I am a hobbyist artist, but I do like to do commissions when I can! I’ll probably mostly post my art on here, but I’ll probably end up engaging with a lot more.
Reminds me of “Hysteria” which was effectively just the medical excuse to penalize women for getting “uppity.” Nowadays, there’s even one that the police have been using recently called “excited delirium” or something, which is what they try to compel coroners to use when they kill someone through unreasonable levels of force when those people fight for their lives.
The same people that pushed the Eugenics movement were probably the same people that got those into the law texts however.
Moron, imbecile, and dullard came out of eugenics IIRC. Does “lame” have that origin too?
I’ve heard it used to refer to injured or weakened legs, as well as the creature they’re attached to. As in, “the cow was lame because of its injured hoof.” I’ve heard it used to refer to something that is boring or disappointing. “That movie was lame.” or “That was lame.”
I wouldn’t doubt that there is some negative connotation for it though. Terrible people tend to take innocuous words and twist them to suit their schemes.
That’s my thinking too. It’s too removed from its roots to really have a negative context for most folks.
I do like using Whack yeah
I didn’t say all the debt, or even a lot of it. You even gave an example of debt that can follow your family.
Edit: this is also assuming you are in the US. Which isn’t the whole world.
That’s the rub isn’t it. You’re not supposed to ever get out of debt. As long as you are in debt, someone’s earning interest on it. And that debt can even follow your family long after you are gone.
However, for some folks, being themselves is the exact opposite thing they should be doing if they want to get out of that rut. Some people really do just need to change who they are.
For sure.
It also the culture of the work. The society pushes this wheel along. Change that, change the path.
The more people in a public place, the more likely you are to get argumentative people in the mix. There’s going to be someone who throws the first punch.