Anvilicious

Either Fortree or Phenac

I hadn't realized retard still had such negative connotations. I suppose I should be glad even I was never oblivious enough to call someone autistic.

Hmm, I LIKE this alternative. Insulting, and, as Neo pointed out, a non-ableist option. Something I never really could find a better option for in the past. Plus, it forces some creativity. Although I don't think I'm ever going to call someone a scalpsock or wanktanktop...

Disclaimer: I'm one of the most non-confrontational people ever. I rarely insult people at all. I hope the fact that I've even made this thread makes it clear I'm not a total ass. I've called people idiots, but that word never feels strong enough. Stupid carries a little more weight, but it isn't nearly enough. I think a hard 'r' is needed in all the words used angrily. Moron feels closest to what I want to use, but it's not quite there yet. My favorite rude thing to call someone is retard. (Actually, 'fucking retard', if you want to be precise, but 'fuck' is a word to talk about another time.) But very recently, someone chewed me out for saying it. Not, mind you, because I was INSULTING someone, but because of the word 'retard' in particular. The argument is thus: using the word retard is insulting to people with learning disabilities and psychological problems. And because I'm particularly sensitive to words like 'fag' and 'tranny', I did some digging to find out if these individuals are helping me to be a better person instead of brushing them off as annoying SJWs. What I've found is that people advocating against 'retard' are those who have learning/intellectual disabilities themselves, who have been belittled and hurt in the past by this word. It's something I feel like can relate to, albiet with different words. But you know what else is or was at some point an word used to insult the mentally disabled? The other three words I listed. As well as 'dumb', 'crazy', and 'psycho'. All of which I can promise I've used. So what makes retard so much worse? Until it was pointed out to me, I didn't even know that the word retard was an once a slur against *googles for politically correct synonyms and finds nothing helpful* certain marginalized groups of people. Nor did I know that 'sucks' was once a homophobic slur. If the origin of the word is offensive, but it no longer carries the original meaning, I see no reason to stop using it. But IS 'retard' no longer connected to its original meaning, or am I clueless? I mean, I'm not going to stop saying things suck. And I also recognize that not using the word as a specific insult towards mentally disabled people doesn't make it automatically okay to use. I anticipate comments about how insulting someone's intelligence is rude. Yes, it is. The question I have is; just how rude is 'retard'? Can I use my favorite intelligence insulting word, or should I find alternatives? Because I'm not going to stop insulting stupid people altogether.

This is coming from a really big fan of Ib, I never would have drawn the connection between that Pokemon and the mannequin heads.

W-what? What would even possess you to think that?

Idiot heroes. I don't mean they look dumb in the sense that if you go back and replay the game or a cutscene reveals information to you that lets you know something the hero doesn't. No, I mean the kind of hero that is so incredibly, unforgivably stupid that you know what they are doing is really dumb even without extensive trope knowledge. The kind of hero that is so dumb even when other characters point out their stupidity it can't hang a big enough lampshade to cover how convoluted their decisions are. I'm talking about the kind of hero that makes you wonder how they aren't dead yet, even if they were living as a simple farm boy until the plot started. Though this is a cliche usually manifested in main characters, the bizarre absence of gray matter also applies to villains, plucky sidekicks, and especially to mentor characters. Surely the hero doesn't have to have a negative number of brain cells in order to drive the story forward? I like playing games in which all the characters act as if they are at or around a level of average intelligence.

Also, Noibats are pretty much useless until they evolve, so if you get sick of searching now, you can always look for a higher level one later in Tanzan.

Oh, now I am very much intrigued.

*Gets hit by high velocity episode* I'm a little disappointed in you for not saying "I can 'Beryl'y believe it."