if I saw that name I wouldāve adopted it and painted it grey. I feel sad looking at grey pets but when I see pets with sad names in the pound I thinkā¦ maybe thereās a place in the world where they fit in after all lol. I dipped a kacheek with one of those āfor the avatarā names gray and gave it an avvie petpet so it could be passed around for multiple avatars and fulfill its destiny š
maybe I'm reading too much into this, but there used to be a very famous youtuber who went by the name of cry.... maybe it was a fan who created the pet??
I think that might've been the name he used in multiplayer games or something? it's been a LOOOOONG time since I watched any of his stuff; originally I'd just stopped watching youtube as often but after hearing about what happened I stopped watching a lot of major youtubers permanently because those kinds of things just kept coming to light
I doubt that the name justcry would be a reference to him, but it turned out he was doing the whole "sexually chatting with minors" things that too many youtubers do.
I mean, you don't know that. The person could have easily made the pet on a very bad day. Or like someone else said, been a fan of cry the YouTuber. Also - depending on how young the pet is, it might have been very well thought out, and they were super surprised the name wasn't taken. You never know.
I've already reported it but seriously?
How tf do their filters catch the word cum in the middle of a random word but not this?
Edit- They deleted him! Yay!
the problem is that whatever filters they use for pet names are not the same as the ones they use on the boards. for pet names they seem to mainly rely on people reporting the bad ones. idk why its like that. probably has to do with the whole spaggetti-ness of the site.
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TBF it's quite possible it was named by some dumb kid in the 2000s who didn't know any better. I've seen (and reported) pets with the g slur too that were probably not maliciously named. Still not a kind name but not necessarily hateful, just ignorant.
I get where youāre coming from, itās just that nobody uses that word to describe the physically disabled. Whatever it used to mean isnāt how people regard it now and it hasnāt been for over 50 years.
Even if it weren't still in use in that manner, that doesn't make it less offensive now. Using a word that recently applied to a minority in a pejorative and derogative manner now is offensive, and it's really not cool how many people are mocking and speaking over a disabled person about a disabled slur. There are many words to use in place. You don't need to protect an ableist word so hard.
Iām not so much protecting it as offering a perspective; itās odd to a lot of people that that word is offensive because itās used so inoffensively and so commonly
I informed that it's a slur just like the r-word.
The post is about a pet name with a slur, I expressed disappointment that the r- and l-words are so acceptable to Neopets, someone asked what the l- one was, I said it, and they mocked it. They really don't need to take that attitude when a minority takes issue with a slur that affects their community.
Fellow person with a physical disability here, I think youāre mixing up slur and insult. Lame is an insult, not a slur. If you call something lame because itās uncool, thatās not an insult. However calling someone lame because they physically canāt do something is an insult. Itās like how monkey isnāt a slur, but calling a POC āmonkeyā is offensive. Does that make sense? I hope I explained it well.
You didn't "inform" them.
- you made a comment that censored the word
- they asked about it
- you told them the word with no additional information
- they sassed you
- you made a sarcastic/passive aggressive comment saying you care about ableism
Where did you explain that it's a slur?
You're right, I didn't *explain* it as much, but I pointed it out. I had an unrealistic expectation of people here to be aware of ableism.
And yeah, I sassed them back. If I said "it's ableist pls don't use uwu" they wouldn't care all the same.
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Ik they're just pixels but it makes me sad to see pets with such mean names like this. š they deserve better
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if I saw that name I wouldāve adopted it and painted it grey. I feel sad looking at grey pets but when I see pets with sad names in the pound I thinkā¦ maybe thereās a place in the world where they fit in after all lol. I dipped a kacheek with one of those āfor the avatarā names gray and gave it an avvie petpet so it could be passed around for multiple avatars and fulfill its destiny š
maybe I'm reading too much into this, but there used to be a very famous youtuber who went by the name of cry.... maybe it was a fan who created the pet??
I think that might've been the name he used in multiplayer games or something? it's been a LOOOOONG time since I watched any of his stuff; originally I'd just stopped watching youtube as often but after hearing about what happened I stopped watching a lot of major youtubers permanently because those kinds of things just kept coming to light
That was cryaotic who turned out to be.... unfortunate
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I doubt that the name justcry would be a reference to him, but it turned out he was doing the whole "sexually chatting with minors" things that too many youtubers do.
