minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.socialtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•A friend of mine says they don’t wanna “yuck my yum” whenever they’re about to trash something I like and it infuriates me, mildlylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago“I’m not racist.” is a great statement. “I’m not racist, but” is quickly entering dangerous territory. “I don’t want to yuck your yum.” is also a great statement. “I don’t want to yuck your yum, but” has the same problem as the above. That “but” is doing a lot of heavy lifting and contradicting the preceding part. linkfedilink
“I’m not racist.” is a great statement. “I’m not racist, but” is quickly entering dangerous territory.
“I don’t want to yuck your yum.” is also a great statement. “I don’t want to yuck your yum, but” has the same problem as the above.
That “but” is doing a lot of heavy lifting and contradicting the preceding part.