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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-08-28 03:33 pm

[ SECRET POST #3525 ]


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Re: Current trends that annoy you

(Anonymous) 2016-08-28 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
OP here again - EXACTLY. If you're going to be serious about something, don't use words that make you sound like a kindergartner who just saw another kid eating their boogers.

Re: Current trends that annoy you

(Anonymous) 2016-08-28 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I find that an additional issue with describing things as gross or creepy is that it makes it less about the problem and more about the speaker's personal feelings on them. It's no longer "a systematic problem" it's "disgusting to me, the speaker" and, assuming everyone is trying to be serious about serious issues, it moves the conversation away from the issue at hand and onto how squicked you are. The first time I saw someone say "rape is gross" I was like really... really? Are you serious.

On the flip side, labeling kinks and fiction with the blanket "gross" or "creepy" label is a different topic, but also pretty bad. Then again, kinkshaming seems to be back in these days, as long as you couch it in a social justice format. "Rape is gross" makes me stare at people like wtf did you just say, did you equate a horrible thing to "eww"? and "Non-con fic is gross and creepy" makes me roll my eyes at people and assume they're 13.

So in the end, the whole thing gets the worst of both sides.
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Re: Current trends that annoy you

[personal profile] diet_poison 2016-08-29 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure I see how it's a problem that people express their personal distaste with terrible things

I mean idk about you but I do find rape pretty...well...gross. It is a lot of negative things to me and one of them is gross. It disgusts me.

"Gross" has definitely changed in meaning recently and it's a broader term than it used to be. That happens.
Edited 2016-08-29 00:47 (UTC)