Yahoo: Meta restores meme showing Harris and Walz as ‘Dumb and Dumber’ — after Facebook ban
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Facebook reversed its ban of a meme that pokes fun at the Democratic presidential ticket as characters from the hit film “Dumb and ...
Meta restores meme showing Harris and Walz as ‘Dumb and Dumber’ — after Facebook ban
TheWrap: Facebook Oversight Board Unblocks Harris-Walz ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Meme as Political Satire
Facebook Oversight Board Unblocks Harris-Walz ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Meme as Political Satire
Facebook must unblock a satirical image of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz that’s based on the “Dumb and Dumber” movie poster, according to a Wednesday ruling from parent company Meta’s Oversight Board.
The term dumb as a descriptor for someone lacking the ability to speak was once common, and from the early 19th century, it featured in the names of schools and advocacy organizations.
DUMB definition: lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted. See examples of dumb used in a sentence.
DUMB definition: 1. unable to speak: 2. temporarily unable to speak, for example because you are very surprised or…. Learn more.
From Middle English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”), from Old English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (“dull, dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).
Dumb is the Old English word that means "mute, speechless," and itself came from an even older word dheubh meaning "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness." Today, dumb still means "unable to speak," but it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.