Remove the "Retarded" Rating From Codex

[Feargus Jewhart]

Retard refers to people with intellectual disabilities. It is used in an ableist and deragotary manner on the codex forum. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities do not condone of this usage of the word “retarded,” under any circumstances. That should be reason enough for any of us to banish these words from our vocabularies. Every day Codex continues to have this rating is another day it continues being ableist and continues to misuse basic english vocabulary.

I get DAILY notifications of my posts being rated as retarded, yet I have seen many doctors and they have all said I am not intellectually nor mentally disabled.

From now on I petition people need to post proof of having mental or iintellectual disabilities before anyone can rate them as "retarded". Everyday Codex continues to have this rating it LITERALLY breaks the law and this UPSETS me as a staunch human rights activist. Barack Obama (The best president of the United States) passed a law that makes calling people retarded LITERALLY ILLEGAL.

Unless they are Maxie of course, he is a dog and studies have shown that dogs have the IQ of a 2-year-old human. This IQ certainly qualifies him as a retard.

 

[gerey]

Retard refers to people with intellectual disabilities.

But I use it to rate posts by liberals.

 

[Feargus Jewhart]

But I use it to rate posts by liberals.

Is this a misspelling of Liberal? Because I believe he has posted enough proof of being quite literally retarded that I do agree he deserves a special boy exception.

 

[Atlet]

The word "cuck" is also used in a derogatory way by the users of this website. I petition for a revaluation of how all this ratings are used here.

I receive almost daily this rating, and yet I dont engage in this sexual practice. But we also shoudlnt mock people that contributes to our society and have this sex preference.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

Retard refers to people with intellectual disabilities

Well taking in consideration you got the

does that mean you are a fellow retard?

 

[Feargus Jewhart]

The word "cuck" is also used in a derogatory way by the users of this website. I petition for a revaluation of how all this ratings are used here.

I receive almost daily this rating, and yet I dont engage in this sexual practice. But we also shoudlnt mock people that contributes to our society and have this sex preference.

I absolutely agree, there is nothing wrong with being a cuck. A Healthy sexual life is not ashamed of sexual fantasies and consensual scenarios between consensual adults that consent.

Cuck is not an insult. It is something to be taken with pride. Codex has MANY proud cucks and I will eventually give an example of one.

 

[HeroMarine]

Why can't we all just get along be retards?

 

[Ghulgothas]

The retadred rating serves to both raise public awareness of the intellectually disabled and highlight all the unique and gifted individuals among the Codex community. I won't stand for this ableist erasure of non-neurotypicals.

 

[Feargus Jewhart]

The retadred rating serves to both raise public awareness of the intellectually disabled and highlight all the unique and gifted individuals among the Codex community. I won't stand for this ableist erasure of non-neurotypicals.

this is a good point, but I believe you are being slightly naive about the intentions of the average codex poster. I believe they are not as optimistic and aware of the importance of advocacy as you are.

 

[Aemar]

I get DAILY notifications of my posts being rated as retarded, yet I have seen many doctors and they have all said I am not intellectually nor mentally disabled.

There isn't such rating as ''retarded''. You must be either dyslexic or retadred.

/thread

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

Why can't we all just get along be retards?

Aren't we all already?

 

[Crispy]

Rare instance of moving a thread from GD to Site Feedback. Congratulations!

 

[Shitty Kitty]

*clears throat*

It clearly says "retadred"

 

[someone else]

Unless they are Maxie of course, he is a dog and studies have shown that dogs have the IQ of a 2-year-old human. This IQ certainly qualifies him as a retard.

It's true, I'm a doggie and I'm retadred.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I miss being able to rate people. Just one more year, bros. One more year.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

People with ratings must suffer. Add more retarded ratings.

 

[Haba]

proof of having mental or iintellectual disabilities

Proof provided.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Kwanza the land where you are prohibited to call fool a retard but you are forced by government to call a man in wig a wombyn, where soon ID willl be needed to buy bread but its RAACYST to demand ID and proof of citizenship, residency and not being a felon at voting booth.

Home of the retarded the land of the Dumb.

 

[Corvinus]

I'm still waiting for your next fan-art OC, Feargus. The first ones were well done indeed. They really captured the persona of someone who thinks that letting a poz-merchant post paid reviews on the only honest cRPG forum in existence was a good idea. You should do more as there are many other deserving Kodex Kharacters to depict.

 

[Shitty Kitty]

Kwanza the land where you are prohibited to call fool a retard

Ain't no law against it.

but you are forced by government to call a man in wig a wombyn

no, that's Canada

 

[Scroo]

Are we discussing banning all newfags?

 

[Ol' Willy]

And racist rating is still negative, which requires fixing as well

 

[Haba]

Are we discussing banning all newfags?

Are you proposing some kind of a... final solution?

 

[InSight]

I would prefer that explanation & examples were given as to why one has been called/rated retard.

My suggestion instead is to lets combine/attach rating or at least the retard rating with text that can be viewed on profile.
Rate retard>opens text window that requires minimum amount of latter to text in order to post/rate>system places it in a profile menu with the data such as thread and post that can be viewed by the public so one could know the reason behind.
Assuming that writing and explanation require effort, specifically mental one which retard's seem to have difficulty with. We would than lessen the misuse of the word/rating while still making it available if situation truly require it without total removal or preventing of its use.

Coding is described as difficult or tedious and for some interesting or challenging but it could be a good use of the new server/site upgrade that been said to have happened.


retard (v.)late 15c., "make slow or slower," from French retarder "restrain, hold (someone) back, keep (someone from doing something); come to a stop" (13c.) or directly from Latin retardare "make slow, delay, keep back, hinder" (see retardation). Related: Retarded; retarding.

The noun is recorded from 1788 in the sense "retardation, delay;" from 1970 in offensive meaning "retarded person," originally American English, with accent on first syllable. Other words used for "one who is mentally retarded" include retardate (1956), retardee (1971)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=retard

Forum do not seem a efficient measure to retardation for how do we measure quickness vs slowness in web forum which is not a direct platform?

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Also what has Mexie done to warrant such misuse of tags in correlation to the topic?

 

[fork]

Would be more practical to remove all other buttons.
Retadred is the most useful tbh.