Andy@slrpnk.net to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-216 days agoTankies hate this one weird trickslrpnk.netimagemessage-square265linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down157file-text
arrow-up1616arrow-down1imageTankies hate this one weird trickslrpnk.netAndy@slrpnk.net to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-216 days agomessage-square265linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoIt even has a section on how its used on the internet! Its almost like language isnt static, and has history beyond a one line deffitnition!
minus-squarepsycholocomotor_no2@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoYou are systematically dismantling your own arguments. “Tankie” is vague because it’s a word for a label and the underlying concept being referred to can be very different when different people say it.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoAnd thats true for a lot of the English langagr. In fact it can even be geographical, like the word faggot. But its still clear when its a slur and when its a cigarette. There’s the entire history and usage on that page for you.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoAlso, my original point was that op didn’t look for a definition and just decided to bitch about it. Not about a specific definition.
It even has a section on how its used on the internet!
Its almost like language isnt static, and has history beyond a one line deffitnition!
You are systematically dismantling your own arguments. “Tankie” is vague because it’s a word for a label and the underlying concept being referred to can be very different when different people say it.
And thats true for a lot of the English langagr.
In fact it can even be geographical, like the word faggot. But its still clear when its a slur and when its a cigarette.
There’s the entire history and usage on that page for you.
Also, my original point was that op didn’t look for a definition and just decided to bitch about it. Not about a specific definition.