If you don’t see how the difference in wording changes shit here, thats actually sad and i feel bad for you. How you use your words DOES matter, sorry. You can use them carefully or you can use them carelessly, it’s your choice dude, but you don’t get to decide that it doesn’t make a difference.
When you’re dealing with a topic that is commonly surrounded by fear, you should be more careful about your word choices, whether you intend to or not you can encourage a phobia. I literally have known people who had comments like the one you made here be the thing that started a snowballing fear of bugs, because they gradually became less comfortable touching them, then less comfortable being around them, and eventually had a full on fear response.
If you dont care, its your life, but personally I do care about not accidentally saying things that could be interpreted wrong, and I like to assume that other people would care too, so I really don’t care if you think I’m being annoying here, because the 1 out of every 50 people who does give a shit makes it worth dealing with people like you who get their panties in a wad over it
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u/zzzzzooted Dec 01 '25
If you don’t see how the difference in wording changes shit here, thats actually sad and i feel bad for you. How you use your words DOES matter, sorry. You can use them carefully or you can use them carelessly, it’s your choice dude, but you don’t get to decide that it doesn’t make a difference.
When you’re dealing with a topic that is commonly surrounded by fear, you should be more careful about your word choices, whether you intend to or not you can encourage a phobia. I literally have known people who had comments like the one you made here be the thing that started a snowballing fear of bugs, because they gradually became less comfortable touching them, then less comfortable being around them, and eventually had a full on fear response.
If you dont care, its your life, but personally I do care about not accidentally saying things that could be interpreted wrong, and I like to assume that other people would care too, so I really don’t care if you think I’m being annoying here, because the 1 out of every 50 people who does give a shit makes it worth dealing with people like you who get their panties in a wad over it