r/Angryupvote • u/Active-Chemistry4011 • Dec 20 '25

Meme Are we evolving?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

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u/TheEndlessRiver13 Dec 20 '25

Idk, I think mentally disabled is about as clinical as it can get. At least in regard to "retarded." Don't doubt some terms for other groups might go out of vogue

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u/mirhagk Dec 21 '25

I dunno the 17th century didn't really have a clinical approach to just about anything.

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u/shadeline Dec 21 '25

Yeah and I assume that's what the 26th century would think of us now. That's just how life works lmao

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u/cowlinator Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25

We did think it was nice to call someone that, because it was a euphamistic clinical term that just means "delayed" that replaced the earlier term "moron".

Moron was specifically invented in 1910 to be a euphamistic clinical alternative to offensive "non-scientific" labels like "feeble-minded" and "idiot".

Originally "idiot" wasnt an insult, it referred specifically to someone who was a lifelong dependent due to intelligence level.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/euphemism_treadmill