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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by genman on Monday February 05, 2024 @03:28PM (#39266664)
I guess that by your standards "stupid" would be equally invalid. We don't use "retarded" as medical term. If you have a medical condition then you are "intellectually disabled". Retarded is now mainly used to mean "very stupid" or "incredibly stupid" in informal context e.g. like in HN comments.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by smeej on Monday February 05, 2024 @05:47PM (#39268286)
We've changed to "blocklist" and "allowlist" to avoid giving offense.

Is it really too much to ask people to come up with another word to use that hasn't been hurled at innocent people as an insult?

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by troupe on Monday February 05, 2024 @07:01PM (#39268930)
Blockhead has definitely been hurled at innocent people as an insult.
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