I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.
Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.
where does everyone stand on cretin? IMHO it’s medical use is obsolete afaik, so really it’s just an insult right?
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I think it might have originated in the Bible. Paul says in Titus 1:12-13 NIV
"One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: ‘Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.’ This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith.
I always found it comical that Paul, the great apostle, endorsed this stereotype of the people of Crete.
I think it’s medical and insulting use are obsolete lmao
I dunno man, cretin perfectly describes Trump…
Isn’t it somebody that experienced an iodine deficiency in childhood. There’s a particular look, he doesn’t have it.
No, you’re thinking of hypothyroidism (iodine deficiency)…
I’m thinking of cretinism.
He’s wealthy, or at least he’s treated as such most of the time, so the word you’re looking for is eccentric.
No, shitbag, fuckwit and narcissistic treason douche are all more appropriate than eccentric.
being rich doesn’t mean you can’t be a fuckwit, and he’s proven it time and again.