What ever happened with this? I hope the hot dog is OK.

    • @fishos
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      9 months ago

      They mean “retard”. It used to be an acceptable word and now many people consider it a slur. Just wanted to give you a real answer since many people are making jokes or avoiding saying it.

      • @RampantParanoia2365
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        59 months ago

        Oh Jesus, how about we don’t censor Reddit because that itself is retarded?

      • @jimmycrackcrack
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        39 months ago

        I was really expecting that to say removed instead of “retard”. I find it hard to get behind that censorship even if well intentioned. It’s extremely annoying especially when you can’t guess what was removed and it renders a sentence incomprehensible.

      • @bitchkat
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        29 months ago

        I try (usually unsuccessfully) to explain to people there is a huge difference between saying something is retarded vs calling someone a retard. One of those is acceptable and the other isn’t.

      • AbsentBird
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        9 months ago

        I also thought Russia, just based on the number of asterisks. Though I suppose there’s a lot of 6 letter r-words that could fit.

      • @lightnegative
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        I thought they meant Russia as well. Like wtf, has Lemmy gone full woke already?