- cross-posted to:
- femboy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- femboy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
How to get out of an uncomfortable egg culture situation with this one simple trick.
Real talk: Calling people eggs is a violation of the egg prime directive, and is considered invalidating as you are trying to say that a person is not the gender they identify as, that their identity is invalid. Don’t call people eggs, like ever, it’s extremely uncool.
Wait when did “egg” in the context of gender and sexuality become a thing?
“You egg” is an old insult in New Zealand since at least the 1980s meaning you are a dork or loveable idiot.
Edit: there’s heaps of examples in Taika Waititi’s NZ films.
Realising one is trans is often called “cracking your egg”. Calling someone an egg in this context means insinuating the person is trans (and hasn’t realised it yet).
@tb_ thanks, got it. Has it been a thing for many years or is it new?
Not many years, but far from new in internet time scales. Maybe in the last decade or so.
@jawa21 now that I’m really thinking about it, I think I’ve probably seen people using it to refer to themselves but not using it on others as an insult.
It’s similar to being in the closet. When you come out as a trans person, you “come out of your shell” so to speak. As such, people who haven’t are considered to be “eggs” still inside their shells.
I think if you make sure to call someone an “igg”, or preferably, a “bliddy igg”, then should still be fine
Preferably while listening to Iminim’s Lose Yoursilf.
@Viking_Hippie aww man now I know how Americans feel when people reference Trump’s stupid sayings as if it’s their national culture.
Hadn’t thought about those assholes in a while.
Sorry, but I had to 😁
@porous_grey_matter I think I just need to make sure I only use it on other Kiwis.
Not the birds, though. That would be the equivalent of calling them babies, which I’d imagine they’d find very insulting.
@Viking_Hippie if a bird is being an egg I will tell it. #nofilter
Fun fact: kiwi have the biggest egg relative to their body size of any bird in the world.
Look at this badass talking at eggs! So principled! 😄
Shakespeare uses it too!