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It was desr and kissed the prominet forehead. I want to watch your profile at which you laugh for a long time. you are good … only it is
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I…um…thanks?
And I want to watch when local law enforcement slaps a restraining order on your a$$.
When people make up their profiles for online dating sites, I’m sure quite a few of them laugh for a long time!
What type of prominent forehead are we talking about here? The result of balding, or the unfortunate effects of hydrocephalus?
Well, it says a “prominet” forehead, so I’m picturing the school cafeteria ladies who always had those thick, black hair nets gathered on their foreheads, making the “net” so prominent.
Ha Ha, yeah
…or girls who had their high school proms in the 80′s, and had really b!tch!n Aquanet hairdos!
For some reason, I’m picturing Rocky Dennis from the movie “Mask.”
I’ve been trying to figure out that “desr” word, and finally realized that it is a desert from which E.T. has left. I imagine it’s kind of a lonely feeling, being alone in the desr when your friendly extraterrestrial has left you behind! It’s probably enough to dry up your crack…
probably ‘desire’
Couldn’t that be “dear”
Maybe Desi. Lucille Ball did have kind of a prominent forehead…
I do not understand the headline of this post. Did its author maybe think the word forehead was spelled wrong? one, two three, fore, … ?
No, that would be retarded.
If in doubt, consult your friendly urban dictionary if you don’t understand something:
An abnormally large forehead.
“That Mongoloid has a fivehead fit for screening sneak previews.”
I recognize that “retarded” has been a popular insult since at least the 1950s, and is more popular than ever, but as someone who works with mentally retarded individuals, and who had a beloved sister who had that condition, I cannot help but urge people to find another term, since being mentally retarded is NOT the same as being stupid. And the term “Mongoloid,” as referring to someone with Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome, went out of use several decades ago, and is now considered pejorative both to Down syndrome folks and to people of Asian descent. So although I’m usually the one telling the critics to lighten up, you managed to hit a couple of sore spots for me.
No deal. I will not have political correctness dictate to me what words I can and cannot use. Besides, the mongoloid line was from the UrbanDictionary.com first definition, I just cut and pasted.
You need to be consistent. If you tell others to lighten up, you need to do the same.
Chillax. Since you know that retarded is a popular insult, why give this guy the business for using it? After all, the word literally means “slow”. Perhaps that was how he felt about nextbigthing.
As far are the use of the word Mongoloid. That was a direct copy and paste from urban dictionary. It was used to explain the term. Perhaps you should take up the issue with urban dictionary?
I wasn’t giving the JDAC “the business,” I was merely asking that he consider expanding his vocabulary and avoiding a couple of words. I DO lighten up, as much as I am able, as anyone who has read my contributions here knows well, and I am no fan of those who would have political correctness modulate our every utterance. But there are some words that are quite hurtful to people, that many people do not realize are so hurtful, and that are not usually called attention to. And when you cut and paste without comment or modification, you are still responsible for what you post. Would you approve of people posting ethnic slurs here? And when you call a person with Down syndrome “Mongoloid,” a word that also refers to an entire race of people, that is no better than using the “N” word to refer to people of color. It is, simply, a racial slur. And when you use a word for a medical condition as an insult, you slur those people just as much. Do we make jokes about women with breast cancer here? Do we use “breastless” or “post-mastectomy”as put-downs? Would you like to hear a joke about a prostate cancer victim who couldn’t get it up? Do we call paraplegics “gimps” and use that word as an insult? Of course not, because we empathize with those people, and would find such terms not only insulting but very unfunny. People with mental retardation and/or Down syndrome are no more responsible for their medical conditions–and they are MEDICAL CONDITIONS, people!–than anyone else. So since no one else ever seems to stand up for these folks–and yes, they are PEOPLE, with lives and personalities and feelings and the ability to love and be loved–I will. Subject to moderation, you CAN say anything here you want. I’m just asking you to consider whether you SHOULD say those particular things. This is not “political correctness,” this is just basic human respect. Mentally retarded people and those with Down syndrome (to say nothing of Asians!) are people who deserve to be treated with respect, as does any other group of people.
I disprove of your use of ‘Well I have a family member who is ____, so saying _____ is an insult to me, too!’
1. I’m willing to bet that neither JDAC nor Urban dictionary thought ‘hm, JohnB has a sister who is mentally retarded. Let’s use the word ‘retarded’ to make him angry!’ They probably didn’t even think of someone with mental retardation.
2. I think you need to realize that when people say ‘retard’, they aren’t trying to put down anyone who’s actually a ‘retard’. The word is used to mean stupid, which mentally retarded people often do come off as!
3. I have a brother with William’s Syndrome and Autism. Sometimes, instead of scaring people off with things like this, it’s better to just laugh it off. Could people be more respectful? Yes. Am I going to shout at them for being ignorant? Most definitely not.
