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why do my white queer friends have to say [blank] ahh [blank]? i cringe every time, and of course theyre pronouncing it like “awe”… how do i gently make them stop?
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Anonymous 20h

Ask them “are you really so pro-censorship that you censor the word *ass* when you say it out loud?” Idk if that’d help tbh. But as a white queer myself, it pisses me the fuck off to hear people older than 8 say “ahh”

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Anonymous 17h

tell them it's cringe tbh. you could explain the fact that its like mispronounced and misappropriated AAVE but i think starting with it just being really cringe is good because it will feel less like a personal wrongdoing (which can make ppl defensive) and more akin to like... telling someone there's food in their teeth. "hey i wanted to lyk you look ridiculous bc we're friends. fix that"

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Anonymous 20h

this sotuation requires subtlety, i think…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20h

agreed strongly

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