temptest [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoIf you ever need to type 'removed', save a few keystrokes and just write a slur insteadmessage-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIf you ever need to type 'removed', save a few keystrokes and just write a slur insteadtemptest [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI think Chinese people still sometimes use it, but in a sarcastic way. They’ll call China the 天朝 (Celestial Empire) as a joke when something bad in the news happens.
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoHuh, never made that connection despite seeing 天朝
I think Chinese people still sometimes use it, but in a sarcastic way. They’ll call China the 天朝 (Celestial Empire) as a joke when something bad in the news happens.
Huh, never made that connection despite seeing 天朝