First of all, I didn’t say what your first sentence says, giraffie. I never said anything was an insult to me. I feel no sense of personal insult whatsoever. Secondly, I never accused JDAC (or Janet or the Unban Dictionary) of having any malicious intent, either towards me or towards anyone else. My first post on this subject was strictly informative. When I then got accused of being the PC police for simply imparting information, yes, I got louder, and I turned up the volume too high. I do that sometimes when I feel people are not hearing me. It’s a character defect for which I apologize. I am not intending to shout at anyone. I am merely asking people to consider the implications of the words they use, and decide whether those are the words they really want to keep using. I am not a moderator and have no power of enforcement. I am simply trying to raise people’s consciousness. Giraffie, you yourself just said that when people say “retard,” they mean “stupid.” Now how can that not be an insult to retarded people, whomever the line is directed at? “Gay” is also a very popular put down these days, and yet I haven’t seen anyone here (besides the trolls) using that word as an insult, and I believe this is because they recognize that using that word as an insult is insulting to gay people. If I start using “giraffie” as a synonym for “bigot,” would you not find that insulting? And how can using the name of an entire race as an equivalent to a chromosomal abnormality not also be insulting to everyone of that race, one that happens to be the most populous race of humans on this planet? As someone who grew up around mental retardation, and has worked my whole career around it, I am well aware of the stigma and often have to overlook it, in fact practically every day. But I am also aware that if no one ever points out how these people are being stigmatized, and no one ever stands up for them, it will never stop. So I am just asking people to think about the words they use. Please. This is just a request. This site is all about words, and how words can have completely unintended implications. What a perfect opportunity to get people to think about the unintended implications of their own words.
Since when are you the arbiter of what is and is not appropriate language? I’m not saying your aren’t entitled to you opinion, but how do you tell me, or anyone else, what is and is not appropriate language. I highly suggest you look into the works of George Carlin (and Frank Zappa for that matter) on the use of words. The words themselves are harmless. They are JUST words. The very idea that you want to changes people use of language says to me that you want to control thought as well. Troubling. Anyway, you choose to be offended. Sure, you’re entitled to that. But, let’s keep this place fun. Get off your bloody high horse and relax. You’re not going to change lives on a joke website.
Janet, he wasn’t telling you or anyone else what to say, and all he is trying to say is that that word can be quite offensive. And no matter what, words can still be hurtful. A lot of the time people (such as yourself) use that as an excuse, but it still doesn’t make it right. And if anyone needs to get off their high horse it’s you my friend. HE’S NOT TRYING TO CONTROL ANYONE, he’s just making a suggestion!
As I explicitly just got done saying, I am not an arbiter, don’t claim to be one, and don’t want to be one. I am not trying to dictate anything to anyone, although I came off that way, for which I have already apologized. I’m ONLY asking people to think about what they say, and pointing out some of the implications of what they’re saying that they may not have been aware of. I am relaxed, now, and I encourage anyone to look at the total record of that I have said here, and see that almost everything I say here is for laughs, successful or not, and I think I’ve done my share of adding to the fun here. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. (Obviously, no one is shy to!) But words are not just words, because they both shape and reflect thought. If words are just words, then any ethnic, racist, sexist, or otherwise demeaning words about any group should be just fine, too. I’m just asking people to think about using words like “retarded” and “Mongoloid.” Just think about it. That’s all. If you think about it and decide I’m way off base, fine. I’m well used to people disregarding my suggestions! Just think about it, please. Draw your own conclusions.
I wanted to clarify something. In the post about “marinated rape” you claimed that “But the appearance of the word in places where it seems quite bizarre and incongrous, like on a food menu, can be quite humorous.” So, that word out of the context of raping someone, can be funny. Why can’t the same apply to other words? Surely the context is what is important, as you yourself have pointed out. If the word rape can be acceptable and funny, so can retarded, mongoloid or whatever. Why should we have a double standard? Or is it that you desire a double standard because these two words apply specifically to you?
If the word “retarded” appeared on a menu, say in something like, “Retarded tips of beef,” that would indeed be funny. In fact, I don’t doubt I would be making humorous riffs off that myself. But in JDAC’s statement, the word “retarded” was not appearing in a bizarre or incongruous context. It was being used as a synonym for “stupid” in the place where it is so commonly used as such. Therefore, it is much like the word “r@pe” being used in a statement where it would normally appear, such as someone commenting, “The person who submitted this obviously photoshopped picture should be gang r@ped.” Neither I, nor any human being with an ounce of decency, would consider this funny or appropriate. That’s not a “double standard,” that’s just understanding meaning and context. Where and how a word is used gives it entirely different meanings.
You’re hopeless buddy.
If I understand you correctly, you are expressing your own views. It doesn’t appear that you are forcing those views on anyone. So, it seems sort of silly for those who disagree with you to demand the right to express themselves however they wish and yet not grant all of us, even you, that same right. But luckily this a site for fun and not so much for contention so “this too shall pass”. You’ve can be at peace with yourself because you said what you believe to be true and what others think can take on the proper proportion.
Don’t mean to be so pedantic – probably my prominet forehead’s fault.
