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[–] StarlightRose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nah, its not a slur until the kids on xbox live start using it

But they won't. Calling someone cis as an insult online doesnt have the same impact

[–] Teon@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using Cis when using voice will always be confused with Sis, as in sister. That's gonna sound very interesting as a non-insult.

Yeah, my point exactly

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to know where that road leads.

[–] StarlightRose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

"screw you, you were camping and I should have won that, cheater [long rant of slurs]" "Yeah well I bet you're a cisgender. Cis. I bet you're cis" "...what?"

[–] Automated_Footprint@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can it even be a slur? I don't get it. People may use gay or trans or as an insult. But that doesn't make it a slur right. So how this word can?

[–] StarlightRose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It can't and that's the joke here

Kids on xbox live are known to throw around slurs to win arguments, especially in cod. Sorry to have confused ya

[–] AnarchistArtificer 6 points 1 year ago

You're right to be confused, Elon's post is very silly on many levels, one of which being that considering a word to be mean doesn't make it a slur.