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.

  • Kikkertje@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I would like triggered and ptsd back please. Both words have lost their meaning and as a person suffering from cptsd it’s infuriating.

    • Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The same with OCD and depression. I honestly get the urge to kick people using phrases like “I am totally OCD about [something trivial and irrelevant]” or being “depressed” because it happens to be raining outside or some other banality. And don’t get me started on “funny” merchandise like T-shirts with respective slogans printed on them, as if suffering from a mental illness was a fashion statement.