This Is So Retar...Lame

The new Stiller, Jack, Downey, Jr. joint, Tropic Thunder, is coming out on Wednesday, but don't expect to see anyone with "intellectual disabilities" there. Apparently, various groups of intellectually disabled advocates are protesting the film's use of the word "retard." Here's a link.

It took six paragraphs for me to even figure out that they were talking about retarded people. I know that we don't want to admit it, but the word "retarded" is used by virtually everyone as an adjective all the time. It's used negatively like "Dude, you're retarded for voting" or even positively like "Oh, fuck, that Guitar Hero score you just put up is ree-tar-ded."

I've actually been on the shit end of that stick when talking to a girl and using the word "retarded" in a sentence. It turned out that she worked with people with "special needs." She got all offended and started her fucking verbal crusade for the retarded with me. She said they were good people and just like normal people. I agreed and said that I was merely using the word like you would "gypped" or something. I had grown up with it. Then, I asked her if she had ever dated any of these people with special needs. She said that she hadn't. I asked her if she would. She replied that she wouldn't. I just replied with one word: "Tardist." The conversation ended pretty much immediately after that.

In addition, Black Eyed Peas last glimmer of awesomeness came in the form of "Let's Get Retarded." They then started performing it as "Let's Get It Started" so as not to offend and also to make mountains of money. Still, "Let's Get Retarded" means let's get fucked up and have fun while "Let's Get It Started" means "hey gang, let's go solve a groovy mystery and read the bible and be good to people." One word: Gay.