What screams "poorly educated"?

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Parents feeding their baby cola in bottles and smoking while pregnant are two things that usually cause me to make assumptions
- Smoking in general. An expensive habit of self-harm for short term "feels good."
  
  You'd be surprised how many PhD-holders do coke/meth.
  
  And to get rid of the craving for a bit. I say this while smoking a removed (glad I can say this without risk of admins banning me). I should probably quit l.
  
  If you knew saying that word could cause pain in others, why would you say it and further celebrate it? OP may not have meant their question this way, but your comment is how I identify people with poor emotional intelligence.
  
  Because it’s not a slur, it’s literally the word for a cigarette and that’s it. I’m not celebrating anything I’m just glad I don’t have to go back and edit my comments to avoid a completely unwarranted ban.
  
  In the English speaking world, it is a slur regardless of whether or not you use it as slang for a cigarette. Do you really believe that using a word is more important than making sure others don't feel marginalized? Emotional intelligence is partly about empathy and using that to recognize harmful behavior. A sign of maturity and positive personal growth is realizing that your behavior causes others to feel unwelcome and correcting that behavior. It's fortuitous that, in a thread about signs of poor education, we are having this discussion. Criticisms are learning experiences, not made with malice; malice is purposefully saying something harmful and celebrating it. Will your life truly be ruined by substituting that word so you don't accidentally hurt someone?
  
  In England it is literally the word for a cigarette. I don’t know what to tell you, most people call it that here. It has no relation to the slur and has different origins. Next you’re going to tell me I can’t have faggots and mash for dinner tonight because you might cry.
  Also how inconsiderate of the bbc for using the word removed on one of their own YouTube channels https://youtu.be/pVHbWHGVYaU
- Do you see this often?
  
  My cousin was taken off her mother because of the cola thing.
  
  More times than I can recollect
- My baby likes it though, and smoking is better than me injecting. What more do you want?

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