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No decent person would use the word degenerate. Just don't interact if you can
I know a fairly large number of amazing people who use the word degenerate somewhat frequently. That said, they are all definitely degenerates and proud of it.
Reclamation is totally fine of course
Unless it's a consensual sex thing
I may not be a decent person, but I do have a discord channel called The Department of Degeneracy where we post dark, spicy, and doomer memes that would make grandma gasp.