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[–] xkbx@startrek.website 105 points 2 days ago (12 children)

man is it just me or is the r word making a comeback

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 13 hours ago

Trump said it’s ok so they all love it now.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even worse they censor fuck but leave the R one in.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Censor a swear word but leave in the slur? Feels like right-wing humor.

[–] Larry@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s demeaning to an entire population. Pretty much the definition of a slur.

[–] Larry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But "idiot" has the same origin and isn't a slur?

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's based on usage. R word is tainted now, this might change in the future or not. Language doesn't care about etymology, only about usage. If the usage is generally negative and implies inferiority of a minority it's a slur.

Calling someone an idiot doesn't imply that disabled people are inferior, which makes it ok to use.

[–] Larry@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

They're used differently, which trumps historical meanings.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

See also Moron, imbecile, and cretin.
All Originally medical terms, that then entered comon usage as insults, fell out of favor medically because of that, were rejected by polite society, then after a refractory period and enough replacements, became lower grade insults that were more acceptable for common use.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well the medical people stopped using it so it only makes sense, yeah.

Like when they stopped using 'idiot' and 'moron', those words became socially acceptable to use again.

Just wait until you hear the kids say "Bro, are you developmentally handicapped?"

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They're already calling each other autistic lol

Just wait until 'autistic' becomes a slur.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It already is. I'm autistic and I've caught a ban a few times for saying things like "sorry, I'm a little autistic" or "lol my autistic ass" and the mods are like "you cannot use autistic as a slur" and I'm like "motherfucker I am not a slur".

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sounds like the mods are autistic af

[–] NotAnAlt@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 12 hours ago

White people do be like that sometimes.

Think they aren't part of the problem when they use white privilege like a superpower.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

It never went away

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately yes.. I noticed an uptick in usage after musk started using it openly.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sadly yes. I mean stupid is right there and is just as effective

[–] chronotron@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

not by any stretch of the imagination

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Man, you on the Tylenol huh" sounds way funnier anyway

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

Except many autistic people have higher than average intelligence.

[–] nightlily@leminal.space 2 points 17 hours ago

Assigned Tylenol At Birth.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 1 day ago

since OP appears to be one of Ze Germans, i’m going to take the charitable interpretation that they were probably not aware of the connotation

Unfortunately been seeing it and hearing it from others lately.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 1 day ago

It is slowly catching back on.