FabSwingers.com forum: Snowflake

By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Wikipedia defines a snowflake as....

Snowflake" is a 2010s derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.

In my experience it is thrown about by those who have their opinions questioned or when people are challenged for outdated opinions or comments.

But surely they are the snowflakes? They're the ones getting upset by the fact that someone has pointed out their opinion is outdated.

Are we all just snowflakes?

Are you offended when someone calls you a snowflake because of your beliefs and your confidence to challenge others?

Personally I couldn't care less if someone thinks I'm a snowflake for my opinions or beliefs but it just feels like those who fling the word around seriously believe they have won something.

I dunno.... Just rambling I guess but I say embrace the flake lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think a lot of people believe they are right. Even those arguing with cold facts.

There is a strange side of the extremes of those who are tolerant or intolerant. Interesting isn’t it. From the SAS / channel 4 saga, to Meghan Markle etc, people seem to find more offence or passion to seek out intolerance / tolerance.

I think I struggle to understand anyone who can’t have a reasonable debate or just has one solid opinion that can’t be shifted. It is also annoying when there are both sides of cancel culture to levels that actually hinder the very message or wishes of a movement, or a lack of open mindedness for constructive / critical reflection.

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

I agree.

It’s become a derisory term used against leftist views when conservative or ‘ism’ opinions are expressed.

The irony is that in getting defensive, the person using the term is actually the ‘snowflake’.

Personally I hate the term though, it’s a term, much as several others, that is intended to undermine the conversation and attack the alternative view, rather than engaging with the debate

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Snowflake, woke, P.C. All used as insults to convince others that your opinions are lunacy .....

No time for users of derogatory terms.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s the same with ‘woke’ and ‘gammon’

All just meaningless terms used in a derogatory manner to insult someone.

I generally just ignore anyone who chooses to use these terms

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I agree.

It’s become a derisory term used against leftist views when conservative or ‘ism’ opinions are expressed.

The irony is that in getting defensive, the person using the term is actually the ‘snowflake’.

Personally I hate the term though, it’s a term, much as several others, that is intended to undermine the conversation and attack the alternative view, rather than engaging with the debate"

Yes. This. Much more succinct that me. Its dismissive and in my eyes shows that they have run out of steam.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can’t beat any of this dismissive terms that invalidate someone else.

It says everything about the person saying it, and nothing about the person they are saying it about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can’t beat any of this dismissive terms that invalidate someone else.

It says everything about the person saying it, and nothing about the person they are saying it about. "

*can’t bear

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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago

cognito

Maybe I’m too old these days but I can’t keep up with all this stuff. I thought a snowflake was made from water under certain pressure and temperatures and that woke was something I was after I slept...how did other words get taken and used in these kinds of context...who starts it off and who decides it’s use should be changed...but like I said I’m old now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a nice word, I wish we could all start using it as a compliment to mean unique, special and pretty

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

I’d of thought Wikipedia would of described it as a drop of frozen crystallised water personally

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Maybe I’m too old these days but I can’t keep up with all this stuff. I thought a snowflake was made from water under certain pressure and temperatures and that woke was something I was after I slept...how did other words get taken and used in these kinds of context...who starts it off and who decides it’s use should be changed...but like I said I’m old now

It's been around a while so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it used this way.

It's due to the fact that they melt easily I believe.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I’d of thought Wikipedia would of described it as a drop of frozen crystallised water personally "

Well it didn't lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I agree.

It’s become a derisory term used against leftist views when conservative or ‘ism’ opinions are expressed.

The irony is that in getting defensive, the person using the term is actually the ‘snowflake’.

Personally I hate the term though, it’s a term, much as several others, that is intended to undermine the conversation and attack the alternative view, rather than engaging with the debate"

I don't like the term either.

