• tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net
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      1 month ago

      normie’s a word mostly associated with the alt-right, and they definitely use it in a condescending manner, similar to how they’ll call people NPCs to dehumanise them.

      that book about the alt-right, “kill all normies” was published around 2016 or 2017 iirc, so i assume they’ve been using that word p heavily for at least around a decade.

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        1 month ago

        That word long predates the alt right, it’s used by many niche communities to refer to people who are not in that niche community (“civilians” is also used for this).

        I associate “NPC” with psychopathic alt right EA types.