I made that post more to point out that I found the content of the feed funny by itself - because I got the sense that most people who followed that feed probably did so to laugh at what was said in, as goole said, a mocking way. I probably should have paused at the method of transcription and to have considered the full implications of the twitter name and now that I do so I do realize that yes, it makes the whole project problematic.
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
fair enough
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
j0rd, love you boo but stop trying to trip me up
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
ghetto hikes, urban kids, ugh jesus christ
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
i love you too dawg
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
What they actually say seems quite sweet, but yeah "ghetto hikes" and the transcription style takes this over the edge to completely horrible.
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
i mean 'kids saying cute malapropisms' is inoffensively funny in principle but dude has gone out of his way to make sure you know dese kids be black yo
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
in a lot of them the kids come off pretty funny and witty imo
― extremely lewd and incredibly crass (Hurting 2), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
i think we've established that there's nothing wrong with the kids themselves
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
@Horse_ebonics
― buzza, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
looking forward to some ESOL teacher starting a hilarious twitter about all the wacky things people trying to learn how to speak english say
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
or, dare i dream, a wacky tumblr from an irreverant special needs educator
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
your prayers are answered:
http://fullduplex.org/tardblog/
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh good lord
― horseshoe, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
so glad my work blocks these things, saving me from my morbid curiosity
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
i student taught in a predominantly black and latino public school last year and some of the shit both student teachers and teacher teachers said there...so i shouldn't be surprised. i'm not really surprised, just depressed.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
write down shit they said
― buzza, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― horseshoe, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
i mean it's not even like it's rocket science to do this kind of thing without being a total dick -- like when ENBB used to post about the kids she worked with it always came off very humane and affectionate
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%40GhettoHikes
― buzza, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
heh i found out about @ghettohikes via @menshumor
― max, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
menshumor not all the same thing as menschhumor it turns out
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
if thats real its about a thousand times more depressing then the us soldiers pissing on the taliban guy video
what a profoundly stupid thing to say
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, now that I look back at it, it really sounds like hyperbole
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
xpost yeah uh i mean, i'm pretty sure there are some ethical transgressions here as well? i mean, it's not exactly a HIPAA violation but as using the kids you're caretaking as an explicit source of haha racial comedy is super mega shitty
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
maz whats going on on that dom tweet, i dont wanna click it at work
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
We decided on the word "tard" mainly because it is not a word. We picked it for this reason, and thus we can assign our own meaning to the word "tard."
Whatever mental gymnastics make you sleep better at night I guess.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
hoo boy call me dim but it never occurred to me there might be a @womenshumor too
it doesn't disappoint
― tumblr white's secret kool-aid drinker (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit @ the thing jon just quoted
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
the thing about that "tardblog" is there is literally not a person alive who works with the developmentally disabled who does not blow off steam about his/her clients/patients/residents from time to time. there is a correct place to do that: with your coworkers. there is an incorrect place to do that: in public. and there's a completely inappropriate to the point of "if you're my coworker and I catch you doing this, I will risk total estrangement from the entire staff just to get you fired & hopefully brought up on charges" place to do it: on the fucking internet.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
malcolm's annoying chair made me lol, and the kid who liked to nap on the bathroom floor, then i felt bad for loling and stopped reading
― pandemic, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i mean everyone HAS to have a sense of humor about their job and the people they're surrounded by on a daily basis, regardless of who it is. it's all about context.
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Why do you use the word "tard?" Isn't this a horrible thing to call them?We decided on the word "tard" mainly because it is not a word. We picked it for this reason, and thus we can assign our own meaning to the word "tard."
― am0n, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
aero 100% otm here
already posted that above am0n
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
ok this then
tard: n., A student in a class that is set aside for children with some sort of special need, e.g. metal retardation, autism, behavioral disorders, etc, generally referred to as Special Education classes. If you think it is a derogatory word, then that is your problem, not ours, and reflects the biases and issues you bring to the table, not us.
― am0n, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
Oh so its OUR fault then, glad they clarified.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
this is disgusting
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
everyone knows 'tard is hyphenated
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
i fucked that joke up
this is disgusting...
...everyone knows 'tard takes an apostrophe
ah yes, the "i'm rubber / you're glue" gambit, well played indeed
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:57 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
some seriously gross shit, dont bother
― max, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
xxp: actually I think it was funnier the other way
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
"I put on the manual breaks"
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
*brings biases and issues to the table*
― am0n, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Also if those are made up names to protect identies, I'm gonna o_O at "Kunte" for awhile.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Aw, thanks Al. I miss those kids. One of them msg'd me on FB the other day, I need to write him back. You know, I could start a whole thread just based on their facebook posts because they're hysterical, heartbreaking and fascinating all at once but I could/would never actually do that. Not even on 77.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
kind of reminds me of that old "Movie Comics" comic strip that constantly used the word "ghey" and defended it saying "it doesn't have a meaning! it's a made up word!" which is the only way to make it more offensive and less funny
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
here we go
― pplains, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
y'know, that "Tard" blog wd be one level of disgusting, but the sanctimonious "don't call me out on my shit" in the FAQ and elsewhere actually ratchets it up 3 or 4 extra levels of fucking disgusting
― Poppy Newgod and the Phantom Banned (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link