• Flying Squid
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    932 years ago

    What is the cigarette emoji supposed to mean? Am I just too stupid to understand what PragerU’s response is supposed to signify?

      • Flying Squid
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        512 years ago

        Oh, maybe? Does PragerU think its audience is British or something?

          • @0ops@lemm.ee
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            2 years ago

            American here, I honestly thought that fag was a synonym for asshole or jerk until I was like twenty. It’s hard to say how many of my peers also didn’t realize it was a slur. Obviously I don’t use the word anymore.

            • credit crazy
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              32 years ago

              Honestly I only found out it was a slur 3 days ago and I still don’t know what it’s targeted towards

        • Echo Dot
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          42 years ago

          I’m British and even I didn’t get it because I know they’re not (we have GBNews instead). So I would just interpret it as “cigarette”

    • daed
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      392 years ago

      Kinda feels like “I’m waiting”

    • GrayoxOP
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      352 years ago

      Think its supposed to represent a cig after sex(or jerking it?) no clue if this screenshot is unaltered or not, all I know is that all gender expression is valid and that femboys do be hawt.

    • ShaunaTheDead
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      262 years ago

      I definitely took it as meaning either they’re nervous about being called out and so nervously taking a big drag on a cigarette or as others have pointed out as an after sex cigarette. They probably did mean “fag” but considering they’re American then very few of their intended audience would assume that.

    • stebo
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      72 years ago

      I think it’s supposed to be a reference to the thug life meme