When people say "You're special!", are they actually saying "You're dumb!"
By Geminigirl
@Geminigirl (1909)
United States
3 responses
@JohnnyMurder (611)
• United States
22 Jan 07
I just take it as, im special! haha , i try to take an insult and turn it around to make me feel good. Its better than letting someone else get you down. so smile. Cause YOUR special :)
@Geminigirl (1909)
• United States
22 Jan 07
Thanks, and you are special, too! So special that you were the only respondent, so you get Best Answer from me! Yay for being special!! :-D
@JohnnyMurder (611)
• United States
17 May 07
Whats worse, being called special, or being called "Corky" haha
inside joke, but when my friends do something stupid we always coin this phrase "Way to go corky!"
Corky, from life goes on. Remember that show? nevermind lol
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@h_gaurd9 (986)
• United States
25 May 07
Wow! I've heard this a lot of times in the past. It wasn't the good kind of "special" too. I interpret that when my friends say I'm "special" it actually means I'm just dumb and silly, or just dumb and not silly. It doesn't bother me. I don't let things like that get to me. After all, who are they to call me dumb? =D
@Geminigirl (1909)
• United States
15 Jul 07
Just tell em that they are special!!
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
15 Jul 07
I find it insulting. When people speak of people who are mentally slow or as we used to say, mentally retarded, they say they are special. Of course when people say someone who is slow mentally is mentally challenged, I get the opinion that if that person tried a little harder ----well that is an insult. It used to be that special was a compliment, but it is not anyway. It is saying that you are too stupid for words and you would not know a good idea if it hit you on the face. By the way, saying as person is mentally retarded is okay if that is what the person is, calling him a retard is an insult. You need both words together.
