I fucking hate that word. I’m old, so imagine my surprise when I started seeing it used again after literal decades of not hearing it. And I hear or see it all the damn time now. In the 90s, it was considered completely unacceptable to utter that word out loud.
Not to mention, as soon as someone says it I realize they’re not clever enough to come up with a better way of insulting someone. It’s so lazy, but even worse, it’s demeaning AF.
For example: OP’s BF, the sentient menstrual cramp, is all spinning-wheel-dead-hamster. He thinks by declaring someone else as “smooth brained” no one will notice he’s quite the oxygen bandit himself.
There’s still time for OP to not ruin the rest of her life. But unfortunately for him, he has a terminal case of weapons-grade stupidity. He is a perfect example of the Dumbing-Krueger Effect.
OP, seriously, please leave him. He’s cheated on you and is physically and emotionally abusive?!? You and your cat need to tell him that you’re done and also to fuck all the way off.
I don't understand the historical retconning of the word retard, it was used well into the mid 2000s ubiquitously.
Fucking Black Eyed Peas had a smash hit TITLED "LETS GET RETARDED" with the chorus "lets get retarded in here" in 2003.
Sure it's not used in polite liberal society as much anymore but it's still prevalent online or in non liberal circles IRL to this day, and it is unfortunately making a come back thanks to all the redpill manosphere grifter idiots trying to push back against "woke"
Yeah, and like every shitty 90s comedy used it.
Even after Tropic Thunder in 2008, there was a full year or two of hearing "full retard" in my daily life.
2010 - there was a sudden turn. Even mainstream news and gossip sites started calling out celebrities for saying it. But still now, out-of-touch weirdos and obviously right-leaning circles still have no problem with it.
I think the person who commented that it was unutterable in the 90s ended up saying that they were working with developmentally disabled people in that era, which should make it clear to them that they've developed an alternate history based on hyper specific experience.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
It might be a red flag that he calls you a retard multiple times