• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Imagine criticising someone for using a word despite it having been in the vernacular for years.

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            “Simp” used to be a part of AAVE until 4chan and the white gays colonized it

            They do that to a lot of our vernacular these days

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                As far as I understand (might be missing nuance, 'cause it was 80s/90s AAVE in the first place) it’s someone who puts the homies aside over chasing a romance, especially if the romantic interest is considered unworthy/‘for the streets’ or if the homies consider what you’re chasing to be unrequited

                Basically a person who marks out for someone who probably doesn’t gaf about them

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            Vernacular doesn’t need to belong to a person or even a group of people.

            If your problem is with the people who say it and not the word itself, that’s a different issue and one that I’m not really interested in debating.

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              Vernacular doesn’t need to belong to a person or even a group of people.

              Then why do they call it “African American Vernacular English”?

              If your problem is with the people who say it and not the word itself, that’s a different issue and one that I’m not really interested in debating.

              Who says I can’t have two problems?

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                Is English your second language? I didn’t say it can’t be associated to a person or group, I said it doesn’t need to.

                I also didn’t say that you can’t have more than one problem, I just addressed the one you seemed to be concerned with and defined it as one that I’m not interested in debating.

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      The point of that meme as I took it is to illustrate the uncertainty women face when it comes to the intentions of (strange) men. The bear, an actual killer, at least is predictable. Not a criticism of your hot take btw, just sharing my thoughts on this meme.