jeffw@lemmy.worldcakeM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
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minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah I was trying to figure out who the slur would be aimed at… Wrestlers? Worms?
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s not a slur; it’s just stigmatizing. “I’ve got a skin infection” will get a lot less of a negative reaction than “I’ve got ringworm” would. Parasites give people the heebie jeebies.
Yeah I was trying to figure out who the slur would be aimed at… Wrestlers? Worms?
It’s not a slur; it’s just stigmatizing. “I’ve got a skin infection” will get a lot less of a negative reaction than “I’ve got ringworm” would. Parasites give people the heebie jeebies.