parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?message-squaremessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square181linkfedilink
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down19·1 month 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-up30arrow-down2·1 month agoPick better hills.
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down8·1 month 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.