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Youtube Ebola is also allowed in this thread
Youtube cancer
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When this cancer kills you, will some one let us know so we can celebrate accordingly?
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As someone who has lost loved ones to Cancer (not Ebola yet but anything can happen) it’s a poor choice of words however like the equally incendiary uses of the word rape it is valid within the English language.
It is common to talk of concrete cancer being the fast deterioration of badly constructed concrete structures or to refer to a blot on the landscape as a canker (same root as cancer). The word itself stems from the side growing nature of tumors (moving like a crab) which is why the star sign of the crab is also called Cancer.
So it comes down to personal choice are pylons a cankerous rape of the countryside?
Perhaps.
Perhaps the shock value of using the word in such a mundane context reduces the currency of language.
Personally I’m not in a mad rush to be offended but I can see how on a bad day someone dealing with the disease and the fallout from it would be justifiably offended.
It’s your words.
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As someone who has lost loved ones to Cancer (not Ebola yet but anything can happen) it’s a poor choice of words however like the equally incendiary uses of the word rape it is valid within the English language.
Both may be valid but I don’t think either is appropriate.
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I think both words are valid hyperboles to describe bad things, but people should avoid using them simply for the sake of being “edgy”. The usual “George Lucas raped my childhood” comes across as juvenile, and to a degree trivializes rape by comparing it to some guy making bad movies. Saying “(X) politician will rape America” is valid since bad office decisions do hurt the people in real, physical ways.
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The Shining’s complete OST
Ghidorah, The Tree-Headed Monster (English dub synched to Toho cut)
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Saying “people posting things I’m not into on youtube is the same as spreading cancer” is offensive and stupid.
As is mocking/bullying/making fun of people who have different interests than you.
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Worst Wario64 thread yet.
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As someone who has lost loved ones to Cancer (not Ebola yet but anything can happen) it’s a poor choice of words however like the equally incendiary uses of the word rape it is valid within the English language.
Both may be valid but I don’t think either is appropriate.
I think it’s a cultural thing because both words in their original use are still in parlance in the UK but in the USA I think rape is exclusively associated with sexual rape and cancer is exclusively associated with the disease. I’ve explained that in the UK the words Spastic and Spaz are shockingly offensive. Rape still evokes sexual rape when used in the UK but it’s original meaning “to spoil or contaminate” is still very common. Cancer however is either a disease or a star sign. We would more likely use the more archaic Canker or Cankerous instead of the context of the thread title.
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As someone who has lost loved ones to Cancer (not Ebola yet but anything can happen) it’s a poor choice of words however like the equally incendiary uses of the word rape it is valid within the English language.
Both may be valid but I don’t think either is appropriate.
I think it’s a cultural thing because both words in their original use are still in parlance in the UK but in the USA I think rape is exclusively associated with sexual rape and cancer is exclusively associated with the disease. I’ve explained that in the UK the words Spastic and Spaz are shockingly offensive. Rape still evokes sexual rape when used in the UK but it’s original meaning “to spoil or contaminate” is still very common. Cancer however is either a disease or a star sign. We would more likely use the more archaic Canker or Cankerous instead of the context of the thread title.
Interesting. I always enjoy etymology and how the meaning of words changes over time.
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I don’t think the word “cancer” will ever really evolve into the definition for something stupid on the internet. The Urban Dictionary doesn’t represent english’s evolution.
That being said, I don’t know why you guys are even trying to argue with Hansi.
Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329
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I thought this was a “How words have changed meaning over time” discussion thread?
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Worst Wario64 thread yet.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Click-this-link-to-get-Terminal-Cancer/id/47859
The Person in Question
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Oh my giddy aunt.
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Worst Wario64 thread yet.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Click-this-link-to-get-Terminal-Cancer/id/47859
Wario sock double confirmed.
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13 replies to a thread like this. Don’t you people have something better to do?
真実
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And don’t you have anything better to do other than being condescending?
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And don’t you have anything better to do other than being condescending?
Well, other than that and doing taxes, no.
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And don’t you have anything better to do other than being condescending?
Well, other than that and doing taxes, no.
It’s sad when that is one’s motive for living.
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As is mocking/bullying/making fun of people who have different interests than you.
This could NEVER happen on this site.
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13 replies to a thread like this. Don’t you people have something better to do?
Apparently you don’t…
Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329
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The Urban Dictionary does represent English’s devolution.
FTFY