Didn't you open the thread talking about how you use to use inappropriate words? All I am doing is talking about how a word should be properly use, to understand how and why it is being misused. So I think it is germane to the topic at hand.

"Language" is part of the title, no? If you going to say "it is off-topic and don't talk about it," I would have to say that 'that is just another form of censorship' and "censorship" is the control of "language" and isn't that what the topic of this thread is about?

Understandable, people with myopia and hypermetropia aren't a protected class under the law. I am not speaking from a legal point of view. I hope you are not saying people with eye problems are fair game because they are not protected under the law. You talk about "morally," so shouldn't you be concerned with the philosophical principles of right and wrong and be able to do that without looking to the law to provide you with morals and ethics?

so let's recap:
Hindsight ability to clearly understand events after they unfold.
Foresight ability able to predict events before the unfold, or understand who a situation will unfold.
Insight the ability to have a deep understanding of people or things, the ability to perceive beyond the surface.
Nearsighted or myopia is the ability to see near things more clearly.
Farsighted or hypermetropia is the ability to see things at a distance.
Narrow sightedness isn't too commonly used, it's probably mix of "narrow-mindedness" and "short-sightedness."

Well, I can't account for you insensitivity. I think you go around pissing off members, and I think you treat Chula like a total jerk. If anyone you should be embarrassed about, it is yourself. So don't worry about me trying to defend people with sight problems. I don't expect people to understand how people with glasses get mistreated, so it's no shirt off my back.

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For real I feel like I'm watching an argument on /mu/ right. I'm just sitting back and enjoying.

The pretzel originated in Europe, most likely by monks, and is shape that way to represent a person's arms crossed in prayer.

I was going overboard in my explanation of why your contribution was meaningless and hyper-sensitive. So you wear glasses. So you were teased. I knew neither of those things, obviously was not contributing to your persecution complex, and this thread is officially derailed.

OK, everyone, no one say lame, cancerous, insane, depressing, or angry, because they all have specific medical meanings and you're contributing to illness-shaming.

I really hope I'm just getting trolled. Nearsighted and Farsighted are not positives. You're not going to spin that.

So you understand that language can be molded to represent new or more complex ideas...

Is it wrong when people jokingly or hyperbolicly call themselves OCD when they like things to be organized but dont acutally have the condition?

i think it's annoying when people do it. they do the same thing with add, adhd, and whatever else the flavor of the day is. i personally don't care what people say, do you, but i think it makes those people look uneducated because they clearly don't understand the disorder to the fullest extent.

I once asked a friend of a friend I saw in public if he had Tourette's because he kept intermittently twitching. He was on meth.

you insensitive bastard