I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.

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    11 months ago

    If you’re talking about fire that’s impeded by fire stop, you can call it retardant or the fire itself retarded. You may get a juvenile chuckle from someone but that’s not on you.

    What you’re referring to is the evolution of the term that was shitty. That’s not a reclamation. It’s a candidate of what reclamation can be done from.