• TheDrink [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    My understanding is that it's fine when it doesn't refer to a person.

    • Moss [they/them]
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      2 days ago

      Referring to Asia as the "Orient" is just such a reactionary sounding thing. I assume Biden talks about the boy emperor in the Orient

        • Moss [they/them]
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          2 days ago

          Been playing a lot of Disco Elysium recently and I want to refer to the west as Occidental, but I don't think people would get that if I said it out loud

          • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]
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            2 days ago

            de-drama [medium: failure]

            Ignore them, sire. Language is but a means to an end in the stage of life, and if the audience are philistines who know nothing about obscure references to a small town in Jamrock, they are probably just uncultured losers from La Delta.