Poorly Aged 80s Commercials
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Visit Retrontario's site. Heaps of fun old commercials. Reminds us of a simpler time.
Joey was the brother of Wayne's girlfriend Vicki Moss at the time.
The message is valid but the wording isn't, but those were the times.
The word is "presentism." The judging of people, terms and sayings of another time by the standards of today. We should be very wary of it.
There shouldn't be a rush to cancel the past, but rather educate people. Unfortunately, too many in government don't see it that way.
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At one time, there was a hierarchy of terms to explain different levels of substandard intelligence:
'Dull' was used for IQ of approximately 70-85. Moron, imbecile and idiot were used for other levels of mental impairment
The Words Moron, Imbecile, and Idiot Mean Different Things
Today I found out the words moron, imbecile, and idiot mean different things. In psychology, an idiot has the least intelligence on the IQ scale (this now is equivalent to someone who is mentally retarded or the more politically correct “mentally challenged”); an imbecile is not quite as dumb...
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My personal favorite is nincompoop.
Wary, sure, but avoiding presentism can't be an excuse to suspend all critical analysis.
Other than moron, though, all those terms existed separately.At one time, there was a hierarchy of terms to explain different levels of substandard intelligence:
'Dull' was used for IQ of approximately 70-85. Moron, imbecile and idiot were used for other levels of mental impairment
The Words Moron, Imbecile, and Idiot Mean Different Things
Today I found out the words moron, imbecile, and idiot mean different things. In psychology, an idiot has the least intelligence on the IQ scale (this now is equivalent to someone who is mentally retarded or the more politically correct “mentally challenged”); an imbecile is not quite as dumb...
My personal favorite is nincompoop.
The whole "let's map them to different levels of intelligence" was a thing that only lasted a few decades at most, I think.
Critical analysis is fine. Just don't make your decisions on what someone did a hundred years ago, as if they did it today.
