If I recall correctly from my childhood, girls go to Jupiter to get more stupider while boys go to mars to get more candy bars.
People who say “democrat party” sure sound stupid too.
Moved from Gerneral Questions to IMHO.
samclem, Moderator
It’d be terrific if liberals and conservatives could agree on a moratorium on dumb-ass gotcha terms for the 2012 campaign. The Dope is the obvious place to start. No more “libruls” or “pubbies”*; in return right-wingers need to stop referring to the “Democrat” Party and acting all innocent when called on it**.
Furthermore, dear Democratic friends, please stop mailing me push poll literature in which you claim that the Republicans have “voted to end Medicare”. It’s a bullshit claim that makes you look stupid. It would also help if you didn’t stamp (on the outside of the envelope) “Do Not Tamper” (there’s a Pubbie Conspiracy to censor all Democratic Party mailings, dontcha know). :rolleyes:
At least they’ve stopped (for now) referring to “Leader Pelosi” (how 1984) in favor of Democratic Leader, which is somewhat accurate (actually saying House Minority Leader sounds too, well, minority-ish).
*I’d tolerate either idiocy, if promised that never again on this board would I see anyone refer to the police as “po-po’s”, which makes the poster sound like a stunted five-year-old.
**Mustn’t ever say “Democratic”, then you give credence to the other side believing in Democratic principles, which of course they don’t because they are Evil.
I agree that “Fucks News” would be a more accurate description of what the Fox News Channel does but there’d be censorship issues.
Let’s stop using fundies too. I’m an atheist but I still find it patronizing.
It’d be nice, but I think you’re asking too much. On a level, it may simply be an abbreviation, to save some typing. And if people feel strongly on a topic, they might as well wear their hearts on their sleeves, instead of hiding it, and getting snarky in the content.
Okay, I’ll admit it. I do. I prefer to use the term “mouth breather.”
Why are all of these smart Dopers saying the word ‘stupider’?
Oh, I know. If we couldn’t use our childish pet terms of derision, we would just burst.
And what is wrong with “stupider”? Once all adjectives were made comparative that way. It might be a bit archaic, but then so am I.
“Gubmint” reminds me of my then 5 year old cousin (he just turned 60) who announced one day that “No damn gubmint is gonna make me go to school.” Five is about the mental age of those who use it.
Somehow I was never aware that there was even an issue over this. I’ve always figured that stupider was a word just like dumber or smarter or taller or bigger. I’m not necessarily disputed the point - I’ll concede there is no such word as intelligenter so there are presumably other exceptions like that. But what is the supposed basis for stupid not be usable with the -er suffix? What’s the rule for when -er can’t be used?
Curiously, the word ‘stupidest’ IS a word. If the superlative then why not the comparative?
This linked article indicates that -er and -est are the correct suffixes.
Then again, Cecil himself has used “gummint” at least once. I don’t quite get that same right-wing vibe from “gummint” or “gubmint” as I would from “libtard” for example; instead they strike me more as expressing how you feel about your inevitable interactions with the bureaucracy, like having to go to the DMV to get your license renewed.
Why wouldn’t you be able to add -er to stupid? The general rule is if the word’s less than 3 syllables, you add -er, and if not it gets a “more” before it. The notable exception being “fun,” of course.
Then there are the many folks who think it sounds clever to type Jeebus and Babtist.
It was very common when LBJ was President. He used to begin speeches with “Mah fellow Merkins . . . .” Must be a Texan thing.
No no no, it’s boys that go to Jupiter. Girls go to college to get more knowledge.
Cain used that during his press conference. My thought was “Really, Cain? Really?”
I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt that wasn’t really using such a childish “insult” during his major press event but rather he just doesn’t know the names of the two major political parties in the US.
It’s silly and makes it hard to take people seriously when they intentionally type something like that. Some folks used to spell Clinton as “Klinton” and others used to call Bush Jr. “Shrub.” It’s right up there with “lame stream media” I think.