The UK ladies and gentlemen, scuttling their ship, one aweful policy after the other

  • JoBo@feddit.uk
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    9 months ago

    Please don’t make rape ‘jokes’. I’m not a bloke but it’d be no more acceptable if I was.

    • PeroBasta@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Would have never thought this could be remotely connected to a rape joke. I mean your anus is a metaphor for your wallet. Sorry

      • JoBo@feddit.uk
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        9 months ago

        I’m not sure if English is your first language (if not, you write it very well). Direct translations can cause all sorts of misunderstandings. For a native English speaker, that is a rape joke.

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          9 months ago

          Hi, no english is not my first language, thank you for the compliment tho.

          Anyway, another word that I could have used would have been “prepare to get fucked” still sexual; is it still “rapey” ?

        • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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          9 months ago

          So if someone is eating a really spicy chili and I say “Prepare your anus”.

          Is it a rape joke ?

          Not a native speaker either but I feel presenting the original comment as a rape joke is a stretch.

          Context matters.

          Also breaking news, plenty of Police forces and prison guards are able to kindly ask you to “prepare your anus” and in a very much legal manner. This is how I understood the original comment.

          • JoBo@feddit.uk
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            9 months ago

            In the context of eating spicy food, it is fine.

            In the context of law enforcement, it is 100% a rape joke.