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lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read" (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

those are entirely different words; different parts of speech, etc :) fully agree but it’s helpful to think of it that way instead

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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...