• @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    222 years ago

    I do the same, but this is really the issue with words some people are allowed to say but others aren’t. Hearing something all the time and not saying it just isn’t something we’re built for. So it’s kind of like encouraging a cultural separation.

    • @Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      152 years ago

      If I recall correctly, many organizations that advocate in the interest of black people prefer no one use the word.

    • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I mean, it’s not that difficult. I listen to plenty of rap and I don’t think I’ve ever spoken the word, certainly not in public. I don’t see it as cultural separation but as cultural respect. Eminem has gone an entire rap career without saying it, and he doesn’t seem very fussed about it.

      Edit: He has said it before earlier in his career, but not now for quite a while. The general point I’m making is the same though.

      • @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        52 years ago

        For me when I hear someone speak my internal monologue patterns itself after their speech for a while, and I’ve heard others describe the same. Accents shift over time if you move somewhere with a different accent. I think it’s possible to have your words follow a set of rules, but for most people that will take active filtering that will make their speech less off-the-cuff and might slip if they are tired or drunk or something.

        • You know it’s interesting, because I’m the same way, but I haven’t had that happen for me. Not saying you’re wrong, it’s just interesting how the phenomenon varies. If I have one long listen/exposure, multiple hours long, then I’ll it happen to me. That isn’t a common occurrence though.

          I get your point though. I suppose it just comes down to how someone’s brain is wired, and to what level they can separate it from their own speech.