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The literal meaning of the word is "delayed", which seems less descriptive than the words you rejected in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183728 https://

The literal meaning of the word is "delayed", which seems less descriptive than the words you rejected in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183728. Do you understand why this word is "forbidden"? What's the advantage over a more vulgar word like "fuckwit"?

daun_gee 2mo ago
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- wizzwizz4 2mo ago
  So, you're trying to upset (former) bullying victims, while having the people you're trying to criticise dismiss you as a mere bully? I don't see how this is an effective strategy. > “That movie was so developmentally disabled”. Nobody says this, and it's been 14 years since this article was published. The euphemism treadmill continues up until people stop treating the attribute as slur-worthy – which was the primary goal of this campaign. > For that reason I think these comments are going to stick with people once they leave this comments section. No, this is going to stick with me, because it's an attitude that I find exceptionally annoying: constantly repeating "I have a noble cause, therefore I am in the right", when you've already said it once. I'm reasonably confident I'm going to forget the details of your message by the end of the week, because you are far from the only edgelord on the internet, and you all go into my mental bucket of "not worth listening to", but I will remember that you were obnoxious about whatever it is you were saying.
  - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
    Update: no part of this stuck with me after all, not even the part I found annoying.
    - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
      It is interesting to be reminded of this every time I open the thread. By this point, I remember my original comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183711) and s-daveb's comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49185803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49185803), but that's about it. Maybe repetition will make this supposedly-catchy slogan sink in? (I'm actually kinda invested, now.)
      - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
        I have finally remembered which slur has been used! Not the slogan, though, even though I do remember that it's uncreative, so there are only three or four possibilities. It still doesn't come to mind in any context other than me re-reading this thread, though, so I'm going to have to call this a failure.
        wizzwizz4 2mo ago
        I have now forgotten this information, too.

daun_gee 2mo ago

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wizzwizz4 2mo ago
So, you're trying to upset (former) bullying victims, while having the people you're trying to criticise dismiss you as a mere bully? I don't see how this is an effective strategy. > “That movie was so developmentally disabled”. Nobody says this, and it's been 14 years since this article was published. The euphemism treadmill continues up until people stop treating the attribute as slur-worthy – which was the primary goal of this campaign. > For that reason I think these comments are going to stick with people once they leave this comments section. No, this is going to stick with me, because it's an attitude that I find exceptionally annoying: constantly repeating "I have a noble cause, therefore I am in the right", when you've already said it once. I'm reasonably confident I'm going to forget the details of your message by the end of the week, because you are far from the only edgelord on the internet, and you all go into my mental bucket of "not worth listening to", but I will remember that you were obnoxious about whatever it is you were saying.
- wizzwizz4 2mo ago
  Update: no part of this stuck with me after all, not even the part I found annoying.
  - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
    It is interesting to be reminded of this every time I open the thread. By this point, I remember my original comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183711) and s-daveb's comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49185803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49185803), but that's about it. Maybe repetition will make this supposedly-catchy slogan sink in? (I'm actually kinda invested, now.)
    - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
      I have finally remembered which slur has been used! Not the slogan, though, even though I do remember that it's uncreative, so there are only three or four possibilities. It still doesn't come to mind in any context other than me re-reading this thread, though, so I'm going to have to call this a failure.
      - wizzwizz4 2mo ago
        I have now forgotten this information, too.