My dad was navy. He said you can see the curve of the earth at sea.

@BenPike you can see it for yourself if you live near a very large body of water like an ocean or one of the Great Lakes. Especially if you watch a ship sailing away from you, through binoculars, you'll see the hull disappear before the mast, which proves that the surface of the sea is not flat, but it follows the curvature of the Earth.

Excellent! This should surely be enough to convince any flattard who has ever been owned by a cat.

Lol.

Yes. Kyrie Irving is a symptom of what is known as the 'Dumbing Down of America' It's very sad.

I don't know, I use the word conspiratard for conspiracy theories. It's combining the words conspiracy and retarded. I use it in reference to crazy Alex Jones conspiracies. Am I wrong for using it?

Hi Sirbikesalot. No , I personally don't think it's wrong at all. In fact , as concerning Alex Jones. it's very appropriate. Although for some I suppose the use of the word retard and various combination of other words with it would by politically incorrect.

I admit I am a tad "politically correct." Okay, I'm really really PC. And, I confess, I am torn on this one.

My understanding - without turning to Google -- is that the word was wrongly used for a very long time (decades? centuries?) to pejoratively describe humans with medical conditions of the neurological and/or mental type. So, as we become educated, we begin to refer to conditions by their actual names. I get that and I am 100% on board.

Where I get conflicted is that retarded is also a valid word with valid meaning. Usually -- in my brain -- again, without Google -- it means the growth or development of something was stunted/stopped. The something could be a plant - a fruit, vegetable, etc. When a human displays stunted class, decorum, integrity, and intelligence via willful ignorance (as opposed to having a bona fide medical condition), is it still wrong / bad / and un-PC to say that he or she is retarded?

Or, is it that because of the history of the word -- being used pejoratively about other humans for so long -- it is simply wrong / un-PC to use at all?

If that is the case, is there ever a context in which the word could be used?

I'm genuinely curios and seeking to make a decision about whether I will use the word going forward.

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Then there is the oft used word 'dumb' which nowadays is used for someone stupid. I think it's an 'Americanism' misuse of the word. It actually means someone who cannot speak as in deaf & dumb. They were considered stupid because as they were deaf it was very difficult to hear themselves speak eventually developing into a speech impairment. Therefore the word 'dumb' should also be on the PC list of words not to be used incorrectly.

Hi Ben and Evestrat. I understand what you are saying but consider this. The word dumb actual does not mean stupid. It simply means that a person cannot speak. This is mostly caused by that same person being profoundly deaf. If you can't hear yourself talking then you usually end up unable to talk except to make odd sounds when they try to. Hence the term Deaf and Dumb. So to call someone dumb because they're stupid is an insult to deaf and dumb people. I think the misuse of this word is an example of "Americanism'

@Skyfacer Neither of us said anything about that word.

@benpike @evestrat Noted to self. Will refile the data and put the word away. Thanks for responses.

@evestrat I mentioned the word 'dumb' as it is another word like 'retard' that can be used politically incorrectly.
And how about this. When pilots of commercial aircraft and other large aircraft make contact with the runway whilst landing an automatic voice sounds out "RETARD" "RETARD"
It means to immediately cut the power to the engines.