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by asldjajlfkj 1495 days ago
There are cities, rivers, companies, people named Massa in Europe. A people and it’s language in Africa. A unit in India… even in medicine: Massa lateralis.

Using a TikTok trend in the US for taking offense is… petty?

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I wasn't taking offense, I only wrote that the naming is unfortunate - and I wasn't referring to the TikTok trend, I was referring to the widely-known fact that African American slaves called their masters "massa" (the first part of the definition). And that name, used for a service proxy, may have people jumping to the wrong conclusion...