• Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    where I’m from (CIS area) ‘active’ and ‘passive’ were common slang for ‘top’ and ‘bottom’

    probbly my mistake, I thought it was an english thing too

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      I understood what you were conveying, though it doesn’t quite “land” as impactfully in English as it probably does in your native language. But it does work, and by the upvotes it looks like quite a few people understood what you meant.

      Also, thank you for teaching me about the CIS area. I had to look that up, but as a geography nerd I’m surprised I haven’t heard that phrase before. I’ve mostly heard people state their specific country, or older folks saying, “I’m from the USSR.”

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        it doesn’t quite “land” as impactfully in English as it probably does in your native language

        Nono, it’s definitely a thing in English. Used to be the dropdown options on some dating sites. Or so I gather.

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        21 hours ago

        Perhaps fittingly, I thought they were clarifying that the population of their area was predominantly cisgendered.