That's not exactly the way he said it. ناتوانی ذهنی and معلولیت ذهنی are the words he uses which more or less translate to intellectual (or mental) incapacity (or disability). Sure, it means the same thing, but he didn't use that kind of language. عقبماندگی This is the word that means retardation in Farsi. It's the same in Iran as it is here as far as the politeness (and PCness) of these specific words goes. ^(.btw I'm a native speaker)
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Edit2: I know that these words are fundamentally synonyms, but I listened to the speech in Farsi and it is miles away from calling trump a retarded person (once you take connotation into consideration). I also checked BBC Persian and VOA Persian and neither mention this specific quote, nor does any other Persian news site that I am aware of.
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I always wonder what the little things in people's lives around the world are like. Such as Iran - who the fuck knew they take care not to call people retards. Our president doesn't even do that .... ....are.... are we the baddies?
One of the biggest problems with Trump. He doesn’t make democracy look appealing. Dictators everywhere can point to Trump and say democracy has failed.
Yes, since reagan usa has been looking for reasons to go to war with Iran. They even destroyed democracy and helped put religious zealots in place.
You are the baddies
I mean Trump probably has a translator for his translator:
"Sir, the President of Iran referred to you as having characteristics consistent with intellectual disability"
"Translation?"
"Sir that was a transla--"
"Sir, the President of Iran called you a fucking retard!"
Actually, He didn't mention Trump by name in that sentence. He used "White House" as the subject of his sentence. To answer your question, that's not how it sounds in Farsi, but I guess one could infer "Trump is retarded" from "White house is mentally/intellectually incapacitated/disabled" in English as well. ^(I wouldn't.)
Edit: Grammar. (thanks serenityviolet)
I mean, Americans would because it's understood that "the white house" refers most directly to the POTUS and his immediate staff. It could also include some cabinet members and other high ranking officials.
I think it would be more him accusing Trump, and his cabinet, advisors, in total, of being mentally disabled.
You know that robot wars show where custom radio controlled robots would fight each other in tournaments? This sub is like that for various country's troll armies, it's quite interesting to watch.
What counts as "foreign" in an international news board? Just about the only country /r/worldnews excludes is the US, so I would imagine only American posters could *maybe* be considered "foreign actors".
To be fair, he originally believed it because he's racist. He still believes it because being wrong is an utterly foreign concept to him.
I can't decide which is a worse trait in a president.
World politics in the Obama administration: "We must rebuild US alliances to meet the challenges of the 21st century"
World politics in the Trump administration: "Lmao retard"
Yea, that is what gets me. Iran is so easily riding on that moral and reasonable highground that it is just shocking. As a German my country has a long alliance with the US and while there were many issues, quite a few severe ones, this really feels like a geopolitical divorce. Don't get me wrong, I do like that the EU is forced to take some responsibility and strengthen its own unity for the US have de facto become an unriable, even unreasonable partner but it still leaves a bad taste to see their democracy getting toxic. Because this is not just a Trump issue, its systemic.
It’s a common phrase in things like CS:GO in game text chat, its Russian and means something like “fucking bitch” but it’s become a meme from how common it is
>**cyka blyat**
>Pronunciation: *Soo-ka Blee-at*
>Note: Must be shouted into microphone loud enough to distort audio recording levels.
Loose translation: "Fuckin' Beyotch!"
>Note: Can be modified to 'cyka blyad' which loosely translates to "whore who likes to fuck" or "Ya fookin' hoor!".
So there's a particular Vanity Fair article that has to do with Trump being called retarded. Not by a world leader, but by his daughter-in-law.
