i do not believe these words should be abandoned!
my intent is to point out and critique society’s weaponization of words, not the words themselves.
also! this is a descriptive post, not perscriptive
what that means is just that i want ppl to be aware that this pattern has happened in the past and of course the forces behind those happenings haven’t just disappeared. i think pride in being ND and the fact that “neurodiverse” is a word that is created by its own community are powerful reasons to doubt that the word will have the same fate. perhaps i would call this a “call to awareness” post rather than a call to action.
(making this disclaimer because a couple people are violently adamant that i am just trying to make an argument saying all these words are the same and predicting the future, which, sorry you got that impression it’s not true. but now you know!)
Acoustic?
IDK, but I saw that being used within autistic communities first. At least for a while, which would explain this meme.
Yeah, it was sadly a very quick development/devolvement from “cutesy term used by the ASD community” to “swap-in for the r-slur used by 99% of gen z internet.” something like a matter of months.
Maybe you dont hear this in your circles but in my (younger) cohort it is ALL OVER THE PLACE and has been used against me in a derogatory manner
I feel like the same people who use "acoustic" also use "regarded"
I've heard that as well as restarted
Or “it’s started” due to the Black Eyed Peas!
definitely a generational thing
Idk, I think it's gone out of fashion atp, but it was super annoying.
They just can't catch a break trying to make this meme work, huh
https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-slang-term-acoustic-the-algospeak-word-and-its-memes-explained also ccing @Nutteman@lemmy.world