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[โ€“] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

It was worth the price of admission just to see the Lesbian Fire Commissioner.

Why? Is she building a series of canals to divert water for firefighting? Because that would be legit funny. Because it's a dike.

Happy pride month. I think/thought Lesbians took ownership of that term, stripped it if it's derogatory meaning... and I'm meaning it endearingly. Not like the F word. That's loaded with historical context and I wouldn't use that. That'd be like a white guy using the N-word endearingly...that's really just not possible. Exception for Bob Dillan in "Hurricane", of course. If I'm wrong please let me know.

[โ€“] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

In my opinion if you're not a dyke it's better to not apply it to a person.

I think the joke about a lesbian building a dike is funny personally so you got away with that one.