The "great" thing about making a post like this is it brings out not only the usual trolls and chuds but also the sort of fartwallow who is all, "watch me slip the word in by using a reasonable tone" and then they're blocked because WHAT PART OF DON'T USE THAT WORD IN MY COMMENTS DON'T YOU GET
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John Scalzi
Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
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Like this is a word that I, a white boy from Indiana, has known was uncool since like 1999
I get that a lot of its resurgence is the usual punitive "fuck your feelings" shit from the usual shitty people, but still
ugh
I'm going to unfollow so I can follow you just for "fartwallow."
https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3lhaao26d422m
It may have been thoughtlessly used in the past, but once the harm is recognized, continuing to use it tells you about a person.
It could be used as an insult and it was. A lot of words can be.
I recall that one day it was just a word. And seemingly the next it was un-unutterable.
I regret every single time I've used that language. I'm glad to see another adult calling this shit out.
Well, ok.
I got this gif from the Bluesky link to the Tenor gif library. ☺️
Pro tip: if you are trying out synonyms for that word, you are still on the wrong track.
We are far behind the Brits in the creative use of, um, new *descriptive* words for people being sh*t-f****ckers. (a really GOOD Brit 'tell-off' is a piece of art!).
I can see 'fartwallow' entering my daily usage and shall be starting a list.
I need to bribe your cat to start mewing about massive space fleet battles in your sleep to get the mil-sci-fi series of my dreams.
Shrimp or tuna?
The way I see it, if you're in the mindset to use a "reasonable tone" you should definitely be collected enough to come up with a better word.
The latter are being very deliberate in their word choices.
Also, the one syllable plus two syllables formula, which you demonstrated beautifully with "fartwallow".
Lifting someone else's blocks in the last few hours to catch all the
Glad you have them blocked, either way.
Also, I'm taking the word "fart wallow" with me, and I'm going to use it constantly henceforth.
Probably >95% of responses post themselves doing something else, thinking they can control the narrative
The rest quickly discover they don't get the leeway given a rich white man
DO: "They're a fascist."
DO NOT: "They're fat and ugly."
Say racist shit in a reasoned tone and you're fine. Call that person a fucking racist and "OMG! Incivility!"