this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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That’s damn cute and today is a bad day so I needed to see something like this.
Hate to anthropomorphise things but it looks like it’s smiling, like a big shit eating grin.
I hope your day gets better.
Thank you. I’m sure it will, if not I’ll go to bed lol
I hope you one day find something better that will bring a smile to your face other than eating shit.
Sending you good vibes, internet friend!
Thanks friend.
Don't call animals "things" but I see what you mean
Why?
I could have used it I guess as I don’t know the gender of it, but what’s wrong with things? I love animals and I didn’t mean to use it in a derogatory way.
Why didn't you say:
Or stuff still feels more neutral. But I'm not a native speaker of English so maybe "thing" isn't as derogative as it sounds to me
in this case, thing isn't derogative to a native speaker, in my opinion. I can see where your confusion is, though.
my tip would be to look at the other words in the sentence to try and grasp the tone of the entire statement. I know it's difficult, but you'll get there... good luck!
Thing is a synonim of stuff and they don't really have any kind of different connotation. Stuff might be more coloquial, which doesn't mean thing is formal, I wouldn't use stuff in a form setting, that's all.
As the other person said, I just don’t believe it’s an issue for native English speakers to use “thing” in that context.
I just today watch an episode where someone said "you are the thing I love most" to a person as if it was a sign or something but it's just selective memory.
I'm sorry for being stupid I guess. We are all here to learn.