Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elsemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down128
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elseThorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoI think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
minus-squareOpenopenopenopen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoAhh. Yeah, I see it now. Sometimes I’m a bit dense. Thanks.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·5 months agoAlso “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoTraditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.
I think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
Ahh. Yeah, I see it now. Sometimes I’m a bit dense. Thanks.
Also “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
Traditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.