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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by minikites on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:14PM (#26144682)
I agree and the people who are tying themselves into knots to justify using the r-word reminds of people who pointedly use the word "niggardly" instead of any number of synonyms just to get a rise out of the audience.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by sgtnoodle on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:40PM (#26144969)
You just justified to yourself a reason to use an even more controversial word out of the blue in a contrived way. I hope you were being intentionally ironic.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by minikites on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:02PM (#26145226)
It's less controversial than the r-word, which is why it's a good analogy. People who insist that it's okay to say one usually insist that it's okay to say the other one, because they don't understand the ways words hurt people.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by reaperducer on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:17PM (#26145395)
It's less controversial than the r-word

I'm not sure that's true.

About a decade ago some prominent politician or other official was publicly excoriated for using "niggardly" correctly. I don't think anyone's lost their job for using "retarded" in its academic form.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are e-ink note-taking devices so expensive co... by minikites on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:58PM (#26145881)
>I don't think anyone's lost their job for using "retarded" in its academic form.

I could be convinced otherwise, but I believe that's a result of more people knowing not to use it, the same way you don't hear much about people getting fired for saying the actual n-word. "Person gets fired for saying technically correct word" is more 'newsworthy' than "Person gets fired for saying obvious slur".

I did find this, although the person who was fired also made racial comments in addition to saying the r-word: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-lost-j...

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