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What ever happened with this? I hope the hot dog is OK.

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[–] fishos@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

They mean "retard". It used to be an acceptable word and now many people consider it a slur. Just wanted to give you a real answer since many people are making jokes or avoiding saying it.

Oh Jesus, how about we don't censor Reddit because that itself is retarded?

[–] jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was really expecting that to say removed instead of "retard". I find it hard to get behind that censorship even if well intentioned. It's extremely annoying especially when you can't guess what was removed and it renders a sentence incomprehensible.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I try (usually unsuccessfully) to explain to people there is a huge difference between saying something is retarded vs calling someone a retard. One of those is acceptable and the other isn't.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Neither are acceptable, sorry.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Til. I'll avoid this situation in the future.