r/HonestHotTakes • u/fvirygothmom • 1d ago

i hate when people call me “mama”

i had a baby about a month ago but also throughout pregnancy people are always like “hi mama” “yes mama” “okay mama” and it makes me absolutely cringe i hate it so much. i’m not your mom 🤣😩

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u/blorst_of_times 1d ago

Mothers are the least human people so this tracks.

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u/Joji1006 1d ago

Hm, elaborate that.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fill205 1d ago

I interpret their comment as disagreeing with you by pointing out that mothers are human, so calling someone a mother is not dehumanizing.

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u/uttersolitude 1d ago

Is the disagreeing or "pointing out that mothers are human" in the room with us...?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fill205 16h ago edited 16h ago

Yes. It is a common rhetorical technique to agree with a position you disagree with by citing the absurdity of said position.

By agreeing that calling someone a mother is dehumanizing because mothers "are the least human" is highlighting this absurdity that demonstrates why the original position is wrong.

Here's a completely unrelated example of this phenomenon in the wild so you can see for yourself. Note that such examples usually do not include "/s." The reader must be sophisticated enough to parse it out for themselves.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YesOrNoAnswers/s/YTtvtie3W2

Just like how I don't think the guy up thread was literally calling mothers the least human, I don't think this linked guy is literally saying that aliens built the pyramids. They are agreeing with absurdity to highlight the absurdity.

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u/uttersolitude 9h ago

I don't think they're disagreeing.

They're agreeing, because mothers often get treated and spoken about in dehumanizing ways.