Netizen calls boyfriend "autistic" for speaking twitch emotes, receives backlash from internet

Emoji is a form of language nowadays.

Zhangxin Zheng | July 20, 2019, 01:15 PM

Many people love to share their personal problems anonymously on "confession pages" to seek advice or comfort.

However, responses from other social media users don't always turn out the way the original poster (OP) wishes.

Here's an example.

Calls gamer boyfriend "autistic"

According to an anonymous confession on NUSWhispers, the OP shared about a problem with a boyfriend who is using too many twitch emotes in real life.

So much so, apparently, that he speaks twitch emotes in their day-to-day conversations, which OP described as "autistic".

For those who are not aware, twitch emotes are emoticons used in Twitch, a live-streaming video platform for gamers.

Here are some examples that the OP used:

"Feelsbadman": Used to express sadness.

Image from Twitch.

"Pogchamp": Used to express surprise or excitement.

Image from Twitch.

"Kappa": Used to express sarcasm or when you feel like rolling your eyes in response to something

Image from Twitch.

Here's the post:

Backfired

The OP post, however, received backlash from Facebook users who took offence with the way the OP used "autistic" as a derogatory term.

Ironically, other users, possibly gamers, reacted with more twitch emotes in the comment section.

Here are some of the comments:

Screenshot from NUSWhispers Facebook.

Screenshot from NUSWhispers Facebook.

Screenshot from NUSWhispers Facebook.

Screenshot from NUSWhispers Facebook.

Whelp.

Top photo collage from Twitch and NUSWhispers