• Superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 hours ago

      Homestuck fans are all embarrassed to be homestuck fans (in a funny knowing way). Calling them out is similar to telling someone they lost the game.

      This guy used an emoticon that’s common in the homestuck community for whatever reason so they got called out and gave a silly exaggerated reaction.

      I never read homestuck, but my sister did so I’ve been adjacent to it for a long time

    • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      24 hours ago

      The closest I’ve come to the truth is that :? is used in homestuck when characters are confused. How this makes one a “ho”, I’m not sure.

        • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          18 hours ago

          That’s okay. I can be the young person liaison here.

          ‘ho’ is slang, and while derived from ‘whore’, it is often used in neutral or even positive contexts as an ironic term of endearment, but with a certain “bad bitch” flavor to it. (“bad bitch” means “very cool”)

          Also, sometimes it doesn’t have that flavor. Cuss words are often extremely flexible and can be used almost anywhere. For example, “you fucker” can mean “you bastard!,” “you idiot,” or “you lovable doofus<3” depending on who, what and why it’s being said.

          In this case, ‘ho’ just means “person.” “Clocked that person.”

          These two people might be friends, given their text messages, but it’s possible nb1rs is just being cavalier.

          If you listen to rap, especially rap by women, you will probably hear this word a lot, in every context imaginable.

          • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            10 hours ago

            These two people might be friends, given their text messages

            Given the text messages are on Grindr, it’s possible, but not the most immediate conclusion…

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      1 day ago

      looking at all zero answers, apparently people is upvoting the post without any reason

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        22 hours ago

        I may usually laugh at a joke because my brain making up internal funny reason on why I should laugh without any context whatsoever.

        Sometimes when I actually read what other people think about it, I might realize that it’s funny not the way I think.

        maybe this happens to more people that I realize but I don’t know.