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by Semiapies 5959 days ago
It was a pun on a pejorative use of the word - if you disagree, look up "pejorative".

At the risk of seeming "PC" to oversensitive folks, using social identities as pejoratives is inherently insulting; you're associating their racial/sexual/etc. identity with something undesirable, even if you don't think of it as a slur. "Gay" to mean stupid or annoying is of a piece with terms like "gyp", "indian-giver", or "nigger-rig".
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ThinkWriteMute 5959 days ago
EXCEPT THAT I WASN'T USING IT AS A PEJORATIVE. Jesus fucking christ, this isn't "PC" this is just stupid.
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rms 5959 days ago
You weren't using it as a pejorative, but your pun was based on its use as a pejorative.
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ThinkWriteMute 5959 days ago
And? Some guy posted using the word "nigger". He may not be calling people "nigger", but he used a word that is racially insensitive! Booga booga!

Jesus.

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rms 5959 days ago
This has less to do with political correctness, and more the idea that posts like yours are just kind of annoying. The tone makes the site seem a lot less civil. It didn't add anything to the thread. Now all we have is you acting very annoyed that we didn't like your joke.

Humor is encouraged on Hacker News, but only when it is actually funny. Your joke wasn't funny.

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ThinkWriteMute 5959 days ago
Yes, it was funny to no one. This is why the comment has +5.
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