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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer by Bromskloss on Friday July 15, 2016 @10:20AM (#12101103)
> People tended to use retarded as referring to one's mental abilities

Isn't that what it means? Applying it to something physical just seems wrong.

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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer by tjl on Friday July 15, 2016 @08:58PM (#12104722)
People often assumed that if you had something physical, you had something mental as well.
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