Researchers Are Sorry They Used 'Derpy' in a Research Paper. Much like the universally true advice to “never tweet,” it’s probably a good idea to just avoid internet language and memes when you’re working in a professional capacity.

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Two well- intentioned researchers learned that the hard way recently when they didn’t do enough research on the term “derpy.”In April of 2. Angela Willey and Banu Subramaniam published a paper in Archives of Sexual Behavior that was titled, Fighting the Derpy Science of Sexuality. The paper was a response to a proposal by Sari M. Anders, and the two researchers argued against the notion that science can provide biological evidence of differences between human groups: The various sciences of ‘‘difference’’ – sex, gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality – where studies that claim evidence for biological differences between two groups often make the cover stories in scientific journals and popular magazines. In- group variation rarely leads to a re- consideration of a priori categories and studies with negative results do not get the same space, in journals or in the press… biological research marches on in its derpy ways. The authors of the paper understood “derpy” to mean one thing, and they later found out that it has different uses that aren’t so great. Van Anders shot back with a piece that criticized the use of the word because it is an “ablist slur.” In their apology, the authors say: The word “derpy” was introduced to us as a pop- cultural term that meant believing in something despite the fact that it has been disproven.

A provocative notion, given that our aim was to suggest that while queer theory has effectively undone “sexuality” as a concept, empirical research (even thoughtful, feminist sexual science) persists as if the complexity of sexuality is ultimately map- able and as if the right set of variables will resolve the epistemological differences of critical theory and neuroscience once and for all. As that long second sentence shows, academic papers are filled with dense language. The authors pulled a sort of “how do you do, fellow kids,” by throwing in some new slang. The problem with memes and language that starts on the internet is that it’s always changing.

Pepe the Frog went from being a cartoon frog that was shapable for various meme purposes, to being one of the most recognizable symbols of the alt- right and white supremacy. Likewise, “derp” has changed meanings over time. The Oxford Living Dictionary defines it as a noun meaning “foolishness or stupidity.” But there are variations like “merpy derp” which Urban Dictionary defines as “a word used when a fucking idiot is speaking.” Other variations, like derp face, is defined on the website with offensive ablist language that associates a facial expression that “often involves eyes turned in different directions and a stupid smile” with people with disabilities.

This offensive meaning for derp has pretty much taken over the word’s usage and anyone who uses it without that intention runs the risk of being misunderstood. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic reinforced the association between derpy and language mocking people with disabilities when it controversially renamed a character previously called “Derpy” that was clumsy and had crossed eyes. Fan boys petitioned to “save Derpy,” failed, and the term officially became part of the war on “politically correct” language.

Another key mistake made by the researchers was to let New York Times columnist Paul Krugman define internet slang for them. The original paper quoted a column from Krugman in which he claimed: “Derp” is a term borrowed from the cartoon “South Park” that has achieved wide currency among people I talk to, because it’s useful shorthand for an all- too- obvious feature of the modern intellectual landscape: people who keep saying the same thing no matter how much evidence accumulates that it’s completely wrong. As it turns out, the term ‘derpy’ has also been appropriated as an ablist slur,” the researchers write in their apology. We regret our negligence in not figuring that out before the Commentary was published.” They also recognize the tragic irony of the use of a term that “is deeply implicated in ablist white supremacist legacies of the science of intelligence,” the very science that they were critiquing. Yeah, just leave the internet language out of your professional work entirely. The web is a horrible place and people will always ruin everything.[Springer via Discover Magazine].

List of films considered the worst. The films listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst films ever made. Examples of such sources include Metacritic, Roger Ebert's list of most- hated films, The Golden Turkey Awards, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, Rotten Tomatoes, the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Mystery Science Theater 3. Golden Raspberry Awards ("Razzies"). Reefer Madness (1. Reefer Madness (originally released as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled or subtitled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1. American exploitation film and propaganda work revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana—from a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, and descent into madness.

The Los Angeles Times has claimed that Reefer Madness was the first film that a generation embraced as "the worst".[2] Leonard Maltin has called it "the grand- daddy of all 'Worst' movies".[3]Las Vegas City. Life named it the "worst ever" runner- up to Plan 9 from Outer Space,[4] and AMC described it as "one of the worst movies ever made".[5] The movie has inspired a number of parodies, including an off- Broadwaymusical satire and a 2. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1. No Orchids for Miss Blandish, a British gangster film adapted from the 1.

James Hadley Chase, received a very hostile reception from the press. Watch The Railway Man HDQ here. This was mainly due to the film's high (for the time) level of sexual and violent content, but also because its attempt to portray Americans using a largely British cast (including an early role for Sid James)[6] was seen as unconvincing.[7] The British film journal Monthly Film Bulletin called it "the most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen".[7]The Sunday Express film reviewer called No Orchids for Miss Blandish "the worst film I have ever seen".[8] The Australian newspaper The Age also gave a harsh review: "No Orchids for Miss Blandish is not only a disgrace to the studio that made it, but it also reflects on the British industry as a whole ..

