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Makes you feel old when you curl your hands up and yell 'Joeeey' at someone that's just said something stupid. You instantly realise...
1) No one probably remember who Joey was and why you are doing that.
2) They world has moved on far enough for this to be incredibly offensive even if they remembered
3) Even back in the day it was immature and childish.
There you are feeling old, incredibly stupid and totally ignorant in one fell swoop.
It was Blue Peter's attempt at disability awareness, iirc. To be fair, we were about 8 back then. Well, I was...
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...
Makes you feel old when you curl your hands up and yell 'Joeeey' at someone that's just said something stupid. You instantly realise...
1) No one probably remember who Joey was and why you are doing that.
2) They world has moved on far enough for this to be incredibly offensive even if they remembered
3) Even back in the day it was immature and childish.
There you are feeling old, incredibly stupid and totally ignorant in one fell swoop.
Use "Ernie" instead, then no one will know what you are talking about
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