"exceptional individual"

[InLivingTuna]

Has anyone else ever seen the phrase in the wild and giggled because of it?

http://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/animation/ways_into_the_industry

 

[polonium]

No.

 

[EH 110]

Nope.

 

[BILLY MAYS]

http://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/3861504

 

[LagoonaBlue]

My boyfriend called me exceptional once and I laughed and cried at the same time.

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

Every time I hear "exceptional individual" I just think about how painfully unfunny the kiwifarms wordfilter is tbh

ok yeah I agree that retard is an overused insult on the Internet but wordfilters are just annoying

 

[LagoonaBlue]

Every time I hear "exceptional individual" I just think about how painfully unfunny the kiwifarms wordfilter is tbh

ok yeah I agree that retard is an overused insult on the Internet but wordfilters are just annoying

R etard is so overused as a slur that mental r etardation is no longer an official medical diagnosis, apparently.

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

R etard is so overused as a slur that mental r etardation is no longer an official medical diagnosis, apparently.

Is it a slur? Idk, if you're a r e t a r d you're a r e t ard tbh.

 

[LagoonaBlue]

Is it a slur? Idk, if you're a r e t a r d you're a r e t ard tbh.

It's used as a slur to mock disabled people, mental r etardation or not.

But yeah it's no longer a medical diagnosis AFAIK.

 

[Coldgrip]

I read "Trainee Finder" as "Tranny Finder".

 

[AnOminous]

R etard is so overused as a slur that mental r etardation is no longer an official medical diagnosis, apparently.

It's one of the revisions (like getting rid of Asperger's) that came along with the DSM V. Now it's "intellectual disability."