That most-recent spike during/post-COVID really puts into perspective just how unreasonable low-wage employers were to be so hysterical.

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lkey 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Capital be praised that capital owners are back on top.

May the low-waged ever be trodden upon and forever know their true place.

Those that died or became disabled during covid are mewling degenerates.

Their cries of 'illness', 'poverty', and 'homelessness' are precisely as useless as the wailing and lamentation of women in their menses, a farcical thing to be dismissed and ignored.

May the Fed be ever in your favor, Amen

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tadfisher 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Highly suggest adding "hysterical" to your internal vocabulary filter.

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beckon69 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not OP. But respectfully disagree. Reads appropriate to me.

"Related to or marked by Hysteria" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysterical

Hysteria being "behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess" which seems to be exactly what OP was trying to say.

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GlickWick 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The origin of the word is a bit darker than its meaning, unfortunately. It comes from the Greek word for Uterus. You can kinda fill in the blanks from there as to how it came to its modern meaning.

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palmotea 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> The origin of the word is a bit darker than its meaning, unfortunately.

We should all just stop speaking. The origin of too many words is problematic. Just think of how many were coined by racists and misogynists!

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GlickWick an hour ago | parent [-]

Nah, that's knee-jerk. Don't have a particular horse in this race, just explaining why some people might react this way to the word if they're aware of the history behind it. We as a society can determine whether or not we like certain words in our vernacular.

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palmotea an hour ago | parent [-]

My point is: who cares about the origin of the word? IMHO, no one should. Unless the word used in a way meant to offend, it's fine. Otherwise you're kind of cultivating offense and over-sensitivity, helping it survive and grow, which helps no one.

	▲	GlickWick 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's trickier than that. There's a lot of people who are naturally aware of the history behind the word, and it's tough to remove emotion and intent from that history. Sometimes things bother people, and it's nice to understand why before deciding if you should do anything about it or not.

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clates 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

virtue signaling of the highest degree.

	▲	GlickWick an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Nah, I don't care either way. Just explaining to the person why the definition isn't the whole story.

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annodomini2019 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Let's add dumb, lame, sinister, grandfathered in while we're at it if we're litigating roots nobody thinks about on a day-to-day basis...

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Helloworldboy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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