that also really, really wanted an excuse to say a locally-recognized-as-misogynistic slur but with an imported excuse for why it’s not a misogynistic slur while still using it as a misogynistic slur.
Cornfed nerd from Ohio: “U fuckin wot, m8? I swear on me mum that you don’t understand that when I say c–t I’m being congenial and everyone says it and I say it to me mum all the time. So stop being a c–t like Literally Who Anita Sarkeesian and Literally Who Zoe Quinn you c–t!”
Reddit had a very long era where lots and lots of “I just watched Tennant’s Doctor Who and I need to LARP as a kind English gentlesir now” types that also really, really wanted an excuse to say a locally-recognized-as-misogynistic slur but with an imported excuse for why it’s not a misogynistic slur while still using it as a misogynistic slur.
Cornfed nerd from Ohio: “U fuckin wot, m8? I swear on me mum that you don’t understand that when I say c–t I’m being congenial and everyone says it and I say it to me mum all the time. So stop being a c–t like Literally Who Anita Sarkeesian and Literally Who Zoe Quinn you c–t!”
In Australia we say removed when we mean mate (congenially) and we say mate when we mean removed (aggressively)
It’s all about tone.
“Hey friend, is everything all right?” Can be both comforting and threatening
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For bonus points, negative usage in light-hearted banter, flipping it to net positive.
in a happy, sarcastic tone with a small giggle: “good one, dumb …”
Everything really is upside down down there
Particularly annoying hearing people go fake-RP and cons since Tennant had a fucking Scottish accent and Ecceston had a Yorkshire!