stopping ourselves of using certain words

we all have done it, called each other or someone else (or even ourselves) a 'retard' or that's so 'gay' instead of stupid. Me being inflicted with both terms and groups of people is saying one thing but saying it and thinking that we aren't harming someone else that isn't present is another. A young teenager joking around using those words is just as stupid. If you're old enough to undertand the latest fad going around, then your old enough to have some common sense and stop yourself before having that word come out of your mouth. So think twice before you say something, you don't know who you're insulting. This isn't to say I'm perfect, hell I know nobody is, but I've gotten better and earned self-awareness.