Me personally? I’ve become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women’s expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I’ve matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I’ve come to see how exclusionarly and objectifying that sort of ‘humor’ really is, and I regret it deeply.
The biggest issue with a lot of the insults/slurs around mental or physical handicaps is the euphemism treadmill:
Case in point, retard and lame used to be official, non-insult words used by doctors. I don’t know a solution, but as a person with a mental handicap, I feel like there’s more important battles to fight. The intent behind the word, for example.
100% with you. If I say ‘It’s lame you’re getting less money’ or ‘The prices for housing are getting to a retarded level’ it definitely hasn’t the same vibe as if I say ‘Die, you lame fucking retard.’