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[pete]

Blizzard will rename Overwatch’s Jesse McCree

McCree was named after a fired real-life Blizzard employee

www.polygon.com

 

[Kermit McDermott]

So it's preemptive or self cancelling to avoid be cancelled....

 

[nuke terrorist]

I was going to start posting bands and songs with with 'SPA' in the names but I won't bother.

 

[Cormcolash]

So it's preemptive or self cancelling to avoid be cancelled....

Probably doing it so they won't be sued by the guy after the oul Nirvana job that's going on

 

[Cormcolash]

Wait I was referring to the Blizzard thing in that post.

As for the Blindboy thing, it seems that he's fully determined to be a champion of fuckin nonsense these days

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Probably doing it so they won't be sued by the guy after the oul Nirvana job that's going on

Apparently yer man is demanding that his flute has to be enlarged digitally on all future pressings of the album cover.

 

[magicbastarder]

i reckon blindboy would be a sound man to go for a couple of pints with.

 

[chris d]

Could never be doing with him with that bag on his head. He clearly feels bad about having a song using that word, which is good. A bit much to expect people to believe he didnt know what it meant. Anyway, most of us have done questionable things in life.

Prank phonecalls are very embarrassing. *loser sign*

 

[Lili Marlene]

Trying to learn stuff is an admirable trait, but it often seems like that dude treats new information to him as stuff that wasn't previously known to anyone.

One of my absolute favourite genres, that. The podcaster's burden.

 

[Unicron]

One of my absolute favourite genres, that. The podcaster's burden.

I'm probably guilty of it myself at times and I don't even have a podcast.

As a young lad probably 60% of the things that came out of my mouth began with "Did you know ..."

 

[egg_]

A bit much to expect people to believe he didnt know what it meant

I didn't read it that way. When we were growing up the functional meaning of "spastic" was "fool". The origin of the word was irrelevant - it didn't mean people who used it particularly looked down on people with cerebral palsy. It's evolution into a generalised insult though means society in general does look down on people with cerebral palsy, and I guess blindboy is apologising for reminding disabled people about that? Or maybe for his tiny part in that?

Prank phonecalls are very embarrassing. *loser sign*

I think the balloon prank call in one of the funniest things evar

 

[pete]

Prank calls?

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[Cornu Ammonis]

When we were growing up the functional meaning of "spastic" was "fool".

Yeah, same here. It was totally a (cruel) dig at someone’s intelligence. I only found out that it was related to cerebral palsy a few years ago. In any case, it was clearly a derogatory word coming from a disability (whether mental or physical) so not knowing it’s referring to spasms and not being cognitively impaired/delayed is kind of beyond the point.

On the other hand, a bunch of us were talking here the other day about a band called (retards) so not exactly able to take any kind of moral high ground.

 

[flashback]

Prank calls?

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[seanc]

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That could have been done so much better. It's a great idea though.

I have heard worse reasons from people who haven't showed up for work.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Yeah, same here. It was totally a (cruel) dig at someone’s intelligence. I only found out that it was related to cerebral palsy a few years ago. In any case, it was clearly a derogatory word coming from a disability (whether mental or physical) so not knowing it’s referring to spasms and not being cognitively impaired/delayed is kind of beyond the point.

On the other hand, a bunch of us were talking here the other day about a band called (retards) so not exactly able to take any kind of moral high ground.

a 'fool' to me means someone with poor judgement, unwise or lacking sense.
which is different from stupid which purely means lack of intelligence.

I try to avoid calling people stupid and focus on their inability to make good decisions.
so twit or fool are better words than 'stupid'.

personally I think questioning anyone's intelligence whether or not they have disability is something to be avoided. so basically I think 'stupid' isn't far removed for moron, retard, spa etc.

words like lame, retard, fag, gay, dumb, pussy, cissy etc. were widely used negatively in the USA until the early 21st century. lame only went out of fashion in the 2010's.

of those words I'd say retard is the least bad. I used to say 'retarded' to describe parts of my life that were underdeveloped and I hadn't got the most out of.

 

[egg_]

That could have been done so much better. It's a great idea though.

Oh man, that made me actual lol

 

[chris d]

I didn't read it that way. When we were growing up the functional meaning of "spastic" was "fool". The origin of the word was irrelevant - it didn't mean people who used it particularly looked down on people with cerebral palsy. It's evolution into a generalised insult though means society in general does look down on people with cerebral palsy, and I guess blindboy is apologising for reminding disabled people about that? Or maybe for his tiny part in that?

Yeah fair enough. It would have been used a lot with the classic tongue stuck into the lower lip and hand gestures (see Trump) back in the day. I'm talking 11 years old and below. We wouldn't have known about cerebral palsy. It was just an insult.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Yeah fair enough. It would have been used a lot with the classic tongue stuck into the lower lip and hand gestures (see Trump) back in the day. I'm talking 11 years old and below. We wouldn't have known about cerebral palsy. It was just an insult.

I would have remembered it being synonymous with retard though - which was clearly aimed at people with mental or physical disabilities.

'ya spa'

I personally preferred the term 'congenital idiot' as a teenage insult. which is worse again

 

[Lili Marlene]

Woke Extinction Rebellion Al-Qaeda did 9/11 because they kept getting triggered by the USA

Thank you Spiked

When the politics of victimhood turned violent

9/11 was an act of apocalyptic identitarianism.

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