All I know is that referring to someone as a “trap” is offensive. The term comes from these kinds of memes (being “tricked” into finding someone attractive before knowing what genitals they have). So I guess the idea is that the word is offensive, but the memes can still be posted, as long as you don’t talk about why the meme is funny?
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Kuinox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I didn’t followed what happened, can I get a tldr ?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah /r/animemes banned “trap” because the connotation is someone trying to trick someone like “haha you fool, I have a dick, you’re gay now!” which when applied to trans girls is generally offensive. Cue a bunch of anti mod/anti censorship sentiment.
That’s the tl:dr but here’s a SRD writeup if you care enough to read several paragraphs about it: reddit.com/…/ranimemes_2day_update_userbase_does_…
_stranger_@lemmy.world 4 months ago
reddit drama, apparently.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Pretty old drama