vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square338fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1446arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square338fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareluna@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down31·1 year agoThat just sounds like ableism
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 year agoWell, yeah, it’s an insult so it’s not exactly meant to be flattering for either the insulted party or the person they are being compared to.
minus-squarevis4valentine@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoAs an autistic I aprove, if you arent saying this to a ND or mentally disabled person.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI mean if any intelligence-based insult is, this one certainly is. The thing is it is better to be smart than not, so trying to shut those all down is probably a fool’s errand.
That just sounds like ableism
Well, yeah, it’s an insult so it’s not exactly meant to be flattering for either the insulted party or the person they are being compared to.
It absolutely is. Many insults are.
As an autistic I aprove, if you arent saying this to a ND or mentally disabled person.
I mean if any intelligence-based insult is, this one certainly is. The thing is it is better to be smart than not, so trying to shut those all down is probably a fool’s errand.