Hey, I grew up in that era too, so I get habits are hard to break, but going forward, please don’t use that term on here. We’re trying to move past that kind of language.
It’s only the r-term specifically that’s verboten. It’s been used extensively in recent times as a term of genuine abuse towards legitimately developmentally disabled (or sometimes just neurodiverse) folks.
Or a retard that believes in negative numbers and zero.
Hey, I grew up in that era too, so I get habits are hard to break, but going forward, please don’t use that term on here. We’re trying to move past that kind of language.
What should I edit it to?
Idiot or moron would be fine.
It’s only the r-term specifically that’s verboten. It’s been used extensively in recent times as a term of genuine abuse towards legitimately developmentally disabled (or sometimes just neurodiverse) folks.
idiot works, but I’ve become fond of dum-dum over the last year;
it seems more cutesy, but somehow manages to be even more insulting without the usual negative associations…at least i don’t know of any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