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Screenshot of a tweet by @feralhousepuppy: hey so you’ve been calling me “bro”, “man”, and “dude” a lot and it’s really invalidating to my masculinity cause those are all gender neutral things you call trans women :/

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    Just that you shouldn’t expect two words that have similar meanings to be treated the same way, because they often have different connotations and usages.

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        12 hours ago

        Do you know what a connotation is? Frankly this is a bit annoying and I’m going to be blunt: it’s exceedingly obvious that it’s a difference in connotation (as I’ve said three times now) rather than in definition*. The difference is the context of how the words are used and the associations they have.

        I psychologically can’t uncouple ‘folks’ from pseudo-homespun charm put on by people who are sleazebags for various reasons

        That is the difference.

        * There are definitional differences too but it doesn’t really matter.

          • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            12 hours ago

            OP stated the difference clearly. I just quoted to you exactly where they said the difference. The definition is essentially the same but they are used and associated in different ways. I do not understand how you are confused or what further explanation you need here.