I don't like the name of this thread: giraffes

[Milkster]

What if he starts doing the jerk? Cause he's always geeked up and never been a retard

[Milkster]

Man remember when Millennials got rid of the word retard for derogatory purposes

[Zealot]

Always seemed retarded to me but I'm also in favor of forcing people to be more creative with their retorts.

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[Gredival]

Man remember when Millennials got rid of the word retard for derogatory purposes

I have and will always defend that retard is different from other slurs.

Other slurs make a false equivalence between a targeted group and the implication that it is bad to be part of that group. But as a society we have accepted that it is okay to make a value judgement based on intelligence.

Therefore it is bad to be mentally deficient, even if a retard is blameless for being mentally deficient. We also glorify intellect even though smarter people are just winners of the genetic lottery and did nothing to earn it.

It's no different from calling someone ugly. It's not someone's fault for being ugly, nor is it really someone else's credit for being attractive.

It's mean spirited, but it's not discriminatory. It's a judgement society implicitly accepts in other contexts.


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[Gredival]

TL;DR if you can someone a hideous ugly ass bitch, then you can call someone a retard

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[Tyrath]

I always think people who fight so hard to defend calling people slurs are shitty people.

[Tyrath]

Can't imagine being so attached to a word tbh

[Zealot]

Since the death of retard I've come up with a list of alternative retorts I keep in my back pocket, including;

Please do the world a favor and stop stealing oxygen from people who might use it
Go fall down a well
Eat shit until you choke on it
Literally fuck yourself to death
Go fellate a taser
No one has ever loved you in any meaningful way
It must be freeing to know you can say things like that because nobody in your life has ever expected anything from you except disappointment
Go chew on a brick
I just spoke to Jesus and he hates you, specifically.

[Roranora]

so this is what zero personal growth looks like

i stole that one from here

[Andalusian girls]

duplicitous Jew with political aspirations but I only use it on goys

[Zealot]

Sometimes I combine them like, go fall down a well full of shit and eat your way out.

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[Demosthenes]

I always think people who fight so hard to defend calling people slurs are shitty people.

Eyyy!

[shepardG]

Yall heard about this AI stuff? Its pretty crazy.

[Anoat]

Since not everyone checks the XI thread (or apparently now the Israel vs Palestine thread), big news in that the XI free trial is being expanded in September

Final Fantasy XI will finally be getting it's long awaited unlimited free trial (to match FFXIV's free trial system) in September, and it'll roll out in two waves:
- A level cap increase on the free trial, going from 50 to the original olden days level cap of 75.
- A backend server change to make the free trial unlimited in play time. It is currently limited to 14 days.

You will be limited to the following jobs in the free trial:
Starting jobs: Warrior, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, Thief
Unlocks At Level 30 After Questing: Paladin, Beastmaster, Dark Knight, Bard, Ranger, Summoner* (Please note for Summoner you need expansions to get all your summons AND your AF)

Restrictions:
- Players will be restricted to the original vanilla zones ONLY. This means no Zilart, Promathia, Treasures, etc. This means you CANNOT start Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, since that requires Norg access.
- You get 3 characters on your account, for free. (For paid accounts, your main character costs the subscription fee and alts cost a small extra fee each)
- You cannot have more than 100,000 gil on you at any one time. You also cannot unlock the gil bank to store gil (since thats Adoulin)
- You cannot auction, bazaar, or trade with players. Only vendor things or farm them yourself.
- You are limited to 10 fish catches per day
- You will have access to 3 trusts at a time (NPCs to party with) and not the full 5, due to having no access to Rhapsodies.
- You cannot use /tell, /shout, /yell. You can, however, reply to someone who messaged you, or add them to your POL friends list and talk to them there. You CAN talk in /say though, or if someone adds you to a party or alliance
- You cannot form parties with other players (trusts are fine), but you can join them! You can also be passed leader and the original creator can leave, if you wish to group with other free trial players.
- You do not get access to Unity Concord, which are powerful trusts you can ally with.

[Zealot]

The 10 fish per day thing is so weird, are people still fishbotting in 2026?

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[Gredival]

I always think people who fight so hard to defend calling people slurs are shitty people.

I literally said:

It's mean spirited, but it's not discriminatory.

I'll happily admit to being an elitist. It's my job to evaluate and distinguish performance... neutrally.

The idea of discrimination is that this kid didn't deserve the grade I gave him. But not only did he deserve it, he deserved it precisely BECAUSE OF his mental limitations.

[Gredival]

Since the death of retard I've come up with a list of alternative retorts I keep in my back pocket, including;

Please do the world a favor and stop stealing oxygen from people who might use it
Go fall down a well
Eat shit until you choke on it
Literally fuck yourself to death
Go fellate a taser
No one has ever loved you in any meaningful way
It must be freeing to know you can say things like that because nobody in your life has ever expected anything from you except disappointment
Go chew on a brick
I just spoke to Jesus and he hates you, specifically.

Only the first is an insult that targets intelligence specifically though.

[Zealot]

Intelligence-specific ones I fall back on:

I could eat a bowl of Alpha-bits and shit a more coherent sentence

Let's circle back on that after you learn your basic shapes

Oh, I'm really sorry, I didn't realize you had a TBI when we started this conversation. I truly apologize.

I'm sure there's a world out there where you're right, but everyone else on it died from stupidity.

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[Outlaw]

It's not the world record but it's still a monster.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...t/91422415007/

[Salodin]

Dang pretty impressive

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