I'd never heard the term window licker applied to anyone with mental illness before.
I'd never heard the term window licker applied to anyone with mental illness before.
'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Richard D James and Chris Cunningham at thier finest. (Genuinely first saw this on holiday when I was awake at like 3am and unable to sleep. Needless to say this didn't help. WAsn't sure wtf I had just seen) Skip to 4 mins for the music.
Sorry only very slightly on topic. On a more related note: Surprised so many people are unaware of the phrase; but honestly I don't remember when I first heard it used, probably school playground; and maybe its just one of those things that you hear so early you assume everyone uses the phrase. Still; hard to not see the connection in context
If the term wasn't used only to describe a toy that had absolutely zero characteristics relatable to an actual human, handicapped or not, then I could understand the concern. I would certainly see it as a problem if the toy was more humanoid and its characteristics were crude caricatures of handicapped stereotypes, but the toy may as well have just jumped out of Monsters Inc.
What I take from it is that the people who were offended think it's acceptable to use the term "window licker" to describe people with mental health issues, which I find more offensive.
That's irrelevant
What's relevant is they mentioned it "licking windows at the back of the bus" which is the very definition of window licking
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That's certainly some miraculous mental gymnastics
People complain window licker is unacceptable whilst believing it is acceptable o.O
Republican and Democrats offend me, who do I complain too?