▲ 340 ▼ Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math? (leminal.space) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments He was abducted by Hagrid when he turned 11 so that would place him maybe around the fifth or sixth grade. I don't know if canonically there are math classes at Hogwarts. The thought came to while I was watching the anime Mashle. If you are into Harry Potter and One-Punch Man I'd recommend giving it a watch. Someone mentioned this community below; I wanted to highlight it. Small promotion for !harrypotter@literature.cafe
[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) There can be more than one slur. Muggle is debatable I believe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Idk I can't remember anyone in Harry Potter using it as a straight up slur, the worst I can think of is some people use it in a rude way like "The Blacks" or "The Gays". I haven't read them in a long time tho, I just remember mudblood being a slur and muggle being the accepted term, even by muggleborn magic users permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago That's because Mudblood is a magic user born from a Muggle family. A different term from Muggle itself. Pretty sure Muggle is an accepted term in the overall society (it's used in the Ministry's Department name for example), except from a few 'activists' you might hear of. I believe there's someone like that in Hogwarts Legacy as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) What's wrong about saying the blacks or the gays? That's just refering to a specific group of people. Only thing I can see as problematic is the generalization that follows but that's always the case when talking about groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago People take offense to using adjectives describing a group of people as a noun. For example "the black community" or "people who are gay" describe a subset (describe a portion of the overall community,) whereas "the blacks" or "the gays" describe a distinct set (and imply that group as an "other") permalink fedilink source parent [–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Muggle isnt a slur, just as wizard isnt a slur. It's not a derogatory term. It's just their word for non-magic people while non-magic people use the word wizard or witch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Idk I can't remember anyone in Harry Potter using it as a straight up slur, the worst I can think of is some people use it in a rude way like "The Blacks" or "The Gays". I haven't read them in a long time tho, I just remember mudblood being a slur and muggle being the accepted term, even by muggleborn magic users permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago That's because Mudblood is a magic user born from a Muggle family. A different term from Muggle itself. Pretty sure Muggle is an accepted term in the overall society (it's used in the Ministry's Department name for example), except from a few 'activists' you might hear of. I believe there's someone like that in Hogwarts Legacy as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) What's wrong about saying the blacks or the gays? That's just refering to a specific group of people. Only thing I can see as problematic is the generalization that follows but that's always the case when talking about groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago People take offense to using adjectives describing a group of people as a noun. For example "the black community" or "people who are gay" describe a subset (describe a portion of the overall community,) whereas "the blacks" or "the gays" describe a distinct set (and imply that group as an "other") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago That's because Mudblood is a magic user born from a Muggle family. A different term from Muggle itself. Pretty sure Muggle is an accepted term in the overall society (it's used in the Ministry's Department name for example), except from a few 'activists' you might hear of. I believe there's someone like that in Hogwarts Legacy as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) What's wrong about saying the blacks or the gays? That's just refering to a specific group of people. Only thing I can see as problematic is the generalization that follows but that's always the case when talking about groups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago People take offense to using adjectives describing a group of people as a noun. For example "the black community" or "people who are gay" describe a subset (describe a portion of the overall community,) whereas "the blacks" or "the gays" describe a distinct set (and imply that group as an "other") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago People take offense to using adjectives describing a group of people as a noun. For example "the black community" or "people who are gay" describe a subset (describe a portion of the overall community,) whereas "the blacks" or "the gays" describe a distinct set (and imply that group as an "other") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Muggle isnt a slur, just as wizard isnt a slur. It's not a derogatory term. It's just their word for non-magic people while non-magic people use the word wizard or witch. permalink fedilink source parent