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Micromastophile
Wow, you can't even use words in their proper context anymore now that the PC crowd has gotten so nuts.
I think the decision makes sense. The word is out of date and offensive.
OMG NO NOSECONES
Well, considering that the House is full of morons, it might not pass in the Senate.
(I suppose that Moron and Imbecile are also out, as well?)
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
They were never "in".
OMG NO NOSECONES
Yeah, old terms that have become obsolete - Retard just had such staying power, though. And you can even modify it too, like "Imbretard" for more punch.
EDIT: Although it makes sense in the fact that they'll no longer use it in it's obsolete form anymore. More of a low-level insult nowadays. Ah, the inevitable progress of language...
edited 30th Sep '10 4:13:04 PM by pvtnum11
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
Obviously, I guess that the word "retard" can still be used in its other meaning, "to slow or delay". I.E. Fire retardant.
OMG NO NOSECONES
Nope, let's be PC and call it Fire Inhibitor.
And I'm not retarding my timing when I adjust my distributor, I'm inhibiting it. (Of course, all my cars don't have distributors from the factory)
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
MASTER-DEBATER
>>Nope, let's be PC and call it Fire Inhibitor.
That works. Or "Fine Extinguisher" the original meaning. People do not use 'retard' to mean 'delay' too much now - e.g. "Retard the enemy advances"...
EDIT: HAHAHAHAHA
Rosa Marcellino is a girl from Edgewater, Maryland, who has Down syndrome. She had been labeled retarded by her school - a term that her mother does not permit her children to use, according to a news release from Mikulski’s office.Anyone find this immensely funny, in a morbid way?
edited 30th Sep '10 6:49:37 PM by BalloonFleet
WHASSUP....... ....with lolis!
OMG NO NOSECONES
No, I understand how a parent would be offended about that.
I call the normally-intelligent person who had a massive brain fart a "retard", but not the person with a legitimate learing disability.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
I see the Awesomeness.
...Fire retardant is fire resistance not something you spray on a fire.
Fight smart, not fair.
MASTER-DEBATER
>>No, I understand how a parent would be offended about that.
I meant how a down's syndrome girl was being called a 'retard' by a school. It's so...fitting yet so wrong.
edited 30th Sep '10 7:32:51 PM by BalloonFleet
WHASSUP....... ....with lolis!
I saw this
on Toon Zone and figured there ought to be a thread about it here too.