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Posted by one of my acquaintances that claims to be an ANCAP but also thinks Fucker Carlson has good ideas, and that trans people and poor people are ruining America. Also worships Elon. I hate these people.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Literally first showed up in the 1500s, and it took about 400 years before it was used ironically.

So yeah, I can get people upset that it's used as a standin for it's opposite unintentionally.

But I feel like it's more sarcastic usually, and the first use of sarcasm was the Illiad. So sarcastically using any word as it's opposite I consider acceptable.

Wanna do "bad" meaning "good" next?

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That would be terrific, yes!