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Seriously, find some new epithets. The current ones are ridiculously ill-informed

I'm sick and tired of hearing about the sexual orientation of nouns that can not possibly have sexual organs, tired of hearing "gay" used as a derogatory term, tired of hearing "f**" used as a slur. I'm tired of hearing how things that are non-sensical inherently have impaired learning faculties. I'm sick of hearing the Lord's name taken in vain.

Translation: Stop using the words gay, f**, retarded, and God to express your frustration.

If you know me at all, you know that I enjoy very few insults because most of them are unmeasured and fired about loosely and without thought. I like to weigh my insults and take some time before saying negative about someone or something. I am a judgemental p***k, I'll admit. I say negative things about loads of stuff, but not before I've measured it out. I don't enjoy prejudging or generalizing.

I've been hearing "gay" used for as long as I can remember, and I'm sick of it. Can we stop it please? Homosexuality is inhereted genetically, the same way eye color, skin color, and hair color is. Do you run around talking about how "blue-eyed" something is? No. Do you talk about teachers you don't like by saying "he's such a brunette" or "she's such an Albino!"
Why?
Because it's stupid to judge somethings actions based on an inhereted characteristic.

"f**" and "f*****t" I don't hear used so often, but when someone says it, it's on. It's like calling someone a "p***y" (an equally stupid insult) because they won't do something stupid. When those words are uttered, action is almost guaranteed to follow. This is ridiculous. Just use the word the way it's supposed to be used and let it go.

Stop calling things "retarded." It's an insult to the developmentally delayed/disabled. Stop it. If something doesn't make sense, just state that it doesn't make sense.

Sweet jeeb! It's easy to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain. It really is. I don't even understand the reason why you would invoke His name in the first place if you didn't believe in him. Commanding him to send something to Hell has no impact if He doesn't exist, right? So why invoke him? Why not invoke something more worldly like "may terrorists eat out your eyes!" If you do believe in God, then you really have no excuse to be telling Him what to do and you know it.

So go find some new epithets that actually bear some impact. Personally, I endorse "p***k," but even then I try to reserve it for use on myself or when somebody is being particularly nasty. Personally, I like to just call people jerks. But whatever, I'm not trying to make you use my vocabulary, There's a whole plethora of other epithets you can use that aren't totally balmy.