“want to control thought as well”
That’s a tad extreme, don’t you think? There’s a wide gulf between asking people to be respectful in their speech, and dictating their very thoughts!
The point raised is valid; people use words because they’re popular, and give no thought to the effect those words can have, or even what they actually mean. It’s not controlling thought to bring attention to the effect those words have.
There’s plenty of words that can be used to express the same opinion without degrading anyone. This is the original point.
I completely disagree. You made the point yourself.
“people use words because they’re popular, and give no thought to the effect those words can have, or even what they actually mean. It’s not controlling thought to bring attention to the effect those words have.”
You’re specifically asking people to think differently. We think in language. By asking people not to use certain words within that body of language is to control thought itself.
Context is what controls the appropriateness of a word. Here, it was used in a joking manner with a person who is not disabled at all. What is the harm? However, had the “offending” words been used directly towards a person with Down’s Syndrome, I would see why people would be hurt.
More to the point, we all do it. Ever used the word Cretin? Or perhaps you’ve said “Welshed on a bet”? Check into the meanings of those words. Neither has a happy history. Would you choose to stop using them? I certainly wouldn’t, as they are JUST words. Context and intention should be the words to live by here.
I’m afraid you have it completely backwards. As a practicing psychologist, I often state that a person with Down syndrome has mental retardation. That is not an insult but a clinical statement of a condition. It is in using the word “retarded” as a synonym for “stupid” that mentally retarded folks are put down and stigmatized. And since mental retardation continues to be the clinical term for the condition, that makes it qualitatively different than terms that used to be used in the remote past for clinical conditions or classes of people but no longer are. And if there is ajoke contained in the line, “that would be retarded,” please tell me what it is, since I don’t see any effort at humor there.
“Would you like to hear a joke about a prostate cancer victim who couldn’t get it up?”
Yes, please!
I actually don’t know any, but if I did, I still wouldn’t tell it! I’ll admit that sometimes I am straddling a line myself in my humor, but I do believe there should be limits.
Actually, I concur with you on this one. As a Schizophrenic who gets ticked off with people seeing someone or something doing something irrational and calling them Schizo, I too get peeved when a term for a condition gets used in a derogatory way.
It’s not political correctness, it’s courtesy.
I see it as more than just courtesy, although it certainly is that as well. I see it as a matter of respect. When a clinical, medical term is used by people as a term of derision, the people with that condition are being disrespected. And the fact is that people with mental illness and people with mental retardation do face disrespect, every day. In the US, we continue to have an insurance system that provides far less money for treatment of mental illness than the same policy does for physical treatment, and yet requires several times as much paperwork. Job applications continue to ask if you have or ever have had a mental illness, and good luck to you if you put down yes. Rental applications even sometimes ask the same question. A large portion of the brutal killers depicted in films and on television are depicted as mentally ill, when study after study has shown that the mentally ill do not have higher rates of violence than other people. So how do we change this? A good start would be to stop using clinical terms as put-downs. We’ve got to start somewhere.
Are we talking cavemen here? Was this written by a Neanderthal-stalking weirdo?
Me laugh you long time.
you are good…. only it is: kiss forehead
Another one that’s almost poetic.
This almost looks like a person may have typed this out and forgot where he set his right margin, so the words got smooshed. At least with the first two sentences.
The rest, however, cannot be explained away as a typographical error or a screw up with the word processor set up. So the silk screen company is on its own on that one.
I often laugh at my profile a long time because of the prominet forehead. It is good it is kissed. It makes me into the new man, with the new tastes, evidently for “a kiss of forehead” dessert. Or desert or desire. Whichever. I just want to know how anyone can become so impassioned about a forehead, prominet or otherwise? The sight of my own forehead fills me with horror. There’s too much of it and it has wrinkles. Not something I want to look at or even laugh at long time.
It is a genetic marker of survival ability. Mine is more like a genetic window frame of survival ability.
That’s very comforting, PG! Or at least it’s comforting while I’m typing rather than staring into the mirror at my large, wrinkled genetic marker.
I like to think that the wrinkles on my genetic marker are laugh lines – yes, I look at the world around me, and it really is that funny. And frankly, the bulldog clip on the back of the head is just too uncomfortable.
Ah, but you are good. Only it is.
@ JohnB and all the rest, to me what is important is the dynamic of communication. There is a myriad of perspectives, and there isn’t much we can do about it except strive for tolerance. Would you want it any other way?
I will admit that my biggest problem with tolerance is intolerance. I am quite comfortable with all kinds of diversity, but tend to get peeved easily with those who aren’t. I recognize that this is a personal weakness, my intolerance of intolerance, but all I can do is work on it. I have asked my higher power to remove this defect, but so far I’m still stuck with it.
I have a 4 x 4head. Only it is.
has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
whata hell is evryone here talking about?
dunno.
but I sure do like it when someone kiss my prominet forehead.
is very nice.
Oh….kay…..
lolz. prominet forehead.
Well graunch that marmoset.