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whycome on July 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intellig...

I found out recently that "goof" is extremely offensive in some circles. Which is insane to me because I've always used it specifically because it's clearly in jest and not meant to be offensive. I can't win.

kbelder on July 7, 2025 [–]

Now I'm curious. To whom is goof offensive? And is it newly-acquired offense or does it have old roots?

whycome on July 11, 2025 | [–]

https://www.threads.com/@zsorryon/post/DK71Clsz67P/til-that-...

Prison slang in Canada that has made its way to wider society. Apparently.

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