Comment on True story, I hate humanity

• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s a very UScentric definition. The rest of the English speaking world apply it to any human they have a very low opinion of - and in the case of Australians and a few others even to humans they have a high opinion of. English, huh? Go figure.

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• daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Who here uses Google?

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Googling” is a general term for “look it up online”, thanks to their near-monopoly.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      it is?

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    • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As you wish. According to Wikipedia: “It is often used as a disparaging and obscene term for a woman in the United States, an unpleasant or objectionable person (regardless of gender) in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or a contemptible man in Australia and New Zealand.

      It means what you say it means in one whole country.

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