Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elsemessage-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down127
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareSnowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone elseThorny_Insight@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoI think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agoAlso “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoTraditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.
I think the idea is that saying snowflake as an insult implies that being unique is a bad thing.
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Also “snowflake” isn’t about being unique at all.
Traditionally, that’s what the insult meant. It would seem that modern usage is shifting.