KillingTimeItself

yes? Legally hate speech is not protected under the first amendment, so by definition something must be classified as hate speech, racism for example. Generally hate speech. I don't know if this word specifically would be.

I guess you could subjectively classify it as hate speech, but there is a lot of hateful speech out there, so that might get redundant pretty quick.

i think the biggest problem is that it's a less effective use of time, you could spend that time on something more productive, like building a better community, or improving support for marginalized groups, but no we're hear yelling about joe rogan being stupid instead.

At the end of the day, i just don't think it's very productive.

that's not how i use it, but if that's how you use it, than yeah sure. But i don't.

Borderline rape? Really?

if you logically extend it into the future, where this would be an actual thing that actually happened, yes at some point it would become rape, it's just not really a thing you should argue.

People say shit like this and I wonder how much meat space experience they have with… really, anything.

it doesn't really matter, if you're saying that you could have sex with anybody specifically one person, and that person doesn't consent (which is a very real possibility) then at that point you would necessitate violating consent.

It's just not a healthy way to think about sex.

Anyone else read “The Anxious Generation” yet?

unfortunately not, i'm busy watching the downfall of the US society atm, so.

look bro, if you can get a lefty in, AOC whoever, doesn't matter as long as they have a base line of intelligence high enough to unfuck the trump admin, and you get them backed by the party, by all means i will vote for them.

You can get with the movement or get out of the way.

i'll stay out of the way if you want me to, but don't come crying to me when you lose over it.

that's factually incorrect and misinformation, so yes, it should be challenged.

I'm not saying that the word retard is a good thing for society though.

Can you please use the word in a context that is not insulting?

lets say for example, you left your car outside, and it rained, and after the storm passed you realized you left the windows down. I would say that it would be a pretty "retarded situation" my response would probably be something along the lines of "well that was retarded" both literally, and on my end.

How would you describe someone or something as “retarded” without implying that there is something wrong with the person or thing?

If i'm using it to insult people, i'm referring to people who have a functional neurology, and aren't actively using it, for whatever reason. As opposed to people who are intellectually/developmentally disabled/challenged whatever you want to use works, who cannot function on that level. There's nothing inherently wrong with having a lowered level of neurological function. There is something inherently wrong with being so obtuse you obscure your own intelligence in stupidity, and be a retard in the process.

If i'm referring to something stupid i did and it's not a person. Something like the previous car example. I might design or build something, and in the process i realize i've made a significant mistake, misplaced some key component, and done something irreversible that needs to be undone, that would be retarded.

I mean, if you literally google the definition of retard it says: "to stay back" "put off, post pone, or delay" Of course the perjorative version was historically used to insult people, specifically those of a lower intelligence. But just because it was once used that way, doesn't necessarily mean i'm using it that way now.

whenever i say it, i'm almost exclusively not referencing people who are developmentally challenged, i'm referencing people who are fucking stupid. You could call them developmentally challenged, but then you're just doing the retard thing that happened to make it a pejorative in the first place. And even then, that's not necessarily true because it's such a sterile definition.

yeah, there is also that.

a picture of (not me) because i don't approach women in the club. Because i don't go clubbing.

Shit's weird, i'm staying home, no thanks.

Good meme though.

i don't even necessarily disagree with that argument. I just don't think it's really all that relevant. I'm not even sure most people would disagree with it.

Obviously you should be nice to people, you probably shouldn't be an asshole, and you should help them as much as possible, but like, how many of us actually do that?

It's sort of like telling someone who smokes, that it's bad for them, they know, you don't need to remind them.