Turning the tables on your interviewer is excellent advice.
Don’t worry about your word use, past or current. If you going to write using foul language, you’re already over the line, so anything goes. I haven’t heard “Ho-bag” in quite a while.
Also, “retarded” replaced much, much meaner, popular descriptive words for those with extra chromosomes. Nearly every word can be turned into a pejorative if enough people use it with cruel intent. I never thought we were there with “retarded”, but I’m in the minority.
I refuse to write a heroin memoir! But maybe a methadone memoir. Bring back the word 'retard,' can't live without it. Good work Jerry. You da man. Just one retards opinion.
Dynamic, punchy writing.
Turning the tables on your interviewer is excellent advice.
Don’t worry about your word use, past or current. If you going to write using foul language, you’re already over the line, so anything goes. I haven’t heard “Ho-bag” in quite a while.
Also, “retarded” replaced much, much meaner, popular descriptive words for those with extra chromosomes. Nearly every word can be turned into a pejorative if enough people use it with cruel intent. I never thought we were there with “retarded”, but I’m in the minority.
Thanks for the kind words.
And great point about “retarded.” Never thought of it that way… (Might have to steal “people with extra chromosomes.”)
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I refuse to write a heroin memoir! But maybe a methadone memoir. Bring back the word 'retard,' can't live without it. Good work Jerry. You da man. Just one retards opinion.
Just excellent writing as always.