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ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Yeah ngl as someone who grew up being called retarded for being autistic I really hate how this word has become a slur.

Like every time people create a word for a specific type of person it becomes a slur. At some point people need to just get the fuck over it.

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LwL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I also just don’t get the point of censoring. I don’t have any particular feelings about the word retarded, but I’m also autistic. Do I get annoyed when people use autistic as an insult (i hope it never reaches actual slur status because I’ll never accept it as such), esp for stuff that has nothing to do with ASD symptoms at all? Sure. Does it make it better if someone crosses it out in a screenshot, or censors it in a quote? Lolno.

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Anamnesis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It was a slur the entire time millennials were growing up. It hasn’t not been a slur since…the 70s?

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- ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  So was removed and the n word. The fact that I can spell out one but not the other is also kinda my point.
  
  I’m retarded. It takes me longer to figure things out than most. I’m not ashamed of that. In fact when I finally figure something out, I actually understand it better than the average person.
  
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  - can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I think maybe that’s a lemmy.world thing? I did a test and I can say it. I see removed in your comment though and if you view my test from your instance (not my sh.itjust.works link above) I suspect you won’t see it.
    
    Unless you’re trolling.
    
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    ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah it’s apparently specific to my instance. That’s pretty fuckin annoying. Is sh.itjust.works still federated with hexbear?
    
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  - MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Lemmy is just Diet Reddit
    
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    can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I think you mean lemmy.world and that appears to be by design. Someone was going to want to fill that void but at least with lemmy we have options.
    
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  - can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Wait what the hell? Why is it censored? I thought the filter was all or nothing.
    
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    can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    For testing purposes: “faggot”
    
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