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What Google Thinks of "Special People"

farm4.static.flickr.com — So THAT'S what my mom means when she says I'm special! *cries*

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  • sangres, on 07/10/2008, -17/+648It's not what Google thinks... They have Image labeler that helps them better for when people search images. http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/

    Check it out :) You can help them out by labeling pictures.
  • hummstheword, on 07/11/2008, -3/+583You went searching for pictures of special people?
  • BoneStamp, on 07/11/2008, -4/+340I actually don't think there is anything wrong with this. I know it's not polite to call people this, but it is technically correct. In fact, I got in trouble for using the word "retarded" in a meeting once. I said "the data flow was being retarded by the router", which is a totally acceptable use of the word. Later, my co-worker was like, "that's offensive to people who are mentally challenged." I was like, "Retard means 'a slowing down or hindrance'... kind of like retarder brakes in a semi-truck. That's why they call mentally challenged people retarded, because their thinking is retarded (slowed down) by something in their brain." I called her retard for the rest of the day and she got really pissed!
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -16/+260Spot on - Google's a genius.
  • baithe, on 07/11/2008, -6/+178Rule 34.
  • dortiis, on 07/11/2008, -4/+171Totally! How dare he use his vocabulary correctly without thinking about if 1 person in a million might be mildly offended.

    btw...i am extremely offended by the word 'a'

    please stop using it.
  • xero69, on 07/11/2008, -3/+157ding fries are done
    ding fries are done
  • Ryan166, on 07/11/2008, -39/+183Dugg for the retarded midget pretending he knows how to ride a bike.
  • nates, on 07/11/2008, -8/+134No kidding... so now search terms have to be filtered and translated for political correctness? ***** that *****, retard.
  • Kryptonitfusion, on 07/11/2008, -5/+112If u must see for urself: http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=spec ...
  • greenroom628, on 07/11/2008, -48/+152surprised no one in the bush administration showed up...
  • edud, on 07/11/2008, -5/+93Why is this comment being buried? He provided an explanation.
  • Pissoff, on 07/11/2008, -0/+83@elektriknoizz yea!

    He's using words as intended, what a jerk.
  • chicoer2001, on 07/11/2008, -2/+81Good thing you didnt use the word niggardly
  • drakenlot, on 07/11/2008, -6/+77It's buried because people don't like the truth, they only want to hear what they want.
  • NathanielJ, on 07/11/2008, -2/+70@elektriknoizz - I take offense to the word 'pompous', you shouldn't say that word!
  • ghank, on 07/11/2008, -2/+69Don't judge other people's sexual fetishes too harshly.....
  • cgomez, on 07/11/2008, -1/+66What's wrong with that? It's a useful related query if somebody was looking for images of those with mental disabilities...it's not Google's fault that a bunch of idiots perverted the meaning of the word into a pejorative.
  • mstachiw, on 07/11/2008, -3/+67when relational databases attack!
  • BoneStamp, on 07/11/2008, -0/+64@djlethal
    No, I got promoted... the rumor is that she's pretty close to getting fired. If she's reading this, well... then consider this your warning.
  • Aitese, on 07/11/2008, -2/+61dk911...I think I speak for all my fellow black men who you tried to defend when I say...you're an idiot.

    "*****" = Derogatory...never had any other meaning or use but to offend and denigrate.

    "retard" = To slow down...not intended to refer to the mentally challenged at it's inception...perfectly reasonable word to use...NOT SLANG!
  • mickoneill30, on 07/11/2008, -0/+58I think she's electriknoizz.
  • HighLife1990, on 07/11/2008, -2/+55My favorite part's that Tom Cruse is the 3rd image :).
  • hamobu, on 07/11/2008, -1/+45That is one clever algorithm. It figured out euphemism
  • sea5ons, on 07/11/2008, -5/+46Zing! A bush joke! WOW!
  • silent7seven, on 07/11/2008, -4/+44Can't digg it because it means I'm a bad person... can't bury because I'm laughing so hard
  • ImYourRealDad, on 07/11/2008, -2/+40How hard is it for you to hit those y's and o's?
  • Maximilian000, on 07/11/2008, -1/+34@bezdno, um..did you consider opening a browser window and checking it out for yourself...?

  • WiretapStudios, on 07/11/2008, -1/+33Hey...that was a fun way to waste about 20 minutes at work...
  • Spencerperceval, on 07/11/2008, -3/+34Hey, whats my picture doing there
  • digmark, on 07/11/2008, -2/+31Your face is fake.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -4/+32Not fake, I think. Perhaps Google noticed this Digg article and removed it???
  • drakenlot, on 07/11/2008, -1/+28I work at Burger King, making flame grilled whoppers!

    Would you like an Apple Pie with that?
    Would you like an Apple Pie with that?
  • Vironex, on 07/11/2008, -6/+31I thought you meant Nintendo DS.
  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -4/+29I thought it was a joke but it's all too real! [waiting for activist group to protest google in order to disassociate this query from their DB]
  • Maximilian000, on 07/11/2008, -3/+26no you didn't, ...but you should have!
  • nickert0n, on 07/11/2008, -16/+38I think actually because Google Detected the user was using OSX + they had typed in Special People that it automatically estimated that the user was indeed retarded. In which I agree with its logic.
  • Vironex, on 07/11/2008, -0/+20ssj2119 — Protector of the quote; guardian of nobility.
  • urbano35, on 07/11/2008, -1/+21They all like to think Google is insensitive and cruel for some reason.
  • rexcom, on 07/11/2008, -0/+20You don't?
  • Kossic, on 07/11/2008, -2/+21damn discriminatory algorithms. Think of the special people....
  • Gudeldar, on 07/11/2008, -3/+22@Aitese
    ***** was not all ways a derogatory term, granted it has been for a long time it didn't start out that way.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*****#Etymology_and_ ...
  • wild, on 07/11/2008, -3/+21Because they are special persons.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -2/+20I left some pretty disturbing matches for my partner to read.
  • revjustin2, on 07/11/2008, -2/+20Dugg up for sweet usage of "pejorative".
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -4/+21Because everyone in Australia is retarded. Try searching for 'people'
  • simVsim, on 07/11/2008, -2/+18http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=special%20 ...

    It's true. Check the facts before you shout hoax.
  • Totz83, on 07/11/2008, -3/+18http://www.capturedbyanet.com/images/fun%20love.jp ...
    One of the image results

    Only a retard would wear such a sweater
  • logload, on 07/11/2008, -1/+16um...
  • richiewrt, on 07/11/2008, -1/+16Best story ever. Wish I could have seen it.
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