• irate944@piefed.social
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    4 months ago

    Me: There’s no way that’s true

    Me, after web searching: Huh…

    Context: They have a betting game called “Jogo do bicho” (Animal game, direct translation). Number 24 corresponds to deer, which is “veado” in portuguese - which is very similar to"viado", which is a slur for gay people persons.

    I still doubt these candles are popular though.

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        4 months ago

        Thanks for the explanation mate, that makes a lot more sense.

        I’m portuguese and I always thought that veado was the word, just that “e” was “stressed” to sound like “i”. I didn’t know until today that there were actually two words

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        The linguist in me now feels the same way about Brazilian profanity that the engineer in me feels about fighter jets

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        It’s only the same if you ignore Portuguese pronunciation, though, this is still some rightwing snowflake shit. Veado and viado will only sound the same if you speak some ignorant, backwater version of Brazilian Portuguese, so I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

        Viado e veado não soam igual, mano, esse é coisa de homens frágeis, eu não sei de que você tá falando. Deixe essa porra pros Bolsonaristas. Nem os tugas falam assim.

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      They’re popular enough for them to have been mass-produced, as opposed to, say, just writing the text on the cake with frosting.

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        Kind of funny someone is so self conscious about looking “weak” or whatever has a birthday cake with candles

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      4 months ago

      That’s not the reason though. 24 (vinte e quatro) is the gay number because it sounds like “vim de quatro” which means something like “I came on all 4s”

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      It’s a very popular joke. I have no idea how many people take it seriously, since those would probably not say they do.

      I imagine most people that buy a candle like that do it for somebody else’s birthday to imply the other person is gay.

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        É literalmente uma idiotice que tem aqui em Salvador (Não sei se surgiu aqui), vinte e quatro / vim de quatro

        It’s literally an idiocy that has here in Salvador (I don’t know if it came from here), twenty-four / I came from four