It’s quite frustrating that carnists think they know what veganism is more than vegans do. Semantic hijacking is the “History is written by the victors” of linguistics. It may be the case, but it’s always kind of ugly. Sometimes you have to chirp up against it, even if it’s just with a silly meme. :)
And yeah, I know what you mean about Lemmy. It’s weird that it’s actually somehow worse than reddit in this regard. I wonder if part of it is that there isn’t that much content here so nothing really flies under the radar. Stuff that just wouldn’t get seen on on r/all does get seen by carnists here.
BTW, I always enjoy seeing your posts and playing “guess the ratio” before I look. Sometimes lemmys reactions to them are are pretty hard to predict and leave me shaking my head.
Thanks, I’m glad someone enjoyed it!
It’s quite frustrating that carnists think they know what veganism is more than vegans do. Semantic hijacking is the “History is written by the victors” of linguistics. It may be the case, but it’s always kind of ugly. Sometimes you have to chirp up against it, even if it’s just with a silly meme. :)
And yeah, I know what you mean about Lemmy. It’s weird that it’s actually somehow worse than reddit in this regard. I wonder if part of it is that there isn’t that much content here so nothing really flies under the radar. Stuff that just wouldn’t get seen on on r/all does get seen by carnists here.
BTW, I always enjoy seeing your posts and playing “guess the ratio” before I look. Sometimes lemmys reactions to them are are pretty hard to predict and leave me shaking my head.