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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by partner_boat_slug@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What is the best way to react, if someone calls you a degenerate? Just leave them, remembering the insult?

This type of insult targets disabled people specifically?

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[-] gray@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

No decent person would use the word degenerate. Just don't interact if you can

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

I know a fairly large number of amazing people who use the word degenerate somewhat frequently. That said, they are all definitely degenerates and proud of it.

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Reclamation is totally fine of course

[-] gray@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Unless it's a consensual sex thing

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I may not be a decent person, but I do have a discord channel called The Department of Degeneracy where we post dark, spicy, and doomer memes that would make grandma gasp and clutch her pearls.

this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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