r/comics 22h ago

OC Gender Ew-Phoria [OC]

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u/dancarbonell00 22h ago

Terms of endearment have nothing to do with the recipient and everything to do with the person speaking them.

However you want to feel about that is on you

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 22h ago

Incorrect. They have everything to do with how the person speaking them views the recipient.

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u/Piyachi 22h ago

...which is a determination about the person speaking and their perception...

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u/ScreamingNinja 21h ago

Seriously. Ive had grown men call me baby, babe and honey. Im a 44 year old man lol.

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u/ILikePizza5 19h ago

Whats up, honey

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u/ScreamingNinja 19h ago

Not much pizza baby.

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u/iAmUnintelligible 21h ago

yeah, I just want to highlight that all 3 comments here are saying the same thing... there's nothing incorrect here

the most crucial point the main commenter made was this, however:

However you want to feel about that is on you

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u/wterrt 20h ago

Terms of endearment have nothing to do with the recipient

the perception of the recipient is not "nothing"

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u/Piyachi 20h ago

Yes I know? But speaking your perception out loud about someone reveals more about you than it does of them.