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I told my wife that I can speak with fruits, so she handed me a small orange and said "What's this one saying? ". I replied...

I don't know, it's speaking mandarin.....๐ŸŠ

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That's when you say, "he told me a joke, but it only works in mandarin."

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lemmy.today

Having Boomer parents unfortunately made me afraid "fruits" was being used as a gay slur before the punchline.

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piefed.ca

Not all boomers are racist or homophobic thats an individual level problem

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Never said it did. In fact my parents really weren't, either, but they came from a time where such denigrating terms were much more widely used without people even thinking about it - it was just what they were used to. I mentioned it more to give context for where I learned the term from.

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