People who use the term 'snowflake'?

[yesyesyep]

Aren't the brightest bunch are they?

It's like a script isn't it? Something picked up from the daily mail or another equivalent hate-rag, to shout at people who have the audacity to care about someone other than themselves. It appears to give the user a sense of superiority over someone, when they are just throwing words they like the sound of because they've seen it used to bully others before.

I find it often ties in with people who use multiple exclamation marks after a space. !!!

(Honestly, have a look for the multiple exclamation marks after a space. It's almost poetic.)

I know I probably ABU, but the level of stupidity on this planet at the moment baffles me.

I think the term is often used for the self-centred and entitled rather than the selfless, caring sorts.

YANBU !!!

(Messing with your mind, OP...)

They also end their sentances with "rant over" and "End of".

I think the term is often used for the self-centred and entitled rather than the selfless, caring sorts.

Me too. When I have seen the word applied to somebody the "snowflake" was generally worried about themselves not somebody else.

Yep, I hate it . It’s so lazy too.
If you want to insult someone atleast do it properly rather than using a term made popular by a hate rag .
I also hate the terms “banter” and “melt”
They’re just words used by stupid people who don’t have the mental capacity to think of anything else

Yanbu. I feel the same about people who use the term ‘sheep’ to show how unique they are.

Yep, tends to be used by the same people who use the phrase 'PC gone mad!'

The people I've seen use the term snowflake are mostly right wing Tommy Robinson supporters.

Martin daubney is a prolific offender!

When I've seen it used, it seems to mean "person who's offended or upset by something I've said."

It's a way of claiming the right to say nasty or bigoted things. If people object, it's not because I said something repellent; it's because they're oversensitive.

Very useful for the Daily Mail etc.

the level of stupidity on this planet at the moment baffles me

And your post perfectly encapsulates the level of stupidity that baffles you. Funny that.

I think it's an incredibly lazy way of belittling someone without actually having an argument. Yes some people are lazy/precious/selfish but it's better to say so (and support your argument) then using the term snowflake which is also often used to describe people who have mental health problems, people who point out and seek to redress injustice, people who don't have robust physical health. Yes the people who use it do often seem to view caring about other people as a weakness. They also often fail to distinguish between their own good luck in life and some kind of moral superiority on their part.

My understanding of snowflake is that it was first used as a sneer by some to refer to people who seemed to be attached to every cause - vegan, race rights, women's rights, gay rights, etc, etc. Anything 'millennial' [not saying the items on that list are millennial, but that they have been reassembled(?) by that generation]

It then seemed to slip a little to become an accusation levied at people who adopt every struggle that's occurring - often getting outraged on someone else's behalf (and often to a greater extent than those actually afflicted)

It's like they hear a word and they think 'oooh I like that, I'll use that' and then just repeat it everywhere they go. It's tiresome and boring. It doesn't mean anything!

And yes, I think it's the self centred bunch who use it most, like those running the hate rags, but it's those who lack the mindset to think outside of what they're reading who really boil my piss. It's often the people who are being manipulated by the self centred who use the term the most.

As soon as someone uses the term 'snowflake', my eyes roll and I realise the level of person I am dealing with. This is no longer a human, I'm now arguing with the daily mail.

Snowflakes used to be called bleeding-heart liberals. But now the connotation seems to be more that it's about a piety/self-righteousness and an assumption the 'snowflake' is sneering at the 'good-ol'-day-er' just as much

It's interesting how it's become such an insult. Have we really become less resilient as a society or is it just that issues are being recognised more? I sort of swing back and forth between those 2 viewpoints but I'd never use the term snowflake.

LavenderBush: yes, that's it precisely! It's a way to offset any offence the recipient may take and it places the blame on them. 'YOU shouldn't be so offended by something I say.'

I have always assumed it meant someone who thinks they are special and somehow more entitled than others (all snowflakes are unique, etc).

Haha, I've just used the word snowflake in my own thread but I'm definitely not a Tommy Robinson supporter, daily mail reader or lazy and I do consider myself to be somewhat intelligent.
However I believe that the term snowflake is used to describe someone who thinks they are better than everyone else.

I heard on a podcast the other day that the first recorded use was in the USA for a liberal in the 1850s, so someone who opposed slavery. If thats what it means then Im quite happy to be called a snowflake!

Although Ive always thought it was a word to describe a millennial who isnt very psychologically robust - over sensitive.

I agree, it’s 2018’s “PC Gawn mad”

It's infantile name calling. Strangely tho I've found those to whom it's applied often have no problem with using the term 'gammon'.

Here in the States it's used to mean 'liberal'. It is used as an insult by Trump cunts but it's not actually insulting as it just means you aren't a republican arsehole.

And there's been some reclaiming of the word. I'm on a couple of Facebook groups called snowflake whatever's.

It's definitely more of an insult in the UK.

I happily call myself a snowflake and so do others I know.

I love exclamation marks !!!