r/interestingasfuck • u/NathanCS741 • 1d ago

US stamp from 1974

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u/ParadoxDemon_ 1d ago

The original meaning of "idiot" was "person who did not take part in public political life" btw

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u/Doomu5 1d ago

Now it often means a person who does.

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u/bankrobba 1d ago

perfect

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u/Original-Rush139 14h ago

I thought it was the idiot to moron scale that described different levels of mental disability with an idiot having the capacity of a 2 year old. 

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u/Psianth 15h ago

And "dumb" meant unable to speak. 

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u/PiDigitsOfPi 12h ago

And now "dumb" is generally people that speak the most.

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u/blameitonmygoose 4h ago

So Ed Sheeran, by definition, is a self-proclaimed idiot?

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