‘Mouth Breather’

Like yeah I don’t get this one. We all breathe through our mouths (and noses), because we have to. Yet I read this sometimes as it is used like an insult. So what are you saying? You’re insulting someone for doing what billions of other human beings have to do naturally?

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    Calling someone “smooth-brained” always felt backwards.

    Like, I understand that brains are supposed to be wrinkly and there’s an actual disorder where the brain doesn’t have those wrinkles, which leads to developmental delays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissencephaly

    But it still sounds to me like you’re just calling them “smooth” as in “cool”.