acryonyms in discourse (~, -?) 

I can't fucking wait for A_AB usage to die off, I'm really uncomfortable with them <_<

re: acryonyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Draekos Do you have a particular reason for this discomfort, or is it just nebulous something-feeling-wrong?

I've always seen them as useful terms for the rare cases where it's relevant but

re: acryonyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Felthry while the terminology can be useful, stuff like ACAB kinda feels shitty to me.

re: acryonyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Draekos Oh I thought you meant afab/amab

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re: acronyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Felthry I did, it's where ACAB came from and I dunno, I just really dislike that acronym set up as a whole

Also whoops, typo.

re: acronyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Draekos Huh? I'm confused. I thought they were unrelated and coincidentally looked the same?

re: acronyms in discourse (~, -?) 

@Felthry RIGHT derp, sorry, was being dumb there.

Yeah, but that's kinda the problem?

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