jUzzo6 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that r*ddit shadowbans comments containing words “nepobaby” and “failson”message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareTIL that r*ddit shadowbans comments containing words “nepobaby” and “failson”jUzzo6 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheDrink [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoiirc “cracker” doesn’t even refer to that, it was an old-timey way to insult someone for talking too much (usually a lower class white person).
minus-squareNeelixBiederman [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoI’ve been told the etymology is for poor white trash that ate a lot of cracked corn
minus-squareGrosMichel [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoTucking this info away for later.
iirc “cracker” doesn’t even refer to that, it was an old-timey way to insult someone for talking too much (usually a lower class white person).
I’ve been told the etymology is for poor white trash that ate a lot of cracked corn
Tucking this info away for later.