Using it as a verb works better for me. As a noun, I can't make it not offensive.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 4:29:45 am PST #6854 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Feb 25, 2004 4:37:51 am PST #6855 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
All snark aside, seems like spaz is no worse than "dumb". After all, all pejorative words have negative etymologies. We have any actual empirical evidence of offense? I wouldn't have connected spastic to CP without explicit help.
I had no idea it was considered offensive. And I didn't want to admit that at first, because I was afraid that would have revealed that I was an asshat of the first order who insults as many groups as possible.
Maybe it's the US/UK difference.
But I don't remember anyone being offended by its use in the show.
In any case, I don't participate in the deathmatches, so I actually don't care what the title is.
And I do have a related Deathmatch question that I have to admit I'm afraid is going to get me yelled at: now that the Deathmatches have been running for a while, and the people who participate are in all likelihood subscribed to the thread, do there still need to be announcements made in Press every time a new round starts up?
billytea - Feb 25, 2004 4:54:44 am PST #6856 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm more or less with ita on this. It's closely tied to its origins in Australia too (so while being a mild insult to the person at which it's directed, its use is substantially more offensive to people with cerebral palsy). Using it as a verb does mitigate this to me.
Elena - Feb 25, 2004 4:58:53 am PST #6857 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
And I do have a related Deathmatch question that I have to admit I'm afraid is going to get me yelled at: now that the Deathmatches have been running for a while, and the people who participate are in all likelihood subscribed to the thread, do there still need to be announcements made in Press every time a new round starts up?
I don't know why you would think that it would get you yelled at, and I'm sorry you no longer participate in the deathmatches, but is it problematic in some way to have the announcements in Press? If it is, I can certainly refrain.
Hil R. - Feb 25, 2004 5:00:24 am PST #6858 of 10005
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like having the announcements in Press. I can't keep up with all the deathmatches, but it gives a quick way to go in and participate in one or two when I can.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:00:24 am PST #6859 of 10005
brillig
I like having hte announcements here. Press comes up before the Deathmatches in my Read New list.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 5:02:16 am PST #6860 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Press comes up before the Deathmatches in my Read New list.
That's not hardcoded, for the record. It depends on what has the newest messages.
billytea - Feb 25, 2004 5:03:58 am PST #6861 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I like having the announcements in Press. I can't keep up with all the deathmatches, but it gives a quick way to go in and participate in one or two when I can.
I'm with Hil. I usually pop in for a vote or two when I see it in Press, but otherwise I've had to unsubscribe.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:04:22 am PST #6862 of 10005
brillig
It does? I guess I didn't notice, I thought it was the order in which they appear in my subscription list. Oh, well, never mind, I still like having the announcements.
Fred Pete - Feb 25, 2004 5:05:31 am PST #6863 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
That's odd, ita. My message center works that way, but not Read New. When I hit "Read New," I usually get threads in roughly the order they were created.
Not that it causes a problem for me, but I don't know enough about the subject to know whether there may be a problem in the system.