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galen  ·  3790 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "That's Retarded." Words and Offense.

    But clearly if you call Playstation "retarded" you don't mean that it has DS.

Of course not, it's a metaphorical use of the word. But I'd argue that there's an implied comparison between Playstation and people with DS, which invokes the same definition.