Jesus christ people in the comments here are pathetic. This clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs or otaku culture. It's a play on the totally normal english word "tycoon" which just means "very rich businessman" and "mogul" which is a synonym for "magnate". You can look these up, every half-decent dictionary has these words. They probably changed it because "coon" is a slur for black people and they didn't want to cause any misunderstandings. If any of this offends you, please, please just step outside, touch some grass, take a deep breath, relax.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You begin with "this clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs" and have near the end "they probably changed it because coon is a slur for black people".

This is self contradictory, both statements can't be true at the same time.

I am not offended by anything here, I couldn't care less about what they use as fun wordplay in there.

Had a slow day and lots of free time at a train ride and just want to show that everything written can be misinterpreted and misunderstood. There is a bad meaning or derogatory slang for nearly every word out there.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It absolutely can be true, though slightly misworded.

the initial usage had nothing to do with the derogatory term.
upon realizing the relation to the derogatory term they adapted.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, if you change the complete context and make major changes to the sentences, then both can be true. I am sorry that I made that mistake, I beg for forgiveness

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not changing the complete sentence, it's recognizing context clues and patterns of language.

"This clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs or otaku culture" = the original intention wasn't about a racial slur and the change isn't about mocking Otaku culture. (This is supported when they go on to explain what the actual original intention would be)

"They probably changed it because “coon” is a slur for black people and they didn’t want to cause any misunderstandings" = upon realizing the relation to a slur they didn't intend, they changed it.

No need for forgiveness, or for passive aggressive condescension.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

derogatory slang

What did you call me!?

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

🤣😉

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