jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah I was trying to figure out who the slur would be aimed at… Wrestlers? Worms?
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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.