Mastodawn

saw a big ol' black suv driven by a middleaged blonde woman with a vanity plate that said "SOY CEL". I think if i saw this used to insult someone online or something it would be clear what that means (you're celibate cuz of all the soy you eat?) but why would anybody choose that on their license plate?

Or.. shit is it just spanish? "I am ... " ...some name that starts with Cel? Celena? Celestina?
In a way this is even more sad/surprising, cuz it means the person has no awareness of the sorta internet culture memetic meaning of the unintentional phrase.

Fediverse, can anybody offer any explanation?

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Willing to cut a deal. . .2d ago

@detritus

Not a #linguist or #manosphere expert, but my understanding is that, in that context, "soy" estrogenizes men, so Real Men(tm)
should avoid products containing soy.

So, "soy cel" is sooo not a Thing, and you've overthought this.

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steev hise 2d ago

@vor exactly, that's what i thought - it's a derogatory term, so why would someone choose to put that on their car?

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Willing to cut a deal. . .

@detritus

No, it's not derogatory — it's null content.

Sometimes opposite wotd pairs have meaning. Jumbo shrimp, for example. In this case, if you assume that the words are from the manosphere, this combination is meaningless.

Maybe this is about a battery technology. Soy cell batteries. I mean. two different coins in a citrus fruit or potato can power a small light.

Why are you so fixated on the manosphere anyw?

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steev hise 1d ago

@vor now who's overthinking?

saying it's "null content" is an odd take. it must have some meaning to the person that paid for the vanity plate. it's not an accident. it exists. I saw it. someone put it on their car. their real car in the real, physical world. y'know, that place with the really high blue ceiling? I'm just wondering why.

I'm not at all fixated on the manosphere. i think my theory about spanish is probably the real explanation. but whatever, you can stop worrying about it, i've clearly occupied enough of your time. and mine. 😜 thank you.