Wait, you think we’re serious?
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PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months agoLike I said, I know what you all use it to mean and the historical context of the term, but language evolves, I just applied it more logically and obviously. Mine doesn’t need historical context, a tankie is someone who likes tanks, jet fighters, battleships, trebuchets, etc. You know, large-scale murder fanbois. Like, yeah the hexbear memes are cringey and largely illogical, but half of them are about lgbt+ stuff or just nothing at all. The NCD memes are literally all about war. The whole basis of socialism is striving towards a society where everyone has what they need, not striving towards a society where everyone has a home-defense AK.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 months ago
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
I mean, I guess I thought if it was satire, it would be funny. It seems like you need very specific, detailed knowledge of military minutiae for any of the jokes to land, which would ostensibly come from having a passion for said minutiae.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Correct. What’s your point here?
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
My point was to answer your question, which I did. What’s your point here?
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
You can’t say “language evolves” to just change a word yourself. Tankie is well established with a definition very different from yours.
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
I actually can, that’s the beauty of language! It doesn’t mean it has to change for you or anyone else, but every word is a symbol, and every symbol is subjective to the person using it. Obviously I know the historical context of the word, but that doesn’t stop present day experiences from affecting those symbols in my mind. Unfortunately you can’t control how I define or use a word, as much as you’d like to. If you love guns and war and organized mass murder, you’re a tankie in my book.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Right, on the internet, no one knows you’re a dog You can say anything! That doesn’t make it objectively true.
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
And it not being “objectively true” doesn’t mean I care! Look friend, I’m obviously not going to go around trying to use “my version” of words I’ve ironically redefined for a “snarky” Internet comment, no one else would even understand it. But if all you post about is missile guidance systems and gun manufacturers, I’ll call you a tankie in my head and laugh. At least something about it will be funny then (seriously, I just haven’t seen one funny/comprehendable meme in that community, so I just assume they’re all nut jobs).