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[–] brbposting 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Brilliant roundup.

Would you hate me if I mentioned the “until ultimate […] descended” bit might ruffle feathers? But please never stop ruffling Sony feathers :)

[–] captain_aggravated 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hate? no. Scoff at? yep!

"Retard" rolled off the same euphemism treadmill that "idiot" and "moron" did, but if I had said "until ultimate idiocy descended from on high" you wouldn't have felt the need to say anything. I was reaching for a derogatory term for the actions of a stupid person, and I found one. And it ain't gonna ruffle any feathers that aren't already permanently ruffled.

[–] brbposting 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t wanna be offended on others’ behalf but in trying to find justifications for and against I came across the Special Olympics - can you guess where they fall on the issue :D

Have a question that’s not a gotcha or nuthin’:

Say captain_aggravated became BFF w/a disabled person who thought innocent usage of “retarded” was harmful even on a FOSS gaming forum. Would you have a thoughtful response there or shrug it off or one of a million other possibilities I’m not guessing here? :)

(Super honest debate here that I doubt anybody else will see, just like to try to rationalize stuff and being The Word Police isn’t my thanggg but I’m still struggling with this - and you’re a cool dude I’d have a beer with so figure you’re good to ask)

[–] captain_aggravated 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Say captain_aggravated became BFF w/a

You've already departed reality right here.

[–] brbposting 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Username wasn’t autogenerated then eh :)

[–] captain_aggravated 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s great, glad you mentioned it. No avatar support with Voyager iOS apparently.

AHAH is this really the user I counseled regarding ~~inclusive language~~ relatively kinder possible language?!

(Strikethrough phrase felt too uptight even for me)

[–] captain_aggravated 3 points 6 months ago

I still want a hat like that, an airline captain's tricorn. Reminds me of this song.

[–] explodicle 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't be so hard on yourself, I bet you've got plenty of friends!

[–] captain_aggravated 2 points 6 months ago

My text message history shows that the last person who texted me that wasn't a family member, a doctors office/auto shop confirming an appointment or an unsolicited advertisement/political lie/scam dates to before the pandemic. I live alone with one cat and even she's too much.