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devilcake wrote:
Tbh I’m more concerned with like the current societal trends of nt people using ableist slurs or using this kind of language against disabled people specifically to bully/make fun off/ oppress etc, than I am about these kind of words that may have problematic origins but aren’t as tied to the origin in people’s mind (tho with this one it might be different if you’re native speaker idk how tied slow is to mental disability still, honestly I don’t ever hear people say it). Like a good chunk of negative language is inherently tied to bigotry and oppression, saying smth suck as a hetero doesn’t mean ur a homophobe who hate cock suckers, saying omg that was hysterical doesn’t mean you hate women, but calling a woman hysterical for nothing is shitty, calling someone with a mental disability slow is shitty idk

kruspersille wrote:
kruspersille, the sane straggot 😔

devilcake wrote:
Tbh I’m more concerned with like the current societal trends of nt people using ableist slurs or using this kind of language against disabled people specifically to bully/make fun off/ oppress etc, than I am about these kind of words that may have problematic origins but aren’t as tied to the origin in people’s mind (tho with this one it might be different if you’re native speaker idk how tied slow is to mental disability still, honestly I don’t ever hear people say it). Like a good chunk of negative language is inherently tied to bigotry and oppression, saying smth suck as a hetero doesn’t mean ur a homophobe who hate cock suckers, saying omg that was hysterical doesn’t mean you hate women, but calling a woman hysterical for nothing is shitty, calling someone with a mental disability slow is shitty idk

devilcake wrote:
So funny I was telling my bestie about you again cos she retold about her friends who do coke n I was like haha my friend who is the most sane mentally stable in our group of online friends who also does drugz ur so funny fr

hmm wrote:
i hate cock suckers now what

hmm wrote:
cock suckers is a wild term omg

devilcake wrote:
Tbh I’m more concerned with like the current societal trends of nt people using ableist slurs or using this kind of language against disabled people specifically to bully/make fun off/ oppress etc, than I am about these kind of words that may have problematic origins but aren’t as tied to the origin in people’s mind (tho with this one it might be different if you’re native speaker idk how tied slow is to mental disability still, honestly I don’t ever hear people say it). Like a good chunk of negative language is inherently tied to bigotry and oppression, saying smth suck as a hetero doesn’t mean ur a homophobe who hate cock suckers, saying omg that was hysterical doesn’t mean you hate women, but calling a woman hysterical for nothing is shitty, calling someone with a mental disability slow is shitty idk

remains wrote:
its the same as stupid dumb daft idiot crazy insane, doesnt matter until its a pointed pattern of speech/behaviour pointed at someone or group of people

bexxi wrote:

i listened to a podcast a few months ago that was abt something totally unrelated, and randomly one of the ppl said that they think "hysterical" is kinda mysogynistic because of its history of the word. and that its a dumb word anyways because its because doctors used to think women acted weird because the uterus (hyster in latin) was traveling around the body or something 

but i think the word is just so far removed from its weirdo origins that i dont mind personally

i agree wholeheartedly with ur last sentence tho!!

kruspersille wrote:
this was a veri short n to the point good answer 

devilcake wrote:
Remains can say my thoughts with 80%less words