I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.
I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.
Gay… I’m old enough to remember when it just meant happy… We even had to change a friend’s nickname when the usage changed … His name is Ben, and we called him Bengay at first (like the muscle rub) which shortened to Gay… We would literally refer to him as Gay and call him that in public with no problem… Then things changed and we couldn’t call him that anymore. I’d like Gay back
Born in the fifties? You must have seen a lot more than that change
1961 and yes, but you don’t want me to list all the changes I’ve seen lol, that would be a few books, I just answered the question about a word change I’d like back, first one that came to mind, and now you are trying to provoke me into a boomer rant
You could do an ama. I remember on Reddit back when AMAs were with ordinary people.
ABA - Ask Boomer Anything
Like what was it like to have no contact with anyone while you drove your car home, and then you get home to check your answering machine to see if anybody tried to contact you
I had a friend in kindergarten, his older brother was named Guy.
Iirc, he was gay.
Lol