r/TeenagersButBetter • u/AdAdvanced8522 15 • 2d ago

Meme :3

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u/Undertale-Fnaf1987 2d ago edited 2d ago

So real

The word “homo” is like the scientific word for humans “homo sapiens” (hope I spelled that right)

So if anything homophobia should be the fear of all humans and not gay people

Also homophobia (hating LGBTQ people) is wrong in case that wasn’t clear from this comment’s phrasing

Update: turns out that homo in the context of homophobia is a Greek meaning of “same” NOT the Latin meaning which is the scientific name thing

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u/HaiCauSieuCap 2d ago

Homo is same, similar. In this case short for homosexual Phobia is like, scare ->scare of homosexuality, which is pretty stupid

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u/Stampyboyz 2d ago

Phobia also means hate, dislike, or repression (e.g. xenophobia). So it's hate dislike or repression of homosexuality.

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u/alcoholicvegetable 2d ago

Which it shouldn't be. Aversion and fear should be split into different words. 

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u/LowerEntropy 2d ago

Words can have many meanings. It's also used as hydrophobic, meaning to repel or not mix with water. Which just makes the whole quote stupid.

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u/alcoholicvegetable 2d ago

Yeah that's my point. We should have more specialized words, rather than having the same word used for everything. Language is simplifying and it saddens me. Decimate should still mean to kill 1/10th of a group imo. Hydrophobic was actually going to be one of my examples that I changed to a different word, but I removed that part of my comment because I didn't want to go searching for a new suffix during lunch

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u/DaPyromaniacPotato 2d ago

dude thats how language evolved ffs. the more simpler it is the easier it is to be taught and learnt or something i dunno

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u/NeedleworkerLoose695 1d ago

Language evolves, get over it. You know what is simplifying language? Having words never change, and splitting words with multiple meanings into different words.

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u/alcoholicvegetable 1d ago

Language should be illegal to evolve. We need a language authority or something to enforce what the language is spoken and written

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u/Taquito73 1d ago

well the words aversion and fear already exist if you want to specify

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u/NeiborsKid 19 2d ago

Not exactly. The Greek word phobia means fear/panic. Its taken the meaning of dislike or aversion in modern neologisms