spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 months agolemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafeimagemessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1518arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1518arrow-down1imagelemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafespujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square189fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoI think it’s fine in its original contexts (i.e. “retardant”, or to “retard” something), but could maybe be avoided in 80% of cases. It is inexcusable to apply it to people though.
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agothose are entirely different words; different parts of speech, etc :) fully agree but it’s helpful to think of it that way instead
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoI used it yesterday and feel kinda bad. Having said that, the guy I said it to was in an online lobby and I’d said one word on mic and he immediately asked if I was a baddie and told me to rate myself out of 10 for him. I said some not okay things…
I think it’s fine in its original contexts (i.e. “retardant”, or to “retard” something), but could maybe be avoided in 80% of cases.
It is inexcusable to apply it to people though.
those are entirely different words; different parts of speech, etc :) fully agree but it’s helpful to think of it that way instead
I used it yesterday and feel kinda bad. Having said that, the guy I said it to was in an online lobby and I’d said one word on mic and he immediately asked if I was a baddie and told me to rate myself out of 10 for him.
I said some not okay things…