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The historical use of saddle-goose is my favourite insult
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Lavender Breton lemmy.zip LavenderBreton@lemmy.zip
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ashenone lemmy.ml ashenone@lemmy.ml
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Jabroni

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Lavender Breton lemmy.zip LavenderBreton@lemmy.zip
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Jabroni

Love that one

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SpikesOtherDog ani.social SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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The funny thing about nimrod is that Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd Nimrod sarcastically since Nimrod was known as a mighty hunter in the Bible. The reference was lost on the audience, causing them to believe it was an insult to their intelligence. This means that using nimrod as an insult is generally seen as ableist remark, even if you are calling someone incompetent.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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⇒Try to insult disabled/mentally ill folks  
⇒Politicians fit “psycho, narcissistic, sociopathic [machiavellian, sadism]” criteria 

🙀

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Lavender Breton lemmy.zip LavenderBreton@lemmy.zip
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⇒Try to insult disabled/mentally ill folks ⇒Politicians fit “psycho, narcissistic, sociopathic [machiavellian, sadism]” criteria

Yeah, some do. That does not mean you should use "sociopathic" as a genuine insult because it's a real condition. Elon Musk is autistic, so do you really want to go down that rabbit hole?

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