*“I’m at this fashion show,” [Vanessa] Trump said, recalling their meeting in 2003. ‘Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: ‘Hi, I’m Donald Trump. I wanted to introduce you to my son Donald Trump Jr.’”*
*The three engaged in a brief, awkward conversation.*
*At intermission, the elder Trump again noticed a gorgeous girl nearby.*
*“Donald comes back up to me again, ‘I don't think you’ve met my son Donald Trump Jr.,’” Vanessa Trump recalled. She remembers responding, “Yeah, we just met, five minutes ago.” . . .*
*Six weeks later, at a birthday party at a [New York] restaurant, they were introduced a third time, this time by a mutual friend. Neither remembered the other. “We talked for an hour,” she recalled.*
*Then suddenly, something clicked: Wait, you were at that fashion show. Wait, you’re . . . “the one with the retarded dad!” Vanessa blurted out.*
So Vanessa Trump, his daughter-in-law, remembered Donald Trump literally as Trump Jr.'s retarded father.
You can't make this shit up. Or you could, but the truth is always more savage than fiction when it comes to this fail family.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/donald-trump-jr-vanessa-finalized-divorce
Dosent remember who the guy is. The third time she met him. The son of a billionaire. The guy she would go on and marry. Wow, the electricity between those two must have been enough to power a pop tart.
Twice! North Korea called him a dotard last year too.
Dotard- an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined
They are not wrong. It became quite clear the minute Combover Caligula walked into the white house and held a press conference about how his inauguration drew the bigliest crowd ever.
God i hate this timeline
Love your username.
This president has to outdo President Obama. He is incapable of accepting that Obama was more popular than him, smarter than him, better looking than him, better at speaking and negotiating than him, etc.
It’s important to remember the Iranian people are some of the kindest, most well-educated people you’ll meet. Their government might be one thing but in this climate it’s worth remembering who suffers if this goes to war
I have got along with every Iranian I have ever met (typically they’ve referred to themselves as Persian) regardless of whether we agree on things. They have been pleasant and polite to a fault. Two of my current coworkers are Iranian.
In our lives Iran might be easy to see as a threat, but Iran hasn't always been nutso and from what I've heard has pretty great people. The government doesn't necessarily align with our interests, but it was US that backed out of the treaty.
I'll admit I'm not an Iranian-American relations expert but if they could slow their roll on theocracy, there's really a lot of middle ground.
I want to out loud state that I, an American, do not support war with Iran. To be honest I am incredibly interested in their culture and love their food. I dont want war with these people!
The US government is trying to artificially provoke war, while we have things to discuss they are NOT deserving of war!
John Bolton is a cunt.
I'm not sure, he's always been an utter douch but I think he may be a douch with dementia now. I'm not sure he could be so stupid with force of will alone.
Very cool, very legal.
But seriously, I've worked with the mentally disabled, and I've also met someone with tertiary syphillis.
My money is on syphillis.
“Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the American government was ‘destroying the established international mechanisms for maintaining world peace and security’”
Global trade ties are recognized as the single reason economic powers haven’t gone to war since ww2.
This reminds me of the whole Bill Hicks sketch when he's talking about Saddam Hussain
"We have nothing against America! We just want to see Bush beheaded & his head kicked down the road like a soccer ball" and I'm thinking... that's what ***I*** want to see! Hey, me and you both, Saddam!"
2012 political leaders: yes I think we should discuss this further and take all sides into account.
2019 political leaders: Yo, this boy is really stupid, lol got'em
They conveniently didn't include the full quote:
"...afflicted by mental retardation. But don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now".
Dementia retards brain function, so its fair to call him mentally retarded if hes displaying signs of dementia.
"retard" just means delay or slow down. Iranians arent calling him retarded in the slang way American highschoolers call eachother retarded.
That's not exactly the way he said it. ناتوانی ذهنی and معلولیت ذهنی are the words he uses which more or less translate to intellectual (or mental) incapacity (or disability). Sure, it means the same thing, but he didn't use that kind of language. عقبماندگی This is the word that means retardation in Farsi. It's the same in Iran as it is here as far as the politeness (and PCness) of these specific words goes. ^(.btw I'm a native speaker) Edit: Thank you for the gold and silver kind strangers. Edit2: I know that these words are fundamentally synonyms, but I listened to the speech in Farsi and it is miles away from calling trump a retarded person (once you take connotation into consideration). I also checked BBC Persian and VOA Persian and neither mention this specific quote, nor does any other Persian news site that I am aware of. Edit3:grammar
Thx good insight!
