Not really safe for work. Still, an interesting use of social media scraping.
Patrick
Patrick is a mid-40 year old geek with an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a master's degree in Information Systems. Nothing he says here has anything to do with the official position of his employer or any other institution.
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Wow that is interesting to look at. Boy that could get even uglier if you did that with some other words.Report
I’m surprised and saddened that the F word is trending so high. I’ve tried to get my nephew to see that “gay” and “no homo” are hurtful, but without much success.Report
Dumb yet sincere question, with no way to answer, but how many of the instances do you think come from actual gay people tweeting to other gay people, much like black people might call each other ‘my nigger’?Report
I’d say very few. You can see the the tweets — it doesn’t have that feel to it.Report
I didn’t have the patience to sit through much scrolling.Report
I’m not sure what offends me more – the potential homophobia or the confirmed illiteracy.Report
I always found “No Homo” to be an interesting phenomenon.
Essentially, it’s saying, “I’m going to engage in what might be a stereotypically gay behavior but I’m not gay!” Which you would think could serve to disarm stereotypes. It doesn’t seem to do that but I wonder if, over time, it is breaking down those stereotypes.
It doesn’t make it any less offensive, of course.Report