The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.world · 2 months ago1982 was a different timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1723
arrow-up1723image1982 was a different timelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWe have a desire to say it nicely but the new polite words always become slurs again eventually. You’ll probably be shamed for saying disabled in another generation by a holier than thou thirteen year old.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s already happened. Some people want you to say “differently abled”.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah like that won’t be abused. The people coming up with the new language are… well, different.
We have a desire to say it nicely but the new polite words always become slurs again eventually. You’ll probably be shamed for saying disabled in another generation by a holier than thou thirteen year old.
It’s already happened. Some people want you to say “differently abled”.
Yeah like that won’t be abused. The people coming up with the new language are… well, different.