You and I have very different definitions of “edging.”
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AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoIt’s called edging. You continually push “edgy” funny jokes because they are so crass and rebellious that you eventually arrive at the wonderful magnificent fascist USA we have today. That’s how gamer culture took over the white house.
I mean sometimes you can just not say an offensive word, even if you think it’s funny.
dalekcaan@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I can’t tell if you are being serious or not. This reads like some KenM type shit lol
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
the descriptor “breedable” is misogynistic because it’s a form of edging, how could they be more clear? 😂
Famko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You have a point there about the prevalence of politically incorrect jokes leading young men and influencers down a pipeline of right wing thought. I mean, gamergate did happen for a reason.
Though, I’m pretty sure that’s not what edging means
Stamets@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, not true
DipshitDetector@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Beep.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Sorry, but dunking on your brother supersedes societal concerns.
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’m not a native speaker but… breedable is not gendered? Or what do you mean? In addition, seeing Stamets post history, I’d say the argument doesn’t… fit?
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I think the term even comes from gay vocabulary, usually used for bottoms. so it’s only misogyny in the sense that it originally excluded women
Stamets@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In addition, seeing Stamets post history, I’d say the argument doesn’t… fit?
You mean the nonstop homosexuality that I pump out on a regular basis?
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Maybe.
😃
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
MEME FYI: Essentially, submissive and breedable is meant to be an absurd, funny term of endearment, especially when used towards men, who might not particularly take the terms “submissive” or “breedable” as compliments in a traditional sense. It’s often used in the LGBTQ+ community and towards more effeminite men, including femboys like F1nnster, to compliment them on looking, well, submissive and breedable.
Except, this context is missing in this meme, here it is associated with a girl portraying a character that was sold as part of a deal to be bred with. It is no longer absurd or flipping gender roles. That was her value, being breedable. It doesn’t matter who stamets is, same rules apply. Memes mutate and change. Your body my choice.
In the original context it is funny because it is absurd, they are men joking among each other knowing they don’t breed, and they are also not in danger of being used as sex slaves powerful men. It’s funny because we live in a post-homophobic, post-misogynist and post-racial world. They even shut down the f*****-suicide prevention hotline recently because it was no longer needed!
You can criticize me for using the completely goonerified word “edging” because that is just triggering. I thought it was clever since words have power precisely because they have hidden meaning.
Stamets@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
here it is associated with a girl portraying a character that was sold as part of a deal to be bred with.
No?
And I would say you are pretty much the only one interpreting it that way, hence the downvotes? Not because we are a bunch of mysoginists… I hope.
I mean Emilia Clark played other roles than Khaleesi and I absolutely did not think about that role seeing this meme.
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Well, all I saw was a young, beautiful, extremely “breedable” women. To be fair I did not know about the gay meme beforehand, but again, that context is stripped here anyway. So not everybody knows the original meme. And that “breedable” would by exclusion be associated with the gorgeous Emilia Clarke on some level (subconscious / emotional - no “thinking” required). My assertion doesn’t rely on her most famous role either.
So just because a majority is downvoting me doesn’t mean I’m incorrect in asserting that this is a (somewhat) misogynist meme. I also don’t think people are misogynist here, I just think they are fucking morons.
Of course it doesn’t matter much anyway. The rise of fascism is unstoppable now and women are going back to the kitchen and in the bedroom to breed. And the gays will be used as kindling - no offense, they just “stand out”, you know? It’s nothing personal, but for the engine of capitalism to continue, the belief in inequality has to be shifted from class to identity. And that requires a lot of hard work!
I’m not being incredibly serious in my replies because frankly, people are fucking idiots. But this is a serious issue. The joke in OP, to get your brother to say something incredibly sexist, yeah it’s funny. But it’s also shit that the ruling fascists would say unironically, with legal force. Adriana Smith might be dead, but she’s still definitely fucking “breedable”. You think they won’t try to get the supreme court to define a women’s role as being a sacred duty to breed? Not because of ideology, but because having access to oppressed and exploitable minority is awesome for profits.
Anyway lol
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
my sister once tricked me into eating a rock when I was little.
I’m… uh… not a nazi now??don’t even know where you’re going with this
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
you’re lucky, you almost ate the rock that makes you a nazi.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was edging constantly in my mid to late thirties. Even now I find myself edging without even realizing it!
Redex68@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol. Lmao even.
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
bro just trolling
needthosepylons@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m gladly going to downvote hell with you, because I 100% agree with what you said.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
edging intensifies*
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I could have used circlejerk instead but it’s mildly homophobic and doesn’t have a good verb form. Anyway, my apologies for the confusion. Don’t mind me, just continue masturbating with the others.
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
there’s nothing gay about jerking your bros