Calvindoyl - Timed Ban Appeal
What’s your BYOND key?
Calvindoyl
Character Name?
BA-LD
Type of Ban?
Timed Ban
What is your Bancode?
Admin who banned you?
LTNTS
Total Ban Duration
7d
Remaining Duration
6d 23h 58?m
What other servers do you play on?
0
Are you now or have you been banned on any servers? Which ones?
0
Do you play using a Virtual Machine?
No
is your copy of Windows legitimate?
Yes
Reason for Ban:
Hivemind, Prime Spitter (BA-526-LD) (watch) hisses, ‘DNA damage due to lack of atmosphere has resuletd in a hivewide case of mild retardation’; r-slur, auto 7d ban
Links to previous appeals:
none
Your appeal:
So, had just woken up and brain wasn’t firing on ALL cylinders, didnt’ realize what I’d said till after I’d said it - figured it wasn’t the worst thing given the context.
We are protected on Earth from extreme radiation by our atmosphere - astronauts that come back have quite a bit of DNA damage from solar rays, ect. One of the xenos mentioned something about how sisters can’t read, and I offered the suggestion that ‘this planets lack of atmosphere resulted in our dna being damaged by radiation, resulting in a case of mild retardation’ - i.e., queen’s eggs got a dose of the rads and we all ended up with a much lower IQ as a result.
It’s used solely to refer to a condition that can result from DNA damage/fetal alcoholism/any adverse in-vitro effect, and not at all as some kind of slur or insult… imo it was an interesting question/reason i could give ICly about why some hives are a bit…slower… than others; extra radiation affecting queens ovaries/eggs and causing DNA damage to the embryos.
Exact conversation is below. Tbh I feel a 7d ban is a BIT extreme - this had no malice in it - but I get that the word is taboo now… but if you find someone who would get triggered by that use of it, that’s legit a person that could not psychologically handle watching Forrest Gump all the way through, which is one of the greatest movies about facing and overcoming adversity in spite of labels and handicaps.
It was/is a legit medical diagnosis.
Give me back my sea-legs 
Hivemind, Prime Burrower (AD-421-HD) (watch) hisses, ‘Might help if you can read.’
Hivemind, Prime Burrower (AD-421-HD) (watch) hisses, ‘The chronic lack of reading ability amongst sisters when it comes to tunnels needs to be addressed.’
Hivemind, Prime Spitter (BA-526-LD) (watch) hisses, ‘DNA damage due to lack of atmosphere has resuletd in a hivewide case of mild retardation’
Hivemind, Prime Spitter (BA-526-LD) (watch) hisses, ‘And illiyteracy’