Really changes the theme to Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get Retarded
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ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 months ago
To be fair retarded means slowed or delayed so how many times was anon retarded in getting to work?
dumbass@leminal.space 6 months ago
lseif@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
they were just asking everyone to chill out and relax
dumbass@leminal.space 6 months ago
I’m gonna tell people who need to chill to get retarded .
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It would be funny if the song got slower and slower
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You’re asking too much from them
davidgro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wow. I really thought that was going to be a misheard lyric video or parody. Had no idea.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 6 months ago
retarded means tardy again. If you’re late once, you’re tardy. Do it again and you’re retarded.
JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 6 months 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
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
surprisingly the opposite is advanced timing, protarded isn’t a word.
There is retrograde <> prograde but only Kerbal players know what it means ;)nefonous@lemmy.world 6 months 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
HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Protarded actually exists as a slang
Interesting. Always new stuff to be learned.
barsoap@lemm.ee 6 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 months 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
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
dephyre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s it, calling in retarded to work tomorrow.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m retarded at work every day!
quafeinum@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m retarded as I type this