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Basically just something people say that indicates a position indirectly, like how seperatists from a given region might always say they're from [region] and not [country] or how trump supporters call AI "SI" now.

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[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 2 points 35 minutes ago

"I have an appointment with a gentleman" is prostitute for "I'm going to shag a dude for money"

[–] betelplouf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 40 minutes ago

The Handkerchief code , used in gay culture to non-verbally tell what sexual practices you like

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The narwhal bacons at midnight.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

I miss that. I genuinely do. Back when it felt like a community and things were fun. I know it's never gonna happen again, it was great to see it, but I miss spontaneous community fun online.

[–] lostme@piefed.social 30 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

one shibboleth i noticed is that any mention of "race" strongly indicates that the person speaking is American, especially if it's conflated with nationalities. "I'm [number]% [nationality]", any use of "mixed race", and stuff like "I can drink a lot of beer because I'm German" or "this recipe offends me as an Italian" are dead giveaways (and quite racist in my humble opinion)

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 22 minutes ago

I think it's because immigrants wanted to preserve their culture when they came to the US, and that got passed down but was diluted over the generations, so you have people who have a very specific pride and identity that has deviated from the original.

[–] Zos_Kia@jlai.lu 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

After the big protests in France there were a million bots posting racist stuff on Reddit. They kept referring to "liberals" but none speaks like that in France. Liberal is the word you'd use to describe corpo-centrists like Macron, never to describe leftists.

It was kind of like the 3 fingers meme from inglorious bastards.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago

Need to give Zelenskyy a few more drones to take out Russian datacenter troll farms.

[–] JerkyChew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Probably the SportDOG Roy Gonia Mega Whistle. It's extra loud and works well.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago

Not quite related but in a lovecraft book “mountains of madness” I think…

He mentions a “war of resubjegation” which I loved. One phrase tells a story. There was a slave revolt. If the slaves won it would be called “war of freedom” or “the rebellion”

War of re-subjugation lets you know how that war ended.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 34 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I always throw an occasional “streets ahead” in my conversation just to see if they’re a Community watcher. Most of the people around me are streets behind, though.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

it's like giving them an all tomato.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

You either take all the tomato, or none of it

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[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 47 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I'm a self proclaimed crazy cat lady. I also work in a field that has a lot of interaction with the police. I used to have a pin attached to my work badge that said "All Cats Are Beautiful".

What? I just love cats ;)

[–] Pelicanen@fedia.io 5 points 2 hours ago

Now I'm thinking about making badges that say "Assigned Child At Birth".

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