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I can't be the only one who has been on both sides of this, yeah?

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[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (27 children)

Hi, I’m from All. Is calling a person on the spectrum “Acoustic” as a light hearted joke ok?

Edit: thanks everyone who responded! Sorry if it’s a dumb question. I used to think that using the word “dude” as a gender neutral term was ok until I got yelled at by internet strangers so now I double check every memey phrase.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] xkbx@startrek.website 17 points 3 weeks ago

You really have to see how it resonates with them

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