parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 hours agoWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?message-squaremessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 hours agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down15·13 hours agoEh, I use it for very stupid people. Obviously devoid of ableist intent. I feel as though the context matters with this. For the genuinely evil and criminally unintelligent I would use the clinical “Mentally retarded”. “Retard” and music (low volume) on buses are the controversial hills I’m willing to die on.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·12 hours agoPick better hills.
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·9 hours agoMaybe later, for now I have petty culturally unpopular positions that I will maintain. They are few but they are mine.
Eh, I use it for very stupid people. Obviously devoid of ableist intent.
I feel as though the context matters with this. For the genuinely evil and criminally unintelligent I would use the clinical “Mentally retarded”.
“Retard” and music (low volume) on buses are the controversial hills I’m willing to die on.
Pick better hills.
Maybe later, for now I have petty culturally unpopular positions that I will maintain. They are few but they are mine.