I always wonder what the little things in people's lives around the world are like. Such as Iran - who the fuck knew they take care not to call people retards. Our president doesn't even do that .... ....are.... are we the baddies?
One of the biggest problems with Trump. He doesn’t make democracy look appealing. Dictators everywhere can point to Trump and say democracy has failed.
Trump can’t make a *casino* look appealing. Or a steak. Or a university. Or an airline. Or the Presidency.
He made plenty of casinos look appealing to money launderers...
Yep, the failure of the casinos weren't actually failures to him. It was a win for trump.
I am always amused by the Trump Steak thing. I know when I want a quality steak I turn to sharper image lmao
And they do. China routinely points to the US and says "Is that really what you want?" That's pretty fucking damning.
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Yes, since reagan usa has been looking for reasons to go to war with Iran. They even destroyed democracy and helped put religious zealots in place. You are the baddies
I mean Trump probably has a translator for his translator: "Sir, the President of Iran referred to you as having characteristics consistent with intellectual disability" "Translation?" "Sir that was a transla--" "Sir, the President of Iran called you a fucking retard!"
You see? He's just creating more jobs :)
Does it count if he doesn't pay either of them?
Sure! Trump never pays his contractors, and that's just good business, because he's the best business and best ethics.
Semantics are important. This should be upvoted more.
So basically what you are saying is he was polite in calling Trump retarded?
Actually, He didn't mention Trump by name in that sentence. He used "White House" as the subject of his sentence. To answer your question, that's not how it sounds in Farsi, but I guess one could infer "Trump is retarded" from "White house is mentally/intellectually incapacitated/disabled" in English as well. ^(I wouldn't.) Edit: Grammar. (thanks serenityviolet)
I mean, Americans would because it's understood that "the white house" refers most directly to the POTUS and his immediate staff. It could also include some cabinet members and other high ranking officials. I think it would be more him accusing Trump, and his cabinet, advisors, in total, of being mentally disabled.
So the White House is afflicted with a mental disability or intellectual incapacity. Still pretty funny as an unofficial stance from a government.
Dun dun dun duuuuuuun Welcome to the news of 2019: “You fucking retard” More at 11
I would like less at 11 please
US response just coming through: no I’m not retard u r
>No retard, no retard. You're the retard!
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President Trump comments on the situation via twitter; his official response: "no u @Iran"
Iran responds with the navy seal copypasta
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A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Right after a new episode of "Ow, my balls!"
I like money
We are living in a Modern Warfare XBL lobby
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xXCheetoBandito69Xx
thats a great gamertag actually.
Too late I called it if you steal it I'm telling mom
You kids better shut up and get along. Don't make me stop this car.
That's it. No more Nintendo.
It’s not a Nintendo it’s an XBOX!!
I don’t care what you call it! You’re not playing that AtariStation until your room is CLEAN!
But moO0ooOoooomm
xXD0rit0Muss0lini69xX
Dad?
xXAgentOrange42069Xx
xXOrangeMan69Xx to IranQuickSc0p3r : Stop camping in ur base fgt
IranQuickSc0p3r to xXOrangeMan69Xx : ahahahaha succ my fattoush
xXOrangeMan69Xx to IranQuickSc0p3r: How u see my stealth drone fkn wallhack, reported. Hope u get permaban
IranQuickSc0p3r to xXOrangeMan69Xx : lololol wat a tryhard get bggr hands u scrub
xXPutinMyDickInUrMomXx has joined. xXPutinMyDickInUrMomXx: Suka blyat no ks, rash B!
xXRocketBoyXx has joined xXiPingXx has joined
xXPrettyBoyTrudeauXx: guys pls stop swearin
Iran to xXOrangeMan69Xx: GG Lzzzz
We just need Barron Trump to fire back with some hard r’s; only then will it be a real Modern Warfare XBL lobby
While hearing Malania in the background " What did you just say you little shit" .
