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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you could have any superpower from any fictional universe, what would it be?
3·18 小时前Without the super toughness, I have some bad news for you
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Just watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?
10·4 天前I’m just glad I didn’t get banned for answering a question with references
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Just watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?
2·5 天前It’s not removed from my post. Seems like some of your readers or federated instances are filtering that word out for you.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Just watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?
8·5 天前English history is full of “that foreign word sounds sexy so let’s make a version of it”
Me reading this in the bathroom on Thanksgiving

bigfish@lemmy.dbzer0.comto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Just watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?
51·5 天前Back from this rabbit hole and brought gifts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger
It’s been in use since the 16th century by English speakers. Basically it was just an anglicization of the Spanish or Portuguese negro. At the time it was seen as neutral by white folk, but it’s also always been tied to slavery, so definitely not neutral from the pov of the slaves.
So did its use imply a power imbalance? Yes. Did the white folk who used it early on know? Maybe…?
I guess it’s similar to using “Indian” to describe New World Native peoples. It’s always been tied to expansionism and genocide, but from the pov of the oppressor that connotation isn’t readily recognized.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•where do the people in my dreams go when I wake up?
5·6 天前It’s only ever you in there. They just put away the props, take off the makeup, and get ready to argue about which color of pants should go with those shoes your spouse hates but you like so much.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If your child came out to you, how did you adjust?
41·11 天前Don’t you basically only need to change the pronouns you use to ask about their Significant Other, and maybe change the “when are you going to have kids?” to “when are you going to adopt a kid?”.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If there was a baby boom, does that mean there will be a death boom
66·11 天前Starts with a “oh shit these old people have expensive healthcare needs!”, proceeds to “how the hell are we going to pay for their elder benefits?” (Social Security in the US), and eventually to “even their houses got gobbled up by the banks and private capital when they had to reverse mortgage their homes to pay off their medical bills and live out their final days…”
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America
13·14 天前Can we get these so big they’re meaningless costs in terms of something understandable, like years of free lunches for all elementary school students? Housing all currently unhoused people? (Not medical, those costs make no sense)
“Trump Has Already Spent The Equivalent Of Feeding All Elementary School Students For A Quarter Attacking Latin America”
I have exactly that one you put on. It’s a good one. Anemic fan but otherwise awesome. Nice find and solid installation.
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politics @lemmy.world•What is the "Mamdani Act"? GOP bill would ban socialists, Marxists from US
6·16 天前Straight up anticompetitive. And so obviously going to lose even the first wiff of a 1A legal challenge.
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Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world•Old Guys at the Hardware Store are on to Something
73·26 天前I thought this was leading to suspenders. Also very comfortable, and keep your pants up.
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politics @lemmy.world•‘I know what it requires’: Harris on why she’s thinking about running for president in 2028
25·26 天前They don’t. Or they’d start reading the room and actually start pushing an actual “change agent”. They’re too stuck on running people whose whole ethos is “if only things were how they had been back in the 90s” (when DNC had power). Was a great time for them, but since Regan, everything’s been getting shittier for everyone not in the political or donor class. They need to run a FDR not a Biden.
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politics @lemmy.world•‘I know what it requires’: Harris on why she’s thinking about running for president in 2028
171·26 天前Because the DNC decided to go with (checks notes) the easiest to run centrist candidate who happened to already be there.




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