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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Wow, that is not what I expected Neoliberalism to mean. Thank you for the lesson. When I read about Neo-(x-political-term) I generally think of new ideas around it, not ideas reaching back to WWII. My biggest concern after reading your link is:

    The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is often used pejoratively.

    Also, the last few paragraphs of Current Usage emphasize it’s use as a dog whistle:

    “Several writers have criticized the term “neoliberal” as an insult or slur used by leftists against liberals and varieties of liberalism that leftists disagree with.”

    and

    “the word is nothing more than a political slur, or a term without any analytic power”

    I still think it would serve us all to be more precise about what exactly is failing us.






  • I’ve already explained in this thread that on the mobile client (both Memmy and Wefwef), pronouns are not displayed. After this comment, I had to log on to desktop just to see what everyone was on about.

    I’m here to confirm that it was a proverbial use of “dude”, like you might see used in movies such as The Big Labowski, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Good Burger. It is pretty well established in the west that dude is used for about anyone.

    I understand now that this might not be the case everywhere and I am truly sorry for any misunderstanding related to gender that I have caused here.