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ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• dephyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  That’s it, calling in retarded to work tomorrow.

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  • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I’m retarded at work every day!

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    • quafeinum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m retarded as I type this

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• dumbass@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Really changes the theme to Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get Retarded

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  • lseif@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    they were just asking everyone to chill out and relax

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    • dumbass@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m gonna tell people who need to chill to get retarded .

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It would be funny if the song got slower and slower

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You’re asking too much from them

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  • davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Wow. I really thought that was going to be a misheard lyric video or parody. Had no idea.

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• ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  retarded means tardy again. If you’re late once, you’re tardy. Do it again and you’re retarded.

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• JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I never actually understood why retarded was used by mechanics when a car wasn’t running right “The timing on this is a bit retarded” but now I know. Thank you

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  • HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    surprisingly the opposite is advanced timing, protarded isn’t a word.
    There is retrograde <> prograde but only Kerbal players know what it means ;)

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    • nefonous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Not really surprising. That last part “tard” comes from the Latin tardus which basically means slow or late. The “re” particle originally just had a meaning of repetition, in this case. So being late (not for the first time? ) So changing the first part of the word wouldn’t change the meaning of it so easily. Maybe technically something like “intard” could make sense in that way (similarly as what you find in words like indomitable, impossible, ineffective etc), but it doesn’t really exist. Or if we want to make it more meme-like, tarden’t?

      Protarded actually exists as a slang with completely different meaning, but that’s out of scope

      Overall useless information for most, but anyway

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      • HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Protarded actually exists as a slang

        Interesting. Always new stuff to be learned.

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  • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    There’s also a thing called a retarder built into lorries and other heavy vehicles so they don’t melt their brake pads.

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I was just on a trip to France with my brother who doesn’t speak French. He was quite amused by all the signs that said retard, like when a train was running late. I speak French so it was utterly normal for me

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Was he slow?

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