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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

calling people online kid or kiddo.

edit: this isn't about using the word altogether. it's about comments online where people try to be condescending by calling other anonymous people "kid" or "kiddo". always seems like compensation to me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks, that's very kind!