wrt current Discourse... I dislike all the metaphors referring to groups of humans as "rattlesnakes" or "maggots" or whatever... like, imo dehumanization is bad and these emotionally charged metaphors create more heat than light
wait I was writing a cute reply to being called a quokka, where did the reply go?
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Reply · Dec 5, 2022@Soph8B Perhaps… still, calling a whole group of people repugnant and inhuman doesn’t seem particularly humane or beautifulReply · Nov 27, 2022@zestular @MegaBasedChad Ha I really wish y’all would come up with a less appealing metaphor 🫶Reply · Jun 9, 2023@gpurcell lol I will continue my anti-comparing humans to animals as an insult policy tho ...my first tussle w her was her calling nazis rattlesnakesReply · Apr 18, 2025@4confusedemoji @rakishromantic +1 i think when applying historical metaphors we need some kind of desperation deflator to adjust for the % of…