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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Dunno if "gay" makes people LGBTQ

calling people gay as a slur implies that it’s a bad thing to be avoided… when kids start to think they might be gay, if it’s had trauma and bullying attached it absolutely leads to self hatred

and that’s a self-reinforcing cycle

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago*

I hear people use "faggot" more these days which I think is arguably much worse, considering that the word originally refers to something that is supposed to be burned with fire

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[+] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world -11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That's the point you know. Kids insulting one another is to help them build defenses against the real world. I think this is like psychology 101 stuff. It's natural to do, and does - in fact - help children grow.

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

But the lesson is "it's not cool to call your friends fat" and "you can call out your friends if they're being mean" or even "avoid people who make you feel bad". You clearly got the wrong message here.

There are shitty people and we have to deal with that, but that doesn't make these people any less shitty. We know how social consequences work, and you think you know as well, but why you gotta constantly take the shitty people's side here? Unless... Hmmm... 🤔

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[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

but why you gotta constantly take the shitty people's side here? Unless... Hmmm... 🤔

But my viewpoint is probably skewed as fuck, because I've been on the internet since I was 14 and have had to deal with the worst of it since day 1.

It's almost like you can't read.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's natural to do, and does - in fact - help children grow.

Do we have evidence for that?

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[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Well, obviously this happened to Crayon Eater and they turned out fine! Complete with insulting everyone and a habit of eating crayons.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

It's times like this I miss reddit's awards 😂

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[+] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Numerous studies over the last 50 years, yes.

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[–] don@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

There are vastly more studies over the last century that refute your claim, than there are studies that support it. If you don’t believe me, and I assume you don’t, just ask me.