That’s what u got out of this post… okay

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me when i make up words to not sound like a pedophile

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Crazy how it’s still pedophilia

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Oh shut up you nerd

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Ohhhh ur soooo bothered bro nobody cares

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Name 100 people who like you as a person

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I’m not illiterate bc I’m capable of reading & writing. You gotta use correct terminology 🙄

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Do u really think a grown adult in their 30s who is dating an 18yr old wouldn’t go lower if it wasn’t illegal?

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i’m crying this is so funny😭

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damn i wasn’t even talking to you

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if you can’t use context clues to understand the intention of the original post then you’re the illiterate one here pal.

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Dude I literally have a degree in sexual studies I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE you’re just nitpicking for absolutely no reason

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not really. you just subscribe to a prescriptivist mindset about language, which is in my view far too rigid to properly understand the complexities of how language changes and evolves. as demonstrated by your inability to accept the colloquial use of a word as legitimate, despite its ability to properly communicate sentiment, especially since the “proper” word would actually obscure the meaning the of the text to the average reader.

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Because I’m not going into specifics about human sexuality on a yikyak post you freak

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Anonymous #4 6w

Ur so well written omg get her ass

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this is a personal pet peeve of mine when people get really prescriptivist about language. it’s almost always used to be elitist, racist, or queerphobic. language is defined by its use not the other way around and pretending that a dictionary is the ultimate authority is just silly and ignorant.

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we’re not talking about a clinical term because this isn’t a clinical setting, op is not a clinician, and the primary audience are not other clinicians. again, using clinical terminology would obscure the meaning of the post to the target audience while adding no additional information.

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Yeah not not everyone knows what Ephebophile means. It’s much easier to say a word everyone knows rather than deal with one specific term that people will have to google

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except cancer doesn’t colloquially mean HIV. but pedophile does commonly refer to anyone who preys on someone too young to consent to a sexual relationship with them. this is very much done with other clinical terms. for example you would say you broke your arm but a clinician would provide additional information such as the type of fracture, and specific bone.

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you’ve already ceded this point in our thread. i think you’re just arguing to argue. pedophilia is the word used to refer to this kind of predation in common parlance. they could have used the word ephebophile and it would have been more specific but also less accessible to the target audience and added no additional information. pretending that pedophile is incorrect is blatantly ignorant of how the word pedophile is commonly used, and at this point faux intellectual rage bait.

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again this isn’t a clinical setting. HIV and cancer are extremely different, the present differently, have different underlying causes, and different social significance. pedophilia and ephobophilia are both very similar and describe the same class of paraphilia but focused on different age ranges. again this means using the clinical language would not add any additional meaning, and would subtract from the audiences understanding of the post.

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this is genuinely the only thing that matters in this circumstance is the audience understanding what you’re trying to convey to them. using one over the other doesn’t affect the readers understanding of paraphilias negatively. whereas saying cancer when you mean hiv has a pretty big impact on both your audiences understanding of the text, and of their understanding of what cancer or hiv are.

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the way people use language in common parlance is more important when writing in common parlance than what the DSM says. just because you appeal to the DSM doesn’t mean it’s no longer prescriptivist lol.

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Doesn’t matter what you want to call it, it’s still wrong.

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Because this isn’t an academic setting. If I was writing a paper & you were a professor or a peer I’d accept the criticism, correct myself & move on. You’re being pompous, rude, and argumentative.

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Because it’s fucking wrong either way. Maybe instead of being on the defensive about it, you work on yourself, yeah?

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It absolutely is wrong. 30+ should not be approaching anyone that young with those intentions, period.

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Because your comments come across as defensive of it, and that’s nasty, too.

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No, they come across as defending it. Work on yourself and your priorities.

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You come across as desperate for attention & validation that you’re smarter than everyone else. It’s sad to see

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Doesn’t matter how it’s technically classified in this context, it’s all still wrong. And that’s what’s being emphasised here. Do you need help understanding why it’s wrong?

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Dude who actually cares? You’re the only person in this group who cares about terminology. Everyone understands what I meant. You have issues

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