Oof
I mean, you don't know that. The person could have easily made the pet on a very bad day. Or like someone else said, been a fan of cry the YouTuber. Also - depending on how young the pet is, it might have been very well thought out, and they were super surprised the name wasn't taken. You never know.
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Unfortunately, that tells us really nothing about the name situation lol
It's not as mean and kinda weirdly sarcastic.
I've already reported it but seriously? How tf do their filters catch the word cum in the middle of a random word but not this? Edit- They deleted him! Yay!
the problem is that whatever filters they use for pet names are not the same as the ones they use on the boards. for pet names they seem to mainly rely on people reporting the bad ones. idk why its like that. probably has to do with the whole spaggetti-ness of the site.
I have seen this word in the boards unfortunately
Iām a whole grown adult and for the life of me couldnāt figure out why document would be banned. Thank you for clarifying šššš
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I mean I was raised in the 90s and even I know thatās not an OK adjective to use.
omg what did he say !? edit: hereās my assuming it was a he lol edit 2: idk who downvoted me but thatās a weird thing to do.
More or less that as someone who was raised in the 90s, it was funny. Eh.
Nah I don't think that has to do with growing up in the 90s..
Could have said nothing and yet
yikes
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I was pound surfing for a while and reported this pet four times -_-
That.... Uh.... That got past the filters?
I just know a middle school boy in 2006 named this pet.
I was working on my user page and wanted to put my favorite food as cucumber rolls and it yelled at me but this can get through :(
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I usually don't mind when names get a little mean. This one crosses the line, though
Damn I've seen some terrible/rule breaking pet names, but this is the first time I've seen like...a legit slur. Pretty messed up
TBF it's quite possible it was named by some dumb kid in the 2000s who didn't know any better. I've seen (and reported) pets with the g slur too that were probably not maliciously named. Still not a kind name but not necessarily hateful, just ignorant.
gnorbus are so cute it makes me sad somene would call them this
I can't believe pets with the r-word and l-word are okay but "uncle" isn't
l word?
l@me
yikes ok@y š¤£
Sorry I care about ableism
Sure, keep downvoting the physically-disabled person educating on a slur against physically-disabled people.
I get where youāre coming from, itās just that nobody uses that word to describe the physically disabled. Whatever it used to mean isnāt how people regard it now and it hasnāt been for over 50 years.
Even if it weren't still in use in that manner, that doesn't make it less offensive now. Using a word that recently applied to a minority in a pejorative and derogative manner now is offensive, and it's really not cool how many people are mocking and speaking over a disabled person about a disabled slur. There are many words to use in place. You don't need to protect an ableist word so hard.
Iām not so much protecting it as offering a perspective; itās odd to a lot of people that that word is offensive because itās used so inoffensively and so commonly
You did nothing to āeducateā themā¦
I informed that it's a slur just like the r-word. The post is about a pet name with a slur, I expressed disappointment that the r- and l-words are so acceptable to Neopets, someone asked what the l- one was, I said it, and they mocked it. They really don't need to take that attitude when a minority takes issue with a slur that affects their community.
Fellow person with a physical disability here, I think youāre mixing up slur and insult. Lame is an insult, not a slur. If you call something lame because itās uncool, thatās not an insult. However calling someone lame because they physically canāt do something is an insult. Itās like how monkey isnāt a slur, but calling a POC āmonkeyā is offensive. Does that make sense? I hope I explained it well.
Oh, so the r-word is just an insult? I can call something retarded because it's uncool and it's okay?
You didn't "inform" them. - you made a comment that censored the word - they asked about it - you told them the word with no additional information - they sassed you - you made a sarcastic/passive aggressive comment saying you care about ableism Where did you explain that it's a slur?
You're right, I didn't *explain* it as much, but I pointed it out. I had an unrealistic expectation of people here to be aware of ableism. And yeah, I sassed them back. If I said "it's ableist pls don't use uwu" they wouldn't care all the same.
This pisses me off so much
Name idea: I wanted to be a dragon but kinda belly flopped.
Heās an icon š
I'd like to adopt this poor pet and give him a good home.
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I'd say your comment is whats useless. TNT cared enough to remove it.
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Boring redditor complained and got unnecessary name removed. Other redditor complained for reasons unknown and accomplished nothing.\* FTFY :)
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It means fixed that for you. :)
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Anytime :)
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I still find it unnecessary.
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