Child Please

• Lolicon wrote on 2012-03-08 13:35

  Quote from TA;800970:

  lame
  loser
  dweeb
  geek
  nerd
  retard
  idiot
  moron
  etc.
  
  Many very good word substitutes.

  
  
  You can't use nerd as an insult where I live. It's practically saying they're better than you.
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-03-08 13:36
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]Actually, a lot of people DO use the word in this way, and a lot of people interpret it in this way as well. It would probably depend largely on your location, but the fact that they're using the word does mean that they are insensitive to homosexuals. (That would be the case where I live, but I'm in Texas, where everyone's got a shotgun and bible)[/FONT]
• Loopulse wrote on 2012-03-08 13:42

  Quote from TA;800970:

  lame
  loser
  dweeb
  geek Highly Into Something
  nerd Smart
  retard Mentally Handicapped
  idiot Dumb
  moron
  etc.
  
  Many very good word substitutes.

  
  
  Those will just cause arguments. But yes, we do need substitutes.
• Lolicon wrote on 2012-03-08 13:44
  Because TA is the only person here that's not a nerd.
  Because apparently she's cool for some reason.
  :shoe:
• TA wrote on 2012-03-08 14:00
  Geek & nerd are highly offensive terms. I don't give a shit what the younger generations seem to think they mean. I know what they meant back in the day, and I'd be more likely to slap someone in the face than tell them thanks if they called me either of those.
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-03-08 14:05

  Quote from TA;801026:

  Geek & nerd are highly offensive terms. I don't give a shit what the younger generations seem to think they mean. I know what they meant back in the day, and I'd be more likely to slap someone in the face than tell them thanks if they called me either of those.

  
  
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]You shouldn't care if you don't look like one; nerd and geek are mainly offensive as visual stereotypes.
  
  And, I'm wondering if people do consider "the F word" to be offensive/derogatory towards gay people (like I've NEVER seen anyone call a gay person a ******), because as I had said before, where I live, it's used as a common insult, without indications of deriding gay people. If someone's gay and someone else has problem with it, they would insult with the word "gay," to describe the person, followed by conventional curse words <.<
  "the F word" would not bear sufficient relevance to whom they were insulting.[/FONT]
• TA wrote on 2012-03-08 14:10

  Quote from Scarlet;801031:

  You shouldn't care if you don't look like one; nerd and geek are mainly offensive as visual stereotypes.
  
  And, I'm wondering if people do consider "the F word" to be offensive/derogatory towards gay people, because as I had said before, where I live, it's used as a common insult, without indications of deriding gay people. If someone's gay and someone else has problem with it, they would insult with the word "gay," to describe the person, followed by conventional curse words <.<
  "the F word" would not bear sufficient relevance to whom they were insulting.

  
  
  They aren't just visual, no. They're very socially denotative terms. There's an entire subset of negative stereotypes associated with them.
  
  And yes, people do find f----t offensive in that way, and it is also at times still used that way.
• Malogg wrote on 2012-03-08 14:10
  I used to say "Gay" a lot, in a negative way. It wasn't that I disliked homosexuals, but in middle school, everyone said it. It became a really bad habit. I finally managed to stop saying it last year.
  
  When it comes to derogatory words, it really doesn't matter what you mean. It is insulting to some people, and that alone is enough reason to stop saying it, in my opinion.
• TA wrote on 2012-03-08 14:13
  I stopped saying it when I was dating another girl and she asked me about it. Made me really think about the effect words can have, even if it's unintentional.
  
  Largely avoided it ever since.
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-03-08 14:15
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]If it still offends people, then meh, it's censored >.>[/FONT]
• Ithiliel wrote on 2012-03-08 14:17

  Quote from Scarlet;801038:

  [FONT="Times New Roman"]If it still offends people, then meh, it's censored >.>[/FONT]

  
  
  Yes, it still offends people.
• Lolicon wrote on 2012-03-08 14:19

  Quote from TA;801026:

  Geek & nerd are highly offensive terms. I don't give a shit what the younger generations seem to think they mean. I know what they meant back in the day, and I'd be more likely to slap someone in the face than tell them thanks if they called me either of those.

  
  
  I swear I imagine you going "BACK WHEN I WAS A BOY"
  Anyways, media is evolving. It was derogatory back then. Also back then you would be killed if you were gay. But it's definitely different today. It's no compliment, but I can refer to myself as a nerd and feel fine about it.
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-03-08 14:21

  Quote from Jerain;801041:

  I swear I imagine you going "BACK WHEN I WAS A BOY"
  Anyways, media is evolving. It was derogatory back then. Also back then you would be killed if you were gay. But it's definitely different today. It's no compliment, but I can refer to myself as a nerd and feel fine about it.

  
  
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]Where I live, people aren't taken for nerds unless they look like it <.<[/FONT]
• TA wrote on 2012-03-08 14:37

  Quote from Jerain;801041:

  I swear I imagine you going [SIZE="4"]"BACK WHEN I WAS A BOY"[/SIZE]
  Anyways, media is evolving. It was derogatory back then. Also back then you would be killed if you were gay. But it's definitely different today. It's no compliment, but I can refer to myself as a nerd and feel fine about it.

  
  
  What.
• Scarlet wrote on 2012-03-08 14:40

  Quote from TA;801058:

  What.

  
  
  [FONT="Times New Roman"]This:

  [Image: http://mabination.com/images/gender/gender_t.png]

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