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by potatolicious 4709 days ago
> "but it's become a pretty common saying by now"

And there's a good reason why we need to push back against it. I think we've turned on the corner on this particular use of the word, but nonetheless.

This is the same thing as how people used to (and some still do) call things "faggy" and "gay". It's not cool, it's damaging and hurtful to a large number of people.

If you want to say "the system will be taken advantage of", we have an existing phrase for that. It's "the system will be taken advantage of".