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despite all my rage IT keeps me trapped like a rat in a cage. (mander.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

I think it's mostly because they keep trying to push other services down your throat. For example, opening a link in Outlook opens it in Edge, even when your default browser is something else. I can't use Edge for that link, I'm not signed into stuff there. So now, because of retarded decisions like that, Outlook actually is missing basic features that Hotmail in the 90s had.

[-] CheddarBiscuits@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

FYI you can change that in settings to launch the systems default browser. Extra steps yes, but the option is there.

[+] cyberfae@lemmy.world -12 points 11 months ago

because of retarded decisions like that

You know you could have just used shitty instead of using a slur, which would have the same emphasis without the baggage of the other word.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Idiot. Moron. Imbecile. All words used as retarded before it. 🤷‍♂️

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Shitty has a different meaning. Above commenter meant to say the person making the decision was differently abled with regards to their cognitive capabilities. The other is excrement.

[-] cheesebag@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Seriously, wtf is wrong with this website? I saw this again just this week. Next I know these a holes will be going around calling things gay. "WeLl AlShUlLy ThE dEfInItIoN Of GaY iS HaPpY sO... "

[-] ADTJ@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago

If you really felt it necessary to offer a synonym, you could have said "backward" ... because that's what the word actually means

[+] cheesebag@lemmy.world -18 points 11 months ago

because of retarded decisions like that

"Retarded", really? JFC what is this, 2001?

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

The definition of "retardation" is as follows:

The act or process of delaying or impeding.
The condition of being delayed or impeded.
The extent to which something is held back or delayed.

Considering that the features being complained about impede the user, calling those features "retarded" is an adequate description.

It is also in-fitting with the definition of lacking of intellectual development; as mentioned, other programs do not feature such impediments, and in the case of Office 365, may actually be a regression of features.

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago

Caveat emptor ESL here but, while that's true, wouldn't under those terms "retarding" be a much better fit?

[-] daellat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes the decision isn't retarded, it was made fast enough. The consequence is retarding though.

[-] cheesebag@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Wikipedia:

Retard has transitioned from an impartial term to one that is negatively loaded. For this reason, the term is now widely considered as degrading even when used in its original context.[10]

Much like today's socially acceptable terms idiot and moron, which are also defined as some sort of mental disability, when the term retard is being used in its pejorative form, it is usually not being directed at people with mental disabilities. Instead, people use the term when teasing their friends or as a general insult.[11]

Do you think people who have the condition of mental retardation experience bigotry in our society? Are you not aware "retarded" has been used extensively as a slur? And are you so inconvenienced you can't come up with a single less-problematic synonym?