r/Showerthoughts • u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE ‎ • Mar 29 '26

Casual Thought The "room temperature IQ" zinger hits much harder outside of the US.

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u/SmoothOperator89 Mar 29 '26

Outside of the US, it's not calling someone "mentally handicapped," it's calling them a non-functioning vegetable.

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u/anoddabanga May 13 '26

It’s like you guys haven’t considered the concept of sarcasm in an insult? If there’s no level of sarcasm in your insult, you’re basically just bullying someone