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What is "comship" and "safeship?"
(I saw an anti tag their anti ship post with #safeship which doesn't make sense to me but I was afraid to ask them lmao)
Comship and safeship both have multiple meanings and modern usage.
"Comship" is shorthand for "complex ship." This is being used by both antis and proshippers but is currently being hailed as an "alternative to proship" by most people.
"Comship" is also shorthand for "comfort ship," although you may sometimes see it spelt as "comfship."
"Safe ship" is another term for "comfort ship." That one pairing which is just homey, always hits the feel good spot, ect.
*Some antis are using "safeship" as a way to mark their account as "safe for shipping" excluding proship or questionable/dark content. So essentially a place that is "safe" to "ship normally."
Seeing them being used together is definitely a contradiction; but its likely they were just using the tags for exposure and to generate interaction. Its a common tactic used by both proshippers and anti-shippers.
(For example if I make a post which is relative to both anti shipping and proshipping, and/or I want discussion from both sides, I will use both the anti-ship tag and the proship tag.)
*Some proshippers also use #shippingsafe or #safeshipper to indicate they are a "shipping safe space."