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0 pointsdsizzle3y ago0 comments

FWIW my first thought was the same as GP, and then only later did I consider that maybe it's punning on bastard, but I still wasn't sure. Probably better to pick another name and not have to keep explaining it.

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dhzhzjsbevs3y ago

Why does it need explaining.

Even if it was a play on retard I think it's really none of your business what someone calls their thing.

The kneejerk response here to be "you have change its name" is so damn entitled.

kelnos3y ago

How is it entitled to ask people not to use names that are a play on slurs against people with developmental disorders?

chris_wot3y ago

Ask, or demand?

AlecSchueler3y ago

It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language, meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place, regardless of what you think about it.

dhzhzjsbevs3y ago

> It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language

Why? This doesn't logically follow to the author renaming their thing unless you think speech policing on the internet is some kind of valid passtime or has any weight on anything in the real world.

> meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place

So it's a good PR move because the PC police can't figure out that just maybe every corner doesn't have a nazi around it and maybe it's just a play on bastard?

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ge963y ago

b$st$rd maybe

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dhzhzjsbevs3y ago

Why does it need explaining.

Even if it was a play on retard I think it's really none of your business what someone calls their thing.

The kneejerk response here to be "you have change its name" is so damn entitled.

kelnos3y ago

How is it entitled to ask people not to use names that are a play on slurs against people with developmental disorders?

chris_wot3y ago

Ask, or demand?

AlecSchueler3y ago

It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language, meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place, regardless of what you think about it.

dhzhzjsbevs3y ago

> It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language

Why? This doesn't logically follow to the author renaming their thing unless you think speech policing on the internet is some kind of valid passtime or has any weight on anything in the real world.

> meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place

So it's a good PR move because the PC police can't figure out that just maybe every corner doesn't have a nazi around it and maybe it's just a play on bastard?

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ge963y ago

b$st$rd maybe

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse