Dadifer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL the middle finger was used offensively from 423 BCwww.dictionary.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down12cross-posted to: til
arrow-up1271arrow-down1external-linkTIL the middle finger was used offensively from 423 BCwww.dictionary.comDadifer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: til
minus-squarementhol@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·11 months agoI’ve never said “fuck you” to someone and meant “I am going to rape you”. Maybe you’re different. Language has changed quite a bit over the past 2,500 years. The English language didn’t even exist when Aristophanes wrote his plays.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agowell, now you know… all this time you’ve been threatening to violently rape people up the ass… you should be more careful about what you say…
I’ve never said “fuck you” to someone and meant “I am going to rape you”. Maybe you’re different. Language has changed quite a bit over the past 2,500 years. The English language didn’t even exist when Aristophanes wrote his plays.
well, now you know… all this time you’ve been threatening to violently rape people up the ass… you should be more careful about what you say…