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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Snowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone else

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Snowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone else

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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  Also “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
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    Traditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.

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