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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anon is a retard. Also why did that word go out of style? I know damn well it's because it was abused but by definition:

to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment

It's a fair critique. We need to stop this PC bullshit. I'm saying this as a father of two children in the spectrum and neither of them are retards.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

It's not about being PC, it's about how the word is used. There's nothing wrong with the word as it's defined, but when it becomes a common insult it becomes less acceptable. Just like any other swear word.

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[–] Rez@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What is tardy supposed to mean?

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (16 children)

For normal people, to be late to something.

For this guy, the R slur against those with learning disorders.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I found a training thing that included the phrase "retard power" in an aviation context. The best part was the way it was enunciated. Not "ri-tard" like you do when it's a verb, but long E ree-tard. I absolutely clipped it.

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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Late.

It comes from Latin tardus = slow

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're thinking of TARDIS, the time machine.

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[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

To be fair retarded means slowed or delayed so how many times was anon retarded in getting to work?

[–] dephyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's it, calling in retarded to work tomorrow.

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[–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never actually understood why retarded was used by mechanics when a car wasn't running right "The timing on this is a bit retarded" but now I know. Thank you

[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

surprisingly the opposite is advanced timing, protarded isn't a word.
There is retrograde <> prograde but only Kerbal players know what it means ;)

[–] nefonous@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Not really surprising. That last part "tard" comes from the Latin tardus which basically means slow or late. The "re" particle originally just had a meaning of repetition, in this case. So being late (not for the first time? ) So changing the first part of the word wouldn't change the meaning of it so easily. Maybe technically something like "intard" could make sense in that way (similarly as what you find in words like indomitable, impossible, ineffective etc), but it doesn't really exist. Or if we want to make it more meme-like, tarden't?

Protarded actually exists as a slang with completely different meaning, but that's out of scope

Overall useless information for most, but anyway

[–] dumbass@leminal.space -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would be funny if the song got slower and slower

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

You're asking too much from them

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they were just asking everyone to chill out and relax

[–] dumbass@leminal.space -1 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna tell people who need to chill to get retarded .

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[–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (21 children)

The comments are pretty interesting when you read them on lemmy.ml

That instance has server wide word filtering enabled that can't be removed.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I’m retarded to work almost every day

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[–] Shard@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

OP lied in his interview. Always bad form to lie in an interview.

OP was clearly Tardy.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uhh I think you mean tardish

[–] wagesj45@kbin.run 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anon is slower on the inside.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz -1 points 2 months ago

Fucking LOL while scrolling next to sleeping wife. You bastard.

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