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imagine if someone just like started addressing you as Dipshit, like youre just talking about your day & they say "no way Dipshit, that's crazy." and then maybe you say to them that you would prefer not to be addressed as Dipshit & their response is "well in my major metropolitan area 'Dipshit' is not considered an insult. im not saying i think youre stupid when i call you Dipshit, i call my mom dipshit all the time" so you say Thats cool but please dont call Me that. and then they just repeat that it's something they say daily, they call all of their best friends & lovers dipshits & are called dipshit in return. "my grandma calls me dipshit at the dinner table, it doesnt mean anything." so you say Yes i understand that your friends & grandma arent bothered by being called Dipshit but i am, & i would prefer if you didnt address me as that. and they say "it's literally not possible for me to stop calling you dipshit, and it's not reasonable for you to ask me to, dipshit." anyway this post is about nothing in particular

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It’s like when I lived in Miami and everyone called me “gringo” or “flaco.” When I asked them to stop they would say it was endearing. But imagine if I called them “removed” or “fatty” what their reaction would be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I mean it's very common for fat men to be nicknamed "gordo" ie fatty. Of course it's ignorant but definitely not meant offensively.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fatty? Is that a slur for something? Or was everybody there just overweight?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Flaco means skinny

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ohhhhhh.... That took me a second to understand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Translating is always perilous. My dad said never do it. But I wouldn't translate Gordo to fatty. It's not old slang, it's not out of date, and it's not culturally offensive. It's more like calling your son ''bread ball'' or ''Lil biscuit'' or something you'd lovingly call a chubby baby.