• spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    ooh you’re the one they called a slur in the modlog im so sorry :(

    • fxomt@lemm.ee
      20·
      2 days ago

      I’m not gay, but i am arab and the fact he called me an islamist for posting an arabic meme is so funny to me. I’ve been loving fucking with him lmao

          • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
            4·
            1 day ago

            That’s… obscure, I guess, if I don’t speak Arabic and less funny if I have to read the explanation without knowing the pun, but nowhere near offensive.

            • fxomt@lemm.ee
              7·
              1 day ago

              I think what makes it funnier is how unrelated those two terms are. It’s a quirk of the Arabic language and there’s a whole class of these types of puns.

              My favorite one is “bullying” and “the tigerization”

              • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
                5·
                1 day ago

                I think you might appreciate the German word “Scheinwerfer”:

                (The joke is that the word “Schein” can mean both the “shine” of a lamp or paper bills, and “Werfer” means thrower or caster. So a “shine-caster” aka light or a “bill-thrower” depending on how you interpret it.)