I've been called a snowflake several times. Always when standing up to racism, on the bus, in the pub (back in the olden going-out days), etc.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I find it, and words like it, pretty meaningless. It says something about the person using it and contributes nothing further.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It doesn't offend me, but it irritates me

Mainly because my views and opinions vary wildly across a spectrum of subjects, but also because any discussion is over once name calling begins

I have found that once 'snowflake' has been uttered, it's like someone turns the tap and all those with strong (extreme) opinions come flooding out like a torrent

They seem to find security in numbers when calling 'snowflake'

It's not helpful, it's not constructive, it just descends a sensible discussion into disarray

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Occupies you for a brief moment , ends in a damp patch. Sounds familiar.

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

I've been called a snowflake a few times.

It makes me chuckle. I think nah mate, you'd be using the words 'oh shit' if you were stood in front of me.

Dismissing someones feelings and/or experiences is a proper prick move and just because they/I may have responded differently or had a differing emotional reaction doesn't make it invalid or wrong.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"I've been called a snowflake a few times.

It makes me chuckle. I think nah mate, you'd be using the words 'oh shit' if you were stood in front of me.

Dismissing someones feelings and/or experiences is a proper prick move and just because they/I may have responded differently or had a differing emotional reaction doesn't make it invalid or wrong. "

Well said

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Like many of these vogue terms currently I find they're usually quite lazy attempts at a put down when the user can't provide a logical and adult point of debate to counter an opinion with...and as such I pay them no attention

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everything’s so polarised now, you’re either in one camp or the opposite, no place for nuance or subtly, rarely is anything actually black or white, there’s always shades of grey in the middle, each side seems to get more and more entrenched and dig their heels in, cause changing your mind is viewed as a show of weakness and no one likes to be proved wrong.

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By *dinMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I've been called a snowflake a few times.

It makes me chuckle. I think nah mate, you'd be using the words 'oh shit' if you were stood in front of me.

Dismissing someones feelings and/or experiences is a proper prick move and just because they/I may have responded differently or had a differing emotional reaction doesn't make it invalid or wrong. "

So true, but despite what they would have you believe both sides of the argument are guilty of this!

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

"I've been called a snowflake a few times.

It makes me chuckle. I think nah mate, you'd be using the words 'oh shit' if you were stood in front of me.

Dismissing someones feelings and/or experiences is a proper prick move and just because they/I may have responded differently or had a differing emotional reaction doesn't make it invalid or wrong.

So true, but despite what they would have you believe both sides of the argument are guilty of this!"

Then that's where you respect their feelings, just not their opinion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's become another word in the culture wars armoury of argument ending insults.

But both sides are equally to blame. If people are willing to throw extremely string insults around like racist and fascist at the slightest motivation, then the least they can expect is a return in kind.

In that sense being called a snowflake is hardly a cause to get upset.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's become another word in the culture wars armoury of argument ending insults.

In that sense being called a snowflake is hardly a cause to get upset."

In my experience, it's not the "slightest motivation" thing.

Most recently a guy who got into an argument with a bus driver, he called the driver the N word repeatedly, called him a "fucking monkey", etc etc.

I stood up and told him he was being an arsehole and to get off the bus. I was told "sit down fucking snowflake".

99% of the time, this is the context I hear "snowflake".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In my experience, it's not the "slightest motivation" thing.

Most recently a guy who got into an argument with a bus driver, he called the driver the N word repeatedly, called him a "fucking monkey", etc etc.

I stood up and told him he was being an arsehole and to get off the bus. I was told "sit down fucking snowflake".

99% of the time, this is the context I hear "snowflake"."

So out of every 100 times that you've heard someone being called a snowflake, 99 of those times it was in response to someone being called a N**** repeatedly?

Sorry but I find that very hard to believe.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In my experience, it's not the "slightest motivation" thing.

Most recently a guy who got into an argument with a bus driver, he called the driver the N word repeatedly, called him a "fucking monkey", etc etc.

I stood up and told him he was being an arsehole and to get off the bus. I was told "sit down fucking snowflake".

99% of the time, this is the context I hear "snowflake".

So out of every 100 times that you've heard someone being called a snowflake, 99 of those times it was in response to someone being called a N**** repeatedly?

Sorry but I find that very hard to believe. "

Not that phrase specifically. But 99% of the time I hear "snowflake", it's used by some form of bigot, who doesn't like being stood up to.

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