Cliff Goodwin, discussing No Orchids For Miss Blandish's initial reception, notes it was "unanimously dubbed 'the worst film ever made'".[6] Later reviews of the film were equally antipathetic. No Orchids for Miss Blandish was described by British film historian Leslie Halliwell as a "hilariously awful gangster film ..

Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide states "No Orchids for Miss Blandish misses by a mile."[1. The Babe Ruth Story (1. The Babe Ruth Story is a 1. Babe Ruth, starring William Bendix. The New York Times describes it as "the Plan 9 from Outer Space of baseball biopics".[1. Watch Online Watch Vibes Full Movie Online Film on this page. It was rushed into release while Ruth was still alive. Watch DC Super Hero Girls: Hero Of The Year Online on this page. The final scene is notable for Ruth delivering on a promise he made to a young cancer patient that he would hit a home run.

Not only does Ruth succeed in fulfilling the promise, but also the child is subsequently cured of his cancer. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe claimed the film was the worst he had ever seen,[1.

Washington Times stated that it "stands as possibly the worst movie ever made".[1. The film has been called one of the worst sports films ever by Newsday and The A. V. Club,[1. 4][1. Moviefone and Spike.[1. Michael Sauter included it in his book The Worst Movies of All Time and Leonard Maltin called it "perfectly dreadful".[3]1. Glen or Glenda (1. A semi- autobiographical quasi- documentary about transvestism, Glen or Glenda starred and was directed by Ed Wood.

After a nightmarish dream sequence, Glen undergoes psychotherapy to help cure his affliction. Bela Lugosi appears in this film, as he did in several other Wood films toward the end of his career. Leonard Maltin insists this was far worse than Wood's later Plan 9 from Outer Space and considers it "possibly the worst movie ever made".[3]Richard Barrios describes Glen or Glenda as "one of the funniest and worst movies ever made".[1. In his book Cult Movies 3, Danny Peary suggests this is actually a radical, if ineptly made, film that presents a far more personal story than is contained in films by more well- respected auteurs. The film currently has a 3.

Rotten Tomatoes.[1. In 1. 99. 4, Tim Burton directed Ed Wood, which includes some material about the trials and tribulations of making Glen or Glenda. Robot Monster (1. Robot Monster, a science- fiction film originally shot and exhibited in 3. D, features an actor dressed in a gorilla suit and what looks almost like a diving helmet. The film, produced and directed by Phil Tucker, is listed in Michael Sauter's book The Worst Movies of All Time among "The Baddest of the Bs" and has a 3. Rotten Tomatoes. It is also featured in The Book of Lists 1.

The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. The Golden Turkey Awards confers on its main character the title of "Most Ridiculous Monster in Screen History" and, listing director Tucker among the runners- up to "Worst Director of All Time" (the winner being Ed Wood), states, "What made Robot Monster ineffably worse than any other low- budget sci- fi epic was its bizarre artistic pretension". It was featured in an episode of the movie- mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3. Stephen King, who quotes, and agrees with, a review in Castle of Frankenstein magazine ("certainly among the finest terrible movies ever made", "one of the most laughable poverty row quickies").[2. Bride of the Monster (1. Bride of the Monster is an ultra- low- budget monster/detective film written and directed by Ed Wood. Hungarian- accented German mad scientist Eric Vornoff (Bela Lugosi, in his last speaking role) aims to take over the world by creating a race of supermen in his isolated house located in a California swamp.

He kills all those who displease him via crocodiles, octopuses and his large, stealthy henchman Lobo (Tor Johnson). Police lieutenant Dick Craig (Tony Mc. Coy) and journalist Janet Lawton (Loretta King) set out to stop him. The film was featured as #3 on Paste Magazine's The 1. Worst Films Ever Featured on MST3.

K, and the publication wrote that "this film was made famous by Tim Burton’s Ed Wood because of the use of a lifeless giant octopus that actors would have to fruitlessly thrash around with to try and make it look like, you know, it was alive and attacking them. This is emblematic of the movie, and of Wood as a filmmaker in general." Leonard Maltin called this film "another hilariously inept Z- grade piece of trash from the king of bad cinema",[citation needed] and Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World of Movie Reviews said "it's more fun than its ridiculous story and brutal acting and incompetently designed sets would indicate".[2. The film was also featured in a 2. DVD 5. 0 Worst Movies Ever Made, and in Michael Medved's book The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History.[2. The Conqueror (1.

Howard Hughes funded The Conqueror, an epic film featuring John Wayne as Mongolian chieftain Genghis Khan and the redheaded Susan Hayward as a Tatar princess. The movie was filmed near St. George, Utah, downwind from a nuclear testing range in Nevada, and is often blamed for the cancer deaths of many of the cast and crew, including Hayward, Wayne, Agnes Moorehead, Pedro Armendáriz, and director Dick Powell.[2. In addition to filming near the testing range, truckloads of the red sands were transported back to the studios for interior scenes. The film made the ten- worst list in The Book of Lists, appears in Michael Sauter's book The Worst Movies of All Time, and was among those listed in Michael Medved's book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.

Originally written for Marlon Brando, The Guardian called the choice of Wayne for Khan "one of the worst casting decisions of all time".[2. Complex listed The Conqueror as the worst biopic ever made.[2.