▲ 469 ▼ Anon tries to manipulate Tinder (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago (3 children) It stands for female humanoid and is exactly as dehumanizing as it sounds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 years ago It was femoid originally but anon got even lazier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IlIllIIIllIlIlIIlI@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago I think that the part being dehumanized is the one that uses that word. permalink fedilink source parent [+] atro_city@fedia.io -31 points 2 years ago (3 children) How is that "dehumanizing" when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been "female apeoid" I'd have agreed, but humanoid... So "moid" for male humanoid is "dehumanizing" too? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago (1 child) How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too? "A humanoid is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid A humanoid is by definition not human, hence calling a human a humanoid is dehumanizing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. Thank you for the explanation. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clickyello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago graceful. props to you. more people should be like this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago -oid is like -esque, in that it describes something that resembles the root word, without actually being it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* And the n-word literally means "black". But from the context we know that it is being used as a derogatory word just like in this case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 years ago It was femoid originally but anon got even lazier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IlIllIIIllIlIlIIlI@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago I think that the part being dehumanized is the one that uses that word. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] atro_city@fedia.io -31 points 2 years ago (3 children) How is that "dehumanizing" when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been "female apeoid" I'd have agreed, but humanoid... So "moid" for male humanoid is "dehumanizing" too? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago (1 child) How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too? "A humanoid is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid A humanoid is by definition not human, hence calling a human a humanoid is dehumanizing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. Thank you for the explanation. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clickyello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago graceful. props to you. more people should be like this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago -oid is like -esque, in that it describes something that resembles the root word, without actually being it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* And the n-word literally means "black". But from the context we know that it is being used as a derogatory word just like in this case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago (1 child) How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too? "A humanoid is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid A humanoid is by definition not human, hence calling a human a humanoid is dehumanizing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. Thank you for the explanation. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clickyello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago graceful. props to you. more people should be like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. Thank you for the explanation. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] clickyello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago graceful. props to you. more people should be like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] clickyello@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago graceful. props to you. more people should be like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago -oid is like -esque, in that it describes something that resembles the root word, without actually being it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] babybus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* And the n-word literally means "black". But from the context we know that it is being used as a derogatory word just like in this case. permalink fedilink source parent