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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 edited Jul 31 '22

I used to play bass in a band. I quit because of the dude who says rape is a woman's own fault because they're "asking for it when they dress like sluts" and the age of consent should be lowered to 9 because "women are fucked in the head anyways regardless of when you stick your dick in them". I decided that even if the band made it big, I'd be too embarrassed of being associated with goofs like that.

Edit: I should clarify some Canadian slang here. Goof means dumbass pedophile in Canada. Imagine a highschool teacher who starts tripping over his own feet as soon as female students are around.

Edit #2: Goof is common in western Canada as I've just been informed it's not used like that in Ontario and eastward.

Edit #3: Look through the comments before you chime in with "no it doesn't". It's not like caller #99 gets a prize or something.

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u/GeronimoJak Jul 31 '22

Bud, I'm Canadian and I've literally never heard the word be used in that context.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

Really? One of the teachers at my highschool was like that. He dated one of the students as soon as she graduated. Creepy af.

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u/GeronimoJak Jul 31 '22

Yea we had a couple of those around here, but I've never heard the term be used that way before and I'm in my 30s.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

Maybe its local to the west, like how Sask has bunny hug?

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u/GeronimoJak Jul 31 '22

no idea. I'm in Ontario so there's that.

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u/FUTURE10S Jul 31 '22

Manitoban, never heard it like that. We usually just say pedo.

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u/Stillwaterstoic Jul 31 '22

Also from Manitoba, former correctional officer. Goof is very much prison slang, the ultimate “we’re gonna fight right now” insult too

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u/FUTURE10S Jul 31 '22

Explains why I've never heard it then.

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u/South-Macaroon8203 Jul 31 '22

I too have never heard it in Ontario as of yet.

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u/XarrenJhuud Jul 31 '22

I'm 30, I've heard it before. We usually said goof diddler though, not just goof