• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Fun fact: word usage changes over time. For example, “idiot” used to be a technical medical term for extreme mental disability. We live in the Age of Information, and if somebody doesn’t want to learn about historical context that’s actually willful ignorance on their part.

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    2 months ago

    Ah the Euphemism Treadmill. Live long enough and words we use today for intellectual disability will become inappropriate too.

  • lettruthout@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw a while ago…

    “Join the one arm golfers and beat the world” (Accompanied with a depiction of an angry arm swinging a club at the ground.)

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    2 months ago

    Where can I get one of these shirts…I love it…anyone own a printing press?

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    2 months ago

    I grew up in an area where vans labelled “Northwest Center for the Retarded” just driving around all the time, and they were the good guys.

    They’re just “Northwest Center” these days though so, consensus has definitely moved away from that word.

  • PwnTra1n@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t think you should swing for the committee member with a golf club no matter what you think about them