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When I was in primary school approximately in the early Devonian period, it was considered the height of cutting wit to insult somebody by calling them "gay."

In the intervening decades throughout which society has somehow (possibly briefly, current events taken into consideration) become a bit more tolerant, nowadays it seems you have about a one in six chance of whoever you just called gay responding with, "Okay, and?"

It's not the insult, it's who says it. If a MAGAt called me a great guy for example, I'd feel offended.

Much less common now but calling things gay. I find it fascinating watching early 2010's video and hearing people call things gay, I even remember doing it myself lol.

Yes but we breath mainly with the nose; breathing with the mouth evokes the image of slack-jawed awe, or the long pause that takes the recipient to elaborate a simple concept.

Luddite. Maybe today more than ever, we should all be somewhat luddite-y

So! There's a place in Philly called the Mutter Museum. Filled with all manner of human specimens of various ailments.

Absolutely fascinating. Like $20 admission. 100% worth it.

A couple of the pieces on display are the skulls and jaws of mouth breathers. I don't know if they had an issue that required surgery that wasn't available in the 1800's, or if it was just bad habits, but.

Literally changes the shape of your bones. And therefore your face.

Fucking wild.

"You look gay". You mean I look clean, well-dressed, not smelly, and sensitive? Well, thank you.

"You're at the top of the bell curve"

"Bless your heart."

Means they think you're naive.

Then of course all the sarcastic ones like "Smooth move, Ex-lax," "Way to go, Einstein," and "No shit, Sherlock."

Wanker.

Anyone in this thread who's not?

Mother fucker. Like yeah, I'm married and have kids. I fuck their mother like a muha fucka.

"You have a singular wit"

Maybe it's due to growing up in the wild internet era, where making international friends was simpler than trying to befriend the other dolts in the cafeteria, but I've always chuckled at people using cunt as an insult. It's such a gasp inducer among the older crowd, but even when I was just learning the word, it struck me as odd, and my thoughts were always in line with that one quote about pussies being able to take a pounding.

Bless your heart.

I think it's the "look" on your face when breathing out of your mouth. Like you are dumb, or dim-witted.

One of my great uncles would call us kids numb skulls. I heard it as one word as a kid and it wasn't till I got older did I realize what he was saying.

Clanker.

It sounds like they're insulting a robot that doesn't exist instead of you or the AI.

Because humans are awful, mouth breather probably comes from Down syndrome and the associated physical traits of a proportionally large tongue and narrow mouth.

Nice guy

Bless your heart