a brief note on my (personal) use of the r-word
r.e.t.a.r.d: a term of endearment used esp for lions and puppies, generally for hapless and adorable animals; in no way demeaning towards people with disabilities; literal meaning: slower than average development of skills, such as ball-throwing. Widely used as insult by assholes.
Ball: *falls on Nari’s head*
Nari: Fuck I am retarded.
Nari’s friend who has a physical disability and had the word retarded used at them as an insult many many times by other people who were not Nari and also out of Nari’s earshot because I would have fucked them up: Yo you mind Nari I fucking hate that word. It offends me.
Nari: Sorry bro. *doesn’t use word around that friend anymore, in fact tries to keep it to conversation with another friend who she explicitly knows is not offended by it; moves on with life quite unoppressed and uncensored, cos there are other words*
Coooonteeeeeext y’all. Context is key. There are far more neutral words that can nonetheless be used to hurt.
Asshole #1: *shouted towards fans of opposing football team/or politician they disagree with* JEW!!!!
Friend of Nari’s (another one so popular wow): JEW!!!
Nari: HELP IT’S A GERMAN :D *hugs*
Classmate: I didn’t know Nari was a Jew.
or, y’know: Gay. “I’m gay”: life-affirming, positive, brave, cool etc. “You’re gay.” - offensive?
Nari: *is a lesbian heading into a lesbian bar* Whooooo lesbians! :D
Nari: *meant to think that not shout it* laalaalaa *sneaks into a corner to lurk*
Asshole #2: *makes absolutely disgusting sound on train* Heeeeeeey baby.
Nari: No, mate. Just no. You? Bark? Wrong tree? Also being into babies is gross go away perv.
Asshole #3: *without even the paper-thin excuse of striking up a conversation shouting after a Nari in her lesbianest dyke gear who’s holding hands with her even more dykey looking date* LESBIANS!!
Asshole #3: heeeeey try something new babe
Nari: suuure if you go an suck your other buddy’s dick c’mon broaden your horizons motherfucker *has written fucking fanfic about that very scenario lol* look at that hobo over there sure he wants a blowjob go suck a big fat smelly cock and while you’re at it try putting a few fingers up your ass AM I MAKING YOU UNCOMFORTABLE MOTHERFU...
Nari’s Dykey friend: omg nari can we go ur embarrassing
Nari: HE’S EMBARRASSING AND HIS MOM WOULD BE EMBARRASSED I WILL NOT BE INSULTED WITH IMPUNITY
Asshole #3: *hopefully won’t get a boner for the rest of the evening thinking about hobo cock*
Nari: *is being a complete scatterbrain while paying her bill at a restaurant os the waitress is pretty*
Nari’s friends: *having waited after they left the bar cos unlike Nari hey have socia skillz* LESBIAAAAN.
Also, tumblr savior and xkit blacklist are a thing.
And there’s really no way i can keep from simpering “oooh retard kitteh” in a completely retarded voice hence the tag.
