\ri-'tärd\ vb : to hold back : delay the progress of.
Or probably what you actually looked the word up for:
adj. : slow or limited in intellectual, emotional, or academic progress.
Or probably what you actually looked the word up for:
adj. : slow or limited in intellectual, emotional, or academic progress.
Often times, retard is used as a slur. That's probably why you looked this up, but I thought it'd be funny to give an actual definition to it as well. So yeah, you learned something! It's not always a slur, sometimes it's used to mean something else, too. But under those contexts, it's best to use "slow" or "delay" as opposed to this word, due to the negative connotation this word holds bu default.
by Magic kitty April 09, 2022
I feel like this is misunderstood. Now, here me out. I'm sure we all know that one "attention seeker" in our lives, whether it be online or at school, or even in your own friend group. It may even be you who you think of when it comes to mind.
Let's look at this at the most basic and fundamental level - why do people attention seek? Well, to seek attention, of course. But why? Could it be because they don't get enough attention at home, or good attention? Could it be because they feel like no one cares about them, and so they do things to themselves to have a sense that someone cares? They aren't doing it to worry you, they're doing it to feel important.
Of course there are some exceptions to this, like causing drama amongst people or cause them to fight - they don't deserve sympathy, but if what they're doing affects them primarily, think twice before you judge so harshly. After all, they just want someone to care about them, is that really so bad?
Let's look at this at the most basic and fundamental level - why do people attention seek? Well, to seek attention, of course. But why? Could it be because they don't get enough attention at home, or good attention? Could it be because they feel like no one cares about them, and so they do things to themselves to have a sense that someone cares? They aren't doing it to worry you, they're doing it to feel important.
Of course there are some exceptions to this, like causing drama amongst people or cause them to fight - they don't deserve sympathy, but if what they're doing affects them primarily, think twice before you judge so harshly. After all, they just want someone to care about them, is that really so bad?
Hi. In middle school, I used to be an attention seeker. I wasn't a bad person for that, I just felt like no one cared about me and I was getting ignored. I was yelled at and mistreated at home, and got called vilifying names. So at school I often did certain things for attention. I'm disgraced by this now, but I grew to realise what it meant. I wanted someone to care about me, to listen, to feel loved. Do you think I'm a bad person for that?
A lot of people do a lot of stupid things, but the main question to ask is why.
A lot of people do a lot of stupid things, but the main question to ask is why.
by Magic kitty June 09, 2022
Death and taxes are a fait accompli.
by Magic kitty June 09, 2022
\'män-stər\ n 1 : an abnormally developed plant or animal. 2 : an animal of strange or terrifying shape; also : one unusually large of its kind. 3 : an extremely ugly, wicked, or cruel person.
To usually mean make-believe and often magical creatures of unknown or known origin, like Slenderman or Bigfoot. When used to describe a person, however, it's much more demeaning. You're basically denying that person of having any resemblance of a human being - morals, emotions etc. It's not a nice thing. Some people are cold, but not all to their very core like some seem.
My own grandmother called me a monster. She was probably right, but it still hurt...
My own grandmother called me a monster. She was probably right, but it still hurt...
by Magic kitty April 10, 2022
A phrase that I used to believe was "cringe" - not really cringe but that's the only word that comes close to how I'd describe it. A friend of mine also found the word "cringe" too, but also agreed that the word cringe didn't do it justice either. Perhaps the notion of love was what made it cringe. My friend never told anyone they loved them, but rather showed it by action. I didn't willingly ever tell anyone I loved them, but only did so because they said it first and I would've gotten yelled at if I didn't say it back.
Then one day my friend and I realised we had a crush on each other (ironically), and that was the day we both said we loved each other and finally understood that it wasn't cringe at all, but perhaps the best thing in the world to hear from someone if it's the right "someone". From that day on there hasn't been a day we haven't told each other we love them.
Then one day my friend and I realised we had a crush on each other (ironically), and that was the day we both said we loved each other and finally understood that it wasn't cringe at all, but perhaps the best thing in the world to hear from someone if it's the right "someone". From that day on there hasn't been a day we haven't told each other we love them.
"I love you" isn't cringe, it's the best and hardest phrase to say in the English language, but it means the universe and beyond if you hear it from just the right someone.
by Magic kitty April 29, 2022
Something that will happen regardless of what you do in order to prevent it, and it is because of this notion that you should just accept it, instead of destroying the world around you trying to prevent it. This does not mean free will does not exist - it does. Every action you do matters. The way I see it is that some of your actions do not lead you down a different road to a different destination, rather just a different road to the same one, but in a different way.
Fate is real. Nothing you do changes it, but sometimes you grow to realise that you don't even want to.
by Magic kitty April 10, 2022
A phatic expression (used as a greet or "small talk" for its own sake) for which I have an unaffected scorn. When I get up in the mornings, I have no desire to tell people good morning. I just want to be left alone. It's so annoying because half the time the people who say this are just random people at school like teachers who don't actually care, and only say it out of some moral obligation, and you're coerced into saying it back out of the same moral obligation and unbreakable social decency. I have social anxiety and really just don't want to talk to anyone. If it's said by someone who may actually give a shit, like family members or friends, then fine, but if it's stupid teachers who don't even acknowledge you but the first 10 seconds in the morning that they see you, then the phrase itself can go to Hell for all I care.
by Magic kitty April 29, 2022