I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.

  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have a project car I’m working on, and the distributor timing was so far advanced that the engine would barely run, even when the adjustment was at full retard. I took the distributor out and re-installed it one gear tooth retarded, and now I can set the timing correctly.

    I couldn’t have told this story on reddit, my comment would have been removed.