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i cannot dissociate people who unironically use the word "fren" from pepe the frog and therefore 4chan. if you want to interact with me you should probably drop that
@mavica_again hard same. I know it's linguistic takeover by fashy gits, but I mentally read it as their "far right ethno-nationalist" definition every time.
Which is especially annoying to have to explain when it's my more normie friends who do it because they saw it on a cute animal page somewhere.
Excuse the minor rant, it's a sore spot.
@HauntedOwlbear no that's absolutely it
@mavica_again Same. Just as Pepe has been ruined by right-wing chuds, “fren” is forever associated with the whole clown world universe to me.
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Oh, I didn't know that was the source.
to rephrase: if you use "frens" it's going to trigger my fight or flight response and i'll probably block you. and there are way too many anime avatars on fediverse using it to appear cutesy.