[ SECRET POST #3030 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3030 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That might be how it's meant, but in a *lot* of cultures "trash" is used to describe lower class/poor people on a regular basis. Hell, in my country it's used often - and sometimes in conjunction with "fun" descriptions like "rats breeding in a bucket"*.

Because the vast majority of fandom is middle to upper class, in a lot of ways, it comes across as classist micro-aggression that can hit some pretty tender areas for people.

*Yes, a real thing. Point in fact, it was used to describe my family by someone who was very well off.

[al28894]

Yeah, that happens to a certain point in my culture too. The word "trash" (or "sampah sarap") is politically and linguistically neutral to most Malays but I've seen/heard it being used to describe immigrants or poor people sometimes.

From reading all the comments, I get the feeling that the word "trash" and its meaning to a person is really subjective depending on:

a) Culture.
b) Social experiences.
c) Family experiences.
d) Yourself.

And therefore, what people feel when they hear/read the word 'trash' really differs from person to person. Add to this the fact that many people also use the term as self-deprecating + the no-context filter of the internet and well... look at all the comments here.

If I were a spokesperson, I'd tell everyone to imagine others more complexly than just by what they say.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but at the same time it's really easy to say "You should just take it as more complex!" when you don't have years [in my case a couple decades] of having the word linked to you/your socio-economic group being dehumanized to the point of being considered sub-human.