jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 25 days agoNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkNew sexually transmitted fungal infection - ringworm - found in NYC marks 1st case in USwww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 25 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoYeah I was trying to figure out who the slur would be aimed at… Wrestlers? Worms?
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days 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.