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Weird I haven't heard a racial slur used for that (other than Jerry technically lmao)
Wait is Jerry a slur? I thought it was named after those gas tanks because they are used in lots of diy shit
Yeah it's short for German and used by soldiers in the world wars, in the same way they would eventually call Vietnamese people Charlie. The gas tanks were called Jerry cans because they were made by the German army, and were often taken and used by allied forces because the design is really good- 3 handles for easier 2 person carry, indents for structural integrity that made them lightweight, and a couple other features.
Ah thanks for the info, but I think we should probably find a meaner slur to use for Germans, this one seems a bit tame
yeah, hence "krauts"
I’ll forever remember how bewildered I was when I was high as balls at 2am in an online certification course and the white South African instructor pivoted from his previous 3 hours of verbatim reading his slideshow to ranting for 15 minutes about the superiority of the Jerry can. The next day of class he played a youtube video about the Jerry can that he couldn’t find the day before.
His name was Reginald and he looked like Nigel Thorneberry, clothes too, but he relentlessly mocked me for being the only American in the class so he’s alright I guess
people do get pretty fucking weird about the jerry cans
in the US south I have heard people unironically say N-word rig. for that. Without blinking or it even occurring to them that it's fucked up to say. Like second nature. Not even thinking about what the word means.
Last time I heard I desperately wanted to knock the man's teeth out, but that would have landed me in jail or worse.