r/explainitpeter • u/Intelligent_Mix3241 • 11d ago

Explain It Peter

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u/Knot-Lye-Ing 11d ago

Brian here, the old name for r/hydrohomies was r/watern1ggas.

Just replace the 1 with the letter after h. This was easily 7+ years ago. It was basically the same meme sub about staying hydrated.

Drink water.

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u/MuchachoMongo 11d ago

Somehow replacing n*ggas with homies feels more racist. Shit got colonized.

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u/ConvictedHobo 11d ago

If you feel okay writing one word, but don't feel okay writing the other one, which one sounds more racist?

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u/Aesthetic-Dialectic 10d ago

That ain't why it's censored, I would wager

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u/ConvictedHobo 10d ago

I don't understand. Why then?

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u/Aesthetic-Dialectic 10d ago

I already saw your deleted reply, and sir go to a black community and tell them they're racist lol. Don't be dense, it's not censored because it is racist in all contexts when uttered by all people, but because online spaces cannot distinguish race and so have to indiscriminately police language

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u/ConvictedHobo 10d ago

I can't realistically go to a black community. Especially an English speaking one.

When I wrote they don't feel comfortable writing it, in my head it included not feeling comfortable with the backlash it brings. Because it brings backlash. Because it's racist to write it online.

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u/Randomminecraftseed 10d ago

It’s only racist to write it online in certain contexts