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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by joemi on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:44PM (#26361164)
If 'cursed' is derogatory, then it seems unfair/mean to call sites cursed just for not keeping up with current web design trends. Shouldn't we be better than that?
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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by andrewflnr on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:30PM (#26361652)
Not exactly. "Cursed" in modern slang is more like something weird and unsettling in a way that's probably funny and may or may not actually be bad.
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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by joemi on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:14PM (#26371807)
Your description sure sounds derogatory.
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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by junon on Saturday March 06, 2021 @12:36AM (#26365478)
"Cursed" comes from meme culture. It's not derogatory.
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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by joemi on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:21PM (#26371859)
How isn't it derogatory? It seems to me to be something to laugh at (not with) and/or be afraid of.
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Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring by junon on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:53AM (#26374085)
Nope, it has kind of an obscure meaning, such as "unusual" or "interestingly strange". Blessed is the antonym, meaning "cathartic" or "wholesome".
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