I know Chibi Robo was made in the 2000s but how did this slip in?

[Typhon]

So I was replaying this game for the first in years and I don't how I never caught this line

Perhaps I'm mistaken but "queer" in that context is always negative right?

 

[Dad_and_Videogames]

Well, queer didn't always primarily mean what it means now.

 

[abellwillring]

No. This would just mean strange/odd which is the definition of queer. It's probably unusual looking.

 

[Gunny T Highway]

Queer also means "Strange".

 

[Mike Rambo]

I'm pretty sure in that context it's just an old timey way of saying "strange"

 

[dlauv]

It means odd or out of the ordinary.

 

[StarskySilvers]

Multiple definitions to one word

 

[Typhon]

Well, queer didn't always primarily mean what it means now.

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In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point. The last I heard it used in a game was Wolfenstein The New Collosus and that NOT a positive use.

 

[Shoichi]

the word was originally defined as "strange/odd" before it got other meanings later on down the line. Like other words that got new meanings as generations went on.

It also depends on the context of the person saying the word who may use different english than others

 

[Deleted member 8593]

What a queer thread...

 

[Hyper]

Stormlight Archive foreshadowing?

 

[Naga]

Isn't he talking in old english? It wasn't derogatory at the time.

 

[Soulflarz]

What a queer thread.

 

[Berordn]

...I don't get it.

Is it just that he uses the word queer? Plankbeard talks in a old-timey pirate dialect and it makes sense that he'd use the word queer as an adjective.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point.

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Even in 2020, "queer" can be used in that sense.

 

[MatildaMuggins]

You coulda just Googled queer before making a thread.

 

[Thrill_house]

Sometimes yall try too hard.

 

[Mona]

erm, queer is an actual word OP

 

[Deleted member 58846]

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Queer... means weird. Strange. Unusual. It has more than just one meaning.

 

[Desmond]

In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point.

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True but in that sentence it obviously means out of the ordinary or odd.

And if you replace it with what youre getting at it makes not one lick of sense.

 

[Deleted member 69573]

This is one of the lowest effort threads in a while.

 

[Dest]

There's nothing here.

 

[dallow_bg]

I don't know how you'd take the the other way?
It clearly means odd.

 

[balohna]

From context, I think they just used the original definition of the word. IMO that's still fine in modern English in 2020, but context is important of course.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I bet Cap'n Sanderson had a gay old time putting it there as well.

 

[Viale]

Even in 2020, "queer" can be used in that sense.

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Yeah, it's not exactly common, but I've definitely seen it used to mean "strange" with no negative implication.

 

[criteriondog]

Queer didn't always have the same meaning it did nowadays.

 

[Kinsei]

I thought I was going to see something horrible that I somehow forgot over the years.

Like other have said it just means strange/odd. It's all about the context and how it's used.

 

[StopMakingSense]

In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point. The last I heard it used in a game was Wolfenstein The New Collosus and that NOT a positive use.

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It has always been an acceptable use of the word.

 

[Lukar]

They definitely used it in the original "quirky" sense. I don't see a negative connotation.

 

[bsigg]

That word doesn't mean what you think it means, OP.

 

[Akira86]

i don't think this is it..

 

[Swiggins]

Threads like this are why Era has a 'reputation'.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Queer means odd. Even nowadays I've seen people use queer to describe something odd or peculiar.

 

[Birdie]

Cancel Chibi-Robo...

Wait too late.

 

[DjDeathCool]

Gay also means joyous. Words can have multiple meanings.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Not everything you think is problematic is problematic

 

[EloquentM]

Is this a good troll?

 

[Tambini]

I thought I was going to see something horrible that I somehow forgot over the years.

Like other have said it just means strange/odd. It's all about the context and how it's used.

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I was expecting robot blackface

 

[Het_Nkik]

I don't get it, did you think he was describing the treasure chest in a derogatory manner?

 

[Musubi]

In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point. The last I heard it used in a game was Wolfenstein The New Collosus and that NOT a positive use.

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Whatever character is talking is obviously using an old timey dialect though.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland uses "queer" a ton. It's the first time I learned the word before I knew of its LGBTQ+ connotation

 

[Grimminski]

In the 2000s it absolutely did and I don't think it was reclaimed at that point. The last I heard it used in a game was Wolfenstein The New Collosus and that NOT a positive use.

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Well, BJ's dad was a genuinely horrific piece of shit.

 

[Weiss]

*User makes completely well intentioned thread about a word with a tumultuous history*

THIs iS WhY ERa Has A RePutaTIon

Could y'all be any more transparent?

 

[shadowsdarknes]

I always wanted to get that game for Gamecube. Seems charming.

Pretty obvious this is not a slant against gay people.

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Quiri-Robo, amirite?

 

[Deleted member 34873]

My pitchfork remains ungrabbed.

 

[Chromie]

I think this is an overreaction.

 

[ADS]

Perhaps I'm mistaken but "queer" in that context is always negative right?

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Guessing here, but I suspect english is your second language?

 

[Typhon]

OK, so maybe I overreacted a little. It's just a little odd to see a word commonly associated with LGBTQ both postively and negatively used casually like this even if the game is 15 years old.