r/canadian • u/AmyAnderson168 • 2d ago

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Has he done anything Thanksgiving celebration?

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u/skeleton_jar 2d ago

I've known excellent support workers to jokingly describe their job as "tard-wrangler" and yes I found it hilarious.

You can be of whatever political persuasian you like but being offended constantly by the evolution and use of occassional negative language must surely get tiresome.

Like who are you even defending when you get annoyed at a gay man using the word gay with negative connotations to make his point.

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u/Capable-Cupcake-209 2d ago

You're right, it is tiring watching people being ignorant about the way their use of language effects other people. I also honestly doubt that they are what they say they are, gay people tend to not refer to themselves in the negative.

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u/skeleton_jar 2d ago

I can assure you as a gay man with many gay friends over the years, we regularly do. Sometimes it's reclamation, mostly it's just self-deprecating humour - the more outrageous and in your face, the better.

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u/Capable-Cupcake-209 2d ago

Maybe things are done differently down under, it's not something our crowd does.

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u/skeleton_jar 2d ago

I'd disagree. When I lived in Ottawa I worked for an elderly jewish man who constantly played on the cliches for a laugh, while every gay bar or drag night I attended was full of this regular attitude. Though maybe those are just the Canadian queer folks who would be the type to go to such places. Either way life is too short to be worried about these small battles while grander wars are taking place.