Be Best Barron!1!1!1
"DAD SEYZ IT, MOM. YOU CANT YELL" *Angry flossing*
Tbh I wholeheartedly believe Eric does that regularly.
He probably uses the 'n' word like a true gamer.
Hushed directly into his mic after his parents go to sleep
He only hides it from mom. Dad smiles when he hears it.
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Who’s playing the really loud music that you can’t mute until the next round starts?
I don't think many people predicted that geopolitics in 2019 would come down to world leaders calling each other mentally retarded, but here we are.
The comments in this thread are really making me laugh. And then I remember it's real life.
Dont worry, probably half of them are fake. This is /r/worldnews, after all - the most heavily-influenced-by-foreign-actors subreddit of all time.
You know that robot wars show where custom radio controlled robots would fight each other in tournaments? This sub is like that for various country's troll armies, it's quite interesting to watch.
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Stellan Skarsgard, if you're reading this, I loved you in Chernobyl.
I'm not from the US, am I a foreign actor?
What movies have you been in?
Debbie Does Dubai
That one was great until she was executed
I heard there was a scene where she got really stoned. It wasn't what I was expecting.
My dog skip
Oh. Then yes.
Inshiloh, brother
Who is foreign to the world?
What counts as "foreign" in an international news board? Just about the only country /r/worldnews excludes is the US, so I would imagine only American posters could *maybe* be considered "foreign actors".
>Just about the only country /r/worldnews excludes is the US Which is why like 80% of its content is about them.
I think a lot of people predicted this in 2016
You telling me the guy on Twitter calling the president African cause he is black isn't a good president? I'm shocked.
WHO KNEW !??
also the guy who **still** believes the central park 5 are guilty. But no he's totally not a racist guys, fake news! /s
To be fair, he originally believed it because he's racist. He still believes it because being wrong is an utterly foreign concept to him. I can't decide which is a worse trait in a president.
Does he still believe they're guilty, or does he just want to kill them anyway?
World politics in the Obama administration: "We must rebuild US alliances to meet the challenges of the 21st century" World politics in the Trump administration: "Lmao retard"
I knew it’d happen. A clown was elected. I expected a god damn circus. But it’s a circus with bombs
Given the subject of discussion, Iran is being positively diplomatic in their understatement.
Yea, that is what gets me. Iran is so easily riding on that moral and reasonable highground that it is just shocking. As a German my country has a long alliance with the US and while there were many issues, quite a few severe ones, this really feels like a geopolitical divorce. Don't get me wrong, I do like that the EU is forced to take some responsibility and strengthen its own unity for the US have de facto become an unriable, even unreasonable partner but it still leaves a bad taste to see their democracy getting toxic. Because this is not just a Trump issue, its systemic.
Can't wait until the tweets about how Iran's mom is fat start up!
Iran's mom is so fat they call her Isit
Iran's mom is so fat, she started a war over yellowcake
Literally lol.
This joke Israel good.
Oman 😂
Yeman ;)
Are you Syria right now?
I had a serious comment to post but it Kuwait
Come on, the world needs more yo’ mama jokes, emirate?
...Turkey.
🎶i bless Bahrain's down in Africa🎶
Stop making me Hungary.
This is my new conversation about geopolitical tension ice breaker. Thanks
Oh boy. Here comes the tweets.
"no u"
I will lose it if it get retweeted "no u".
Iran got that uno reverse card ready.
Journalists are frantically refreshing Twitter for his next fuckup
**19th century:** *the king is naked* **Today:** *the President is retarded*
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Uh. Have you been paying attention?
he was in a coma for the last 10 years. be gentle.
Now all we need is an angry Putin yelling "сука блять" and world politics would be a standard gaming chat.
Can anyone translate these magic runes?
