Yes, 1.8mm after the race at 4pm lokal time. The race starts at 1.10pm lokal time.
Yes, 1.8mm after the race at 4pm lokal time. The race starts at 1.10pm lokal time.
Ah. So it shouldn’t really come into play then anyway unless there are some delays.Wouter wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 12:36Yes, 1.8mm after the race at 4pm lokal time. The race starts at 1.10pm lokal time.
I am a non native English speaker. Is this considered non acceptable term in English? I suspect you are talking about the word retard.El Scorchio wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 03:03I don’t really want to write the actual word on here but there are two meanings for it in the given context. One of which is a derogatory name for someone with Down’s syndrome and the other is implying his eyesight is bad using a racial epithet.TAG wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 02:41I only heard the bleeped explatives, anything you can translate here?El Scorchio wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 02:00Yes exactly. The nasty name/slur he aimed at Lance was pretty awful and his totally unrepentant nature afterward makes a mockery of ‘we race as one’. I’m surprised a lot more hasn’t been made of it actually.
No, not those words. It’s a slightly shortened word you would use to describe someone who comes from Mongolia, which also is used as a derogatory term for someone with down’s and/or a racial slur to indicate a person can’t see very well because of the shape of their eyes.Edax wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 12:53I am a non native English speaker. Is this considered non acceptable term in English? I suspect you are talking about the word retard.El Scorchio wrote: ↑25 Oct 2020, 03:03I don’t really want to write the actual word on here but there are two meanings for it in the given context. One of which is a derogatory name for someone with Down’s syndrome and the other is implying his eyesight is bad using a racial epithet.
Here we would never refer to a person with Down syndrome as a retard, it would be considered extremely offensive. On the other hand calling someone a retard is perfectly acceptable to indicate someone has done something very stupid. The word has moved beyond it original association to mean something else.
A bit like the word crazy, you cannot call anyone with a mental challenge crazy, but you can call everyone else, and no one with a mental challenge would feel offended.
Personally I am not big into insulting or cursing, I think it is an expression of poor self control, so I doubt that I would actually use the word. Certainly after this conversation.
But I would be interested to know, it is very easy to make these kind of mistakes using literal translations, and in these times with metoo and BLM you are expected to know all the nuances of the words you use. Which can be quite challenging, when you are not brought up with them.
It is NOT acceptable, and I know very many people who would be offended by this kind of usage.
This is so wide of the mark, you need to take some time and seriously think about it. Again, I know people personally, who are afflicted, who take a great deal of offence to what you are describing as acceptable use. Who are you to say how people with mental health issues would feel?
Are you not an hour early? The race will start at 11:10pm (Brisbane, Australia time) which I get is very abstract haha. But... this is on schedule is it not? I checked early this morning on the app and it’s lined up with the start time as normal
It should start at the same time as the Eifel GP did for you but looking at the GMT it's an hour later.