• RCKLSSBNDN@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wash your hands in the bathroom, nobody bats an eye.

    Scrub down your belt buckle in the sink and people lose their minds!

    • HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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      If someone gets uppity in a bathroom when you are practicing good hygiene, ask them why they don’t. And don’t let up.

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        1 year ago

        might wanna rethink using the word ‘uppity’ it has deep-rooted slavery connotations. just fyi.

        try ornery/agitated instead

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          As someone with a job involving regular public speaking before some potentially-sensitive audiences, I’m always afraid that some word I use will turn out to have a hurtful impact on people despite being completely innocuous to my ear. Thanks for pointing out another one to add to my “don’t say this word anymore” list! Potentially saved me some awkward conversations.

        • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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          From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uppity:

          The adjective uppity is an informal, somewhat old-fashioned word. When used to mean “arrogant” or “presumptuous,” it is no more offensive than either of these synonyms. In its meaning of “aspiring to a rank or position higher than one deserves or is entitled to” it is decidedly disparaging, the implication of the word being that the one described does not deserve or is not entitled to rise in standing. Beyond this denotation, however, uppity has a long history of being applied to members of racial minorities and especially to Black people. Its association with such uses, and the bigotry they represent, means that when it is used to describe a member of a racial minority it is likely to be considered especially offensive.

          Huh. TIL.