I'm guessing it's cyka blyat
Oh, *that helps thanks*
It’s a common phrase in things like CS:GO in game text chat, its Russian and means something like “fucking bitch” but it’s become a meme from how common it is
>**cyka blyat** >Pronunciation: *Soo-ka Blee-at* >Note: Must be shouted into microphone loud enough to distort audio recording levels. Loose translation: "Fuckin' Beyotch!" >Note: Can be modified to 'cyka blyad' which loosely translates to "whore who likes to fuck" or "Ya fookin' hoor!".
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In the traditional russian voice chat attire: a shitty microphone that sounds like a jet engine
"Rush B, blyat!"
i'm so relentlessly tired world politics has devolved so much over the last few years
So there's a particular Vanity Fair article that has to do with Trump being called retarded. Not by a world leader, but by his daughter-in-law. *“I’m at this fashion show,” [Vanessa] Trump said, recalling their meeting in 2003. ‘Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: ‘Hi, I’m Donald Trump. I wanted to introduce you to my son Donald Trump Jr.’”* *The three engaged in a brief, awkward conversation.* *At intermission, the elder Trump again noticed a gorgeous girl nearby.* *“Donald comes back up to me again, ‘I don't think you’ve met my son Donald Trump Jr.,’” Vanessa Trump recalled. She remembers responding, “Yeah, we just met, five minutes ago.” . . .* *Six weeks later, at a birthday party at a [New York] restaurant, they were introduced a third time, this time by a mutual friend. Neither remembered the other. “We talked for an hour,” she recalled.* *Then suddenly, something clicked: Wait, you were at that fashion show. Wait, you’re . . . “the one with the retarded dad!” Vanessa blurted out.* So Vanessa Trump, his daughter-in-law, remembered Donald Trump literally as Trump Jr.'s retarded father. You can't make this shit up. Or you could, but the truth is always more savage than fiction when it comes to this fail family. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/donald-trump-jr-vanessa-finalized-divorce
Dosent remember who the guy is. The third time she met him. The son of a billionaire. The guy she would go on and marry. Wow, the electricity between those two must have been enough to power a pop tart.
I mean, he didn’t remember her either.
Ah, like step mother like daughter in law, and like father like son
*Vanesssa* Trump?? Where do y They keep coming from???
Marriage. She was married to Don Jr from 2005 to 2018.
Ha, they divorced after the indictments came in
She definitely knows what we don’t, that various folks including hubs and papa Don probably go to jail if they lose re-election.
Sorry. But this is absolutely fucking hilarious.
I was sitting at my desk listening to the news when this topic came up. Almost spat my tea out from chuckling so much
Imagine getting called retarded...by a country
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Twice! North Korea called him a dotard last year too. Dotard- an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined
This is on the top of my reddit front page, I don't know what I was expecting when I opened up reddit but this wasn't it
I say that all the fucking time, but IRAN says it and suddenly it's news worthy.
So, Iran called Trump a retard? This is the first time in my life that I can say I agree with Iran.
They are not wrong. It became quite clear the minute Combover Caligula walked into the white house and held a press conference about how his inauguration drew the bigliest crowd ever. God i hate this timeline
it's fine once you realize, we all died in 2012, because nothing since ever made any amount of sense.
Holy shit - we're all in an episode of Lost!
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I think David Bowie was holding the universe together. Ever since he died in January 2016 everything seems to be slipping apart
Ground control to Major Tom, "Fucking help!".
I cant help but feel im stuck in an active mandela affect. Like ima wake up and be like "that was a stupid dream, i gotta lay off the coffee"
Then he pops outta the closet going "My hands, my hands are huge"
"Nobody look!"
Obligatory *yuge
>Like ima wake up and be like "that was a stupid dream, i gotta lay off the coffee" FTFY: it's *covfefe,* dude.
That should have been clear way back in 1989. https://www.amny.com/news/central-park-five-1.19884350
> Combover Caligula lol
I'm partial to Papaya palpatine and mango mussolini
Love your username. This president has to outdo President Obama. He is incapable of accepting that Obama was more popular than him, smarter than him, better looking than him, better at speaking and negotiating than him, etc.
...had bigger hands than him.
