Comment on Snowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone else

Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.

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  • Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ahh. Yeah, I see it now. Sometimes I’m a bit dense. Thanks.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.

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      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Traditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.

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• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t. It implies that being unique is a bad thing.

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  • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The use as a complimwnt or insult has changed over time.

    It was once a positive about being yourself (unique).

    Then it conservatives used it to refer to someone thinking they were special.

    Then it was used to mean someone who melted at any criticism, generally referring to conservatives who thought they were special because they ‘know something everyone else didn’t’ (Qanon morons).

    When conservatives all someone a snowflake and when people call conservatives snowflakes the insults are slightly different.

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• TeNppa@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Being a snowflake doesn’t imply you’re just like everyone else. Quite the opposite.

  Being called a snowflake in diminishing way implies that it’s better not to be a snowflake and be like everyone else.

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• snooggums@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All unique snowflakes are still snowflakes.

  Also, snowflakes are not unique, which should be obvious to anyone who understands large numbers.

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