Tonnerre LMay 3, 2019
maloki 🍵

Which words do you use instead of Crazy and Insane?

I keep wanting to write them, but I also want to get away from using them.

May 2, 2019 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadAllSaints' Eve❎May 2, 2019
@maloki I'm not sure. For a while I tried to use illogical but it made me sound like I was quoting Spock, but it might work if you use it enough?
Show threadMattieMay 2, 2019
@maloki I’ve been using “wild” a lot
Show threadmaloki 🍵May 2, 2019
@zigg That's a good one
Show threadAnneMay 2, 2019
@maloki @zigg Sometimes the problem goes away if you are more specific about the behaviour you're trying to describe - was it outrageous? astonishing? shocking? bizarre? peculiar? unpredictable? unexpected? wrong? cruel? careless? colourful? obnoxious? wonderful? brilliant? improbable? stunning? selfless? excitable? twitchy? obsessive? scandalous? innovative? unique? ... or did you mean it was actually indicative of real mental illness?
Show threadSally StrangeMay 2, 2019
@maloki @zigg "wild" most of the time; "out of pocket" is good too. Occasionally "evil" or "cruel", which, yeah, ableism. Illuminating practice for sure.
Show threadalt for @[email protected]May 2, 2019

@SallyStrange @maloki @zigg "Loopy" is one, or "lost all self-control."

I'll use "evil" if there's intention. The truly mentally ill don't (generally) have that malice. "Cruel" I use to describe impact.

Show threadTonnerre LMay 3, 2019
@zigg @maloki wild has a colonialist ring to it if you ask me. I would avoid it too.
Show threadLottieMay 2, 2019
@maloki
The big one i hear a lot is "wild" like, "woah that's wild". There's also "that's some nonsense" and i like to say "that's ridiculous" a lot
Show threadAmazeyMay 2, 2019
@flout @maloki Okay, "that's some nonsense" is officially my new favorite phrase.
Show threadToo Angry to Determine GenderMay 2, 2019
@maloki foolish, incredible, wild
Show threadMx. AlexMay 2, 2019
@maloki I use "Absurd" a lot.
Show threadmaloki 🍵May 2, 2019
@Skiant That's a good one too!
Show threadthis is my old accountMay 2, 2019
@maloki batshit is a colourful one although often one of the words you're looking to replace follows it
Show threadmaloki 🍵May 2, 2019
@bryn yeah, I wouldn't think about batshit without "batshit crazy"
Show threadCombat UnicornMay 2, 2019
@maloki Lots of good suggestions you've gotten already, but here's one popular in some technical circles:
Refer to an idea or action as a "footgun". As in a gun that only shoots your own foot. A self-inflicted wound that would be easily preventable.
Show threadyin yang yoinkMay 2, 2019
@maloki heavy
Show threadEmber May 2, 2019

@maloki I definitely use wild most often. In my vocabulary those words usually had the place of good, but unexpected or or suprising.

So words like unexpected, awesome, ridiculous, amazing, suprising, weird (though I wouldn't use it to describe a person unless it's in a complimentary way), strange, etc. are also good.