hosford42, to disability
@hosford42@techhub.social avatar

Calling someone an idiot or claiming there is a widespread learning disability that makes most people idiots is pretty ableist. If they're wrong, or they're jerks, that's probably the thing you should focus your commentary on.

Idiot is a slur that implies some degree of learning, intellectual, or developmental disability, and is often used to other non-disabled people by painting them as having such a disability. This cements the mental habit of treating such a disability as a form of inferiority, and of dismissing the views of those who are perceived as having such a disability. You are tearing down a whole group of marginalized people who are innocent bystanders when you use a word for them as an insult for others.

It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.







sfwrtr, to writing
@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe avatar

So, and , I got a chance to use , the latin abbreviation for "et merda" (and shit). The best insults are those that go over the insulted head. I found something really irritating in Siri, more than usual irritating, that should be fixed, so I wrote a feedback:

The "Siri, Lights" command on Home Pod makes no sense as a toggle. If you have 5 lights in a room and 2 are on, if you say "Siri, Lights," it turns the 2 off and the other 3 on, etc., etm. Is there an actual use case for this? This doesn't feel very intuitive. It seems to me that this behavior would teach the majority of people in this situation not to use the "Siri, lights," commands the first time this fails like this.

on good

dbc3, to random
@dbc3@mastodon.world avatar

Oh, this is now my favorite shorthand

sfwrtr,
@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe avatar

@dbc3

Etm.

The best insults are the ones that go over the insulted head, but not those of the audience. I expect to use this a lot! In fact, I'm printing it out for my wall.

, , , , , , and

From @dbc3: https://eldritchcafe.files.fedi.monster/cache/media_attachments/files/112/011/765/963/649/129/original/a3ab3fd8dfb07bc6.jpg

bananabob, to nz
@bananabob@mastodon.nz avatar

Don’t be a dingus: The best New Zealand schoolyard insults that time forgot

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-01-2024/dont-be-a-dingus-new-zealands-best-schoolyard-insults-that-time-forgot

I went through a period of calling people who I thought were idiots, or who had done something stupid, Banjos! Just had a nice ring about it.

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

The Conservative leader is exceptionally adept at using social media. Facile cheap shots seem to be the part he’s learned best.

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/tom-mulcair-poilievres-personal-attacks-a-reflection-of-him

csaetre, to random
@csaetre@techhub.social avatar

— He’s so dense that the light bends around him.

/1 witty

csaetre,
@csaetre@techhub.social avatar

— He only uses his head to keep rain out of his neck.

/2 witty

csaetre,
@csaetre@techhub.social avatar

— Are you in great physical pain, or is that your thinking expression?

/3 witty

Susan_Larson_TN, to Women
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online avatar
gregorni, to linux
@gregorni@fosstodon.org avatar

I just learned you can set sudo to insult you if you type the wrong password!

It's Foss – Make Sudo Insult User For Each Incorrect Password Attempt
https://itsfoss.com/sudo-insult-linux/

stronglang, to reddit
@stronglang@lingo.lol avatar
TheEuropeanNetwork, to Europe

Knowing your 'cazzo' from your 'pannenkoek': What are the best European insults?

Warning: This article contains profanity and language that some people may find offensive.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/11/knowing-your-cazzo-from-your-pannenkoek-what-are-the-best-european-insults

mmiasma, to random
@mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Why it does not pay to get sassy with Mrs. Miasma:

Me: "It's not my fault you don't have a sense of humor."

Mrs Miasma: "Actually, it might be."

stronglang, to random
@stronglang@lingo.lol avatar

When is a peace sign not a peace sign? @superlinguo on a gesture that divides America and the UK ✌️

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/up-yours-the-gesture-that-divides-america-and-the-uk/

petrinabinney, to gardening
@petrinabinney@mas.to avatar

Boom. I felt this in my soul.

#Insults #British #Gardening #JudiDench

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