I mean, i never really stopped calling people like Rogan and Trump retarded… But calling it a great cultural victory, is just… Retarded.
Ironically, retard was originally a kinder word cooked up to describe people with lower intelligence, along with moron, idiot, cretin, and imbecile. Over time these became pejoratives. Just kind of interesting to see how language develops and terms intended to avoid offense over time turn into ones that offend people.
How this fucking australopithecus became a thought leader, I will never understand.
Just in case anyone had begun to consider that Joe Rogan is anything but an absolute infected boil on the ass of civilization.
The mother fucker double dips. Pay for his show and still get ads. Fuck that.
That’s your primary grievance with Joe Rogan?
Honestly, if the culture war has been going on this long and the “greatest victory” they can show for it is feeling comfortable using the r slur again, thats just deeply sad for them lol.
Retarded is what you call your friends when they’re being retarded
Michael Scott
Honestly it was the politically correct word in the 80s, although it was simultaneously used as a slur. A lot of those people are still alive and just hate having to constantly change to new language.
Every time we come up with a technical term to describe people with medical impairments to their intelligence, people begin using it as an insult.
I guess here’s hoping “intellectually disabled” doesn’t catch on (hopefully too wordy).
I knew a guy who used “delayed” as an insult after HR told him to stop calling people retards. It offended people just as much but wasn’t against the rules.
People will find a way.
There’s a name for it- euphemism treadmill
Joe Rogan has really sold out to his mentally absent base. What a victory for them.
I’m not american and don’t care about politics but I was watching a show the other day and when Rogan appeared as a guest I had to shut off after 5 minutes. This person is so annoying I couldn’t stand. Don’t know how you guys do it. I didn’t even liked him in newsradio and I loved the show.
I’ve had a bad habit of using the word and every time I do I feel like an asshole, attaching Rogans name to it is an excellent deterrent mnemonic device.
you might say it’s an excellent retardant in your impulse to say the word
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Well in that case I hope those public hangings will be swift and not retarded by any mishaps.
Edgelorde
Just call them Rogans from now on
It’s okay if he uses that word, he has the pass. The ivermectin really set his IQ below Forest Gump levels.
Of course retards like Rogan and Trump like that word.
Sorry guys, this one’s locked now. Y’all need to grow the fuck up.
You see, the problem with that word is that people who want to keep it around really make me wanna use it.
They can describe themselves again. I suppose that could be considered cultural restoration?
