The one I'll bring up, as an example of "not as political" but still harmful, is used by chuds, libs, and leftists alike as a throwaway putdown, insult, and thought terminating cliche.

"WHO HURT YOU?" :very-intelligent:

The damage it does to social discourse comes from further normalizing the implication that being hurt is a mockable thing that deserves ridicule and dismissal, and the other problem is that it makes sincere suggestions to actually seek actual help, stated in good faith, get lost in the haze of :reddit-logo: tier le epic takedowns.

My runner-up is "grindset." The entire concept is poison and seems to contaminate impressionable brains at an alarming rate. Motivating people to improve themselves and achieve things in a healthy way is harder to do when so much online discourse is chuddy grifters jerking themselves off while bullying people for not "grinding" hard enough, no matter that person's situation.

  • WhyEssEff [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    bootstraps cliche is class warfare and americans don't think that's politics so :shrug-outta-hecks:

    any invocation of human nature if we're going even more detached. our existence is antithetical to natural selection. we are freaks of nature. even if there was a 'human nature', who the fuck are you to arbitrate it?

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I usually tell "human nature" bazingas that dying from the consequences of drinking the same water one bathes and shits in is also natural.

      • yune [comrade/them, any]
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        2 years ago

        I believe she means that with technology, cooperation, and progress, we as a species have not really been getting "weeded out" like natural selection involves. Basically anyone can live long enough to reproduce, and things that would be debilitating for an animal in the wild dont really exist for humans to the same degree. We can augment ourselves with prosthetics, medication, etc, to prolong our lives and functioning. Animals can't really do that. There's no point to saying something is human nature because we have essentially "outgrown" our natural selves, if that makes sense. Maybe I'm talking out my ass though idk im a dumbass with too much time to think about stuff like this.