• Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It drives me nuts

    Arrr…

    insulting a whole group of innocent people

    What innocent people are being insulted? The euphemism treadmill has ensured nobody is being legitimately described this way anymore, it is just an insult. Btw, idiot and stupid both used to be the correct medical terms for unusually slow mental development, it’s just a matter of how much time has passed.