I see you crossed out women and replaced it with teenagers, but men still exists in the description, and if you don't see how assigning stereotypes to groups of people of different genders by giving them a collective noun term is gender wars behaviour - ie, sexist, and just trying to divide people and breed animosity - I'm not really sure how to explain it to you :/
If you can't see how making a statement about my intentions is not akin to conversation I dont know how to explain it to you either. We will just be making statements at each other deciding what the other person "knows" by our own personal biases.
I thought this was a fun idea to give a group name such as we apply to other groups of animals. It is a shower thought, one that is not fully formed and spawned from boredom, not malice.
People rightfully pointed out that gossip is not alone to a group but I am still trying to find a group that it could be a fun title for. Language changes. Should I still be upset that the LGBTQ community adopted queer, as its an insult sometimes and says that people are sometimes unusual or let the phrase exist as something that people identify with.
I will leave you with this... Its not an insult to gossip.
The only reason some (immature) people see queer as an insult is because they fear anything out of anything. But being out of the ordinary is also why the queer community has co-opted the term (and because it also means happy). We want to be able to express ourselves as individuals, it's an inherently political identity. The insult stops working when the people you use it against see it as a positive.
13 Comments
Modest_Toxic@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 134d
Men gossip too...
My workforce is all men and they bitch and gossip more than any girls I've worked with
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 134d
Yeah I thought of whether I would say just a group of teenagers in general would be called a gossip since they all do it but thought Chad was funny.
Someone else suggested a Mayhem which is better.
Iconoclast@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 134d
I'd call it a trouble or mayhem.
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 134d
Oh man that is way better. A mayhem is great.
cosmictrickster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 134d
A Giggle of girls.
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 134d
Another fun one. Geese are a gaggle.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 134d
Oh great more gender wars
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 134d
No. Just groups of animals get called cool names, and humans dont get that as often just rude ones.
What's wrong with gossip?
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 134d
I see you crossed out women and replaced it with teenagers, but men still exists in the description, and if you don't see how assigning stereotypes to groups of people of different genders by giving them a collective noun term is gender wars behaviour - ie, sexist, and just trying to divide people and breed animosity - I'm not really sure how to explain it to you :/
Krauerking@lemy.lol · -1 pts · 134d
If you can't see how making a statement about my intentions is not akin to conversation I dont know how to explain it to you either. We will just be making statements at each other deciding what the other person "knows" by our own personal biases.
I thought this was a fun idea to give a group name such as we apply to other groups of animals. It is a shower thought, one that is not fully formed and spawned from boredom, not malice.
People rightfully pointed out that gossip is not alone to a group but I am still trying to find a group that it could be a fun title for. Language changes. Should I still be upset that the LGBTQ community adopted queer, as its an insult sometimes and says that people are sometimes unusual or let the phrase exist as something that people identify with.
I will leave you with this... Its not an insult to gossip.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 134d
The only reason some (immature) people see queer as an insult is because they fear anything out of anything. But being out of the ordinary is also why the queer community has co-opted the term (and because it also means happy). We want to be able to express ourselves as individuals, it's an inherently political identity. The insult stops working when the people you use it against see it as a positive.
Iconoclast@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 134d
Oh great more recreational outrage
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 134d
Rage posting is really good cardio
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 134d