vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square361fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1410arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square361fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareluna@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down28·11 months agoThat just sounds like ableism
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up39·11 months 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-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·11 months agoI mean, OP asked for insults. You should be prepared to see some you don’t like (which is the point of an insult after all).
minus-squarevis4valentine@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoAs an autistic I aprove, if you arent saying this to a ND or mentally disabled person.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months 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.
I mean, OP asked for insults. You should be prepared to see some you don’t like (which is the point of an insult after all).
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.
It absolutely is. Many insults are.