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
I don't think this is necessarily about a sooper-sekrit Buffista meaning
Right, I agree, actually, which is why I added "(or even if you do [know what it means])" to the part about being uncomfortable with it. Huh - I guess in my hypothetical even if I did know the SSBM of some derivation of retard, I might still be uncomfortable with it. OK, I see what you're saying (I think) -- I didn't carry that through all the way to that part of the discussion.
But I *do* care about whether or not my speech in general is offensive, and I didn't realize that it may have been. (Not necessarily *here* -- anywhere.)
Well, sure. So do I care about that (and you didn't say I didn't), and neither did I realize it might have been until today.
ETA: Also? I'm going to stop thinking out loud about this now. Rambling was I.
Still pro-spaz but preferring the newly minted verb variation, "Istanbul got Spazzed!"
Maybe we can solicit opinion in UnAmerican to see if the distinction between noun-spaz and verb-spazzed would be enough to ease any discomfort with the language.
I will note that the nearest corollary to me would be "retard" - a word I don't use anymore. But that "Istanbul got Retarded" is a different meaning than "Istanbul got Spazzed."
"Spazzed" refers to what happened to Snyder's quote, not anything that's spastic.
I will note that the nearest corollary to me would be "retard" - a word I don't use anymore. But that "Istanbul got Retarded" is a different meaning than "Istanbul got Spazzed."
Retard is a commonly used and socially acceptable verb which means to slow or delay. But I agree with your point.
Retard is a commonly used and socially acceptable verb which means to slow or delay.
Well, of course it is. That's not the sense in which I find it offensive.
But that "Istanbul got Retarded" is a different meaning than "Istanbul got Spazzed."
Well, in my hypothetical, it had taken on a different meaning just as with spazzed. Also? In my plan? Beltless. IJS.
I would just like to mention that I have no official position whatsoever on either the next new Quotables title, or announcements in Press.
Calling someone a retard, NSM with the inoffensive.
I'm not that fond of "spaz" myself, and part of that's because I did have a friend with CP in school. Using that term as a noun does set my teeth on edge. As a verb, less so.
Calling someone a retard, NSM with the inoffensive.
Yep, I don't think anyone here would argue otherwise. I sure hope.
I personally find "spazz" inoffensive -- I think of it as a mild insult on about a level with dweeb or dork. That said, if it is offensive in the U.K., I would rather have a different tile for the thread. I don't think the spazz/spazzed distinction would hold much weight with someone who *was* genuinely offended by the thread title, so I'd just as soon not go there.
I think a couple of people would but they're just retamorons.
Oh never mind -- this post = not as funny as I thought.