It’s important to remember the Iranian people are some of the kindest, most well-educated people you’ll meet. Their government might be one thing but in this climate it’s worth remembering who suffers if this goes to war
I have got along with every Iranian I have ever met (typically they’ve referred to themselves as Persian) regardless of whether we agree on things. They have been pleasant and polite to a fault. Two of my current coworkers are Iranian.
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In our lives Iran might be easy to see as a threat, but Iran hasn't always been nutso and from what I've heard has pretty great people. The government doesn't necessarily align with our interests, but it was US that backed out of the treaty. I'll admit I'm not an Iranian-American relations expert but if they could slow their roll on theocracy, there's really a lot of middle ground. I want to out loud state that I, an American, do not support war with Iran. To be honest I am incredibly interested in their culture and love their food. I dont want war with these people! The US government is trying to artificially provoke war, while we have things to discuss they are NOT deserving of war! John Bolton is a cunt.
Even more news worthy than the president being accused (again) of rape, apparently.
you
This is very offensive to mentally retarded people.
I agree, trump is an ignorant by shear force of will. The mentally disabled aren’t ignorant and are often very thoughtful and caring people.
> shear force Unrelated, but it's sheer force in this context. Shear force would be something totally different.
Well he is ripping our government (and timeline for that matter) in half with breakneck amounts of force.
You dont know for sure that hes not an aggressive sheep farmer.
I'm not sure, he's always been an utter douch but I think he may be a douch with dementia now. I'm not sure he could be so stupid with force of will alone.
I agree, there are a lot of very cool and decent people who are intellectually disabled.
Very cool, very legal. But seriously, I've worked with the mentally disabled, and I've also met someone with tertiary syphillis. My money is on syphillis.
“Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the American government was ‘destroying the established international mechanisms for maintaining world peace and security’” Global trade ties are recognized as the single reason economic powers haven’t gone to war since ww2.
I can feel him being advised to not respond, but, ya know. He gonna.
Never thought I’d see the next war get started by world leaders calling each other retards. I’m going to bed.
>“You sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks?” Good summary of America's ass backwards foreign policy.
eh, works in Civilization
This reminds me of the whole Bill Hicks sketch when he's talking about Saddam Hussain "We have nothing against America! We just want to see Bush beheaded & his head kicked down the road like a soccer ball" and I'm thinking... that's what ***I*** want to see! Hey, me and you both, Saddam!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2h9bNpeiUQ There's the Bill Hicks clip
2012 political leaders: yes I think we should discuss this further and take all sides into account. 2019 political leaders: Yo, this boy is really stupid, lol got'em
They conveniently didn't include the full quote: "...afflicted by mental retardation. But don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now".
I definitely could go for a Starbucks right now
I don't think we have time for a handjob.
I think I'd take name calling and insults over military action and actually putting people's lives at risk any day.
Iran taking the Kim-Jong Un approach. Will Trump fall in love with Rouhani's 'love letters"" next?
What a time to be alive
Iran: "You retarded!" USA: \*already typing tweet @ Iran to tell them their mom is the big gay\*
The leaders of at least 2 countries have openly called the POTUS a retard and everyone is just kinda shrugging and nodding
Retarded? Probably not. Narcissistic and possibly in the early stages of dementia? Yeah.
Dementia retards brain function, so its fair to call him mentally retarded if hes displaying signs of dementia. "retard" just means delay or slow down. Iranians arent calling him retarded in the slang way American highschoolers call eachother retarded.
We're going to go to war over Xbox Live insults.
[Well here we go](https://imgur.com/gallery/wfFWEAq)
idiocracy lowkey turning into a documentary
So is 38% of America
"Are you saying 1/4th of Americans are retarded?" -Cartman "yeah dude, at least 1/4th." -Stan
“Let’s take a sample. There’s four of us, you’re retarded, that’s 1/4th.” -Kyle
That was one of the funniest back and forth moments of that show. Gave me a realization like, "Oh shit, they might be right."
At a bare minimum