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[–] superkret@feddit.org 44 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] josefo@leminal.space 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

that's why the word was invented, to replace the obvious intolerance for openness

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Hahahah that's what they want you to think. Woke is from like the 60s. Do some research on it. It's pretty interesting.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually in ancient etruscan...

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

... person meant mask. If you call someone a person, you accuse them of playing a role. Fact.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

are you saying you're woke on the subject? I thought it was from rap culture.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's from black culture. You tell your friends to stay woke so that when the cops stop them for no good reason, they remember to treat the cop like a wild animal and be careful around them. If you're black and you treat a cop like a human being, you'll get shot. So you gotta stay woke.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So it doesn't mean awake anymore?

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah he thinks it means whatever the fuck the American fat right media says it does.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Don’t you dare fix that typo.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah that's definitely going into my vocab now.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hahahaha no sir

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Especially when they get co-opted by Euro-Americans.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's why the word was co-opted by the Far Right, and popularised as an insult. Otherwise they'd have to say "kind".

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

It actually comes from African-American culture and has a history that's several decades old.

[–] dan@upvote.au 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I still haven't looked into what "woke" actually means, but from what I can tell, it seems to mean anything far-right people don't like.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In left-leaning spaces it means "cognizant of the injustice pervading society". On the right it means "uppity".

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

cognizant of the injustice pervading society

I mean that's what it means to people on the right also they just think that's a bad thing.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, seems like "woke" is anything we're not supposed to approve of this month.

I do find the word "woke" incredibly useful.

The moment the word exits someone's mouth (as a complaint), I save a ton of energy on how to handle any further information they share (highly suspect).

Edit: I've actually discovered some great art and culture by being warned away from it's "wokeness", too.