Slow-in-the-minds
"Slow-in-the-minds" and "slow minded" are CWC-isms that refers to mentally retarded, crazy, and/or generally stupid people. (Other than Chris himself, of course.) The term was first seen in Chris's school project A Week With Christian Chandler.
Usage
| “ | And finally, after a hard "odd" day, he rides home on a bus, but unfortunately, it had a few "slow-in-the-minds" on it. | ” |
| A Week With Christian Chandler, page 7 | ||
| “ | These busses are full of nutty "slow-in-the-minds." | ” |
| A Week With Christian Chandler, page 6 | ||
Apparently Chris uses this term to refer to the mentally retarded or mentally ill kids who ride the short bus home. Not all "slow-in-the-minds" ride the special bus, though, so the term might also refer to the mentally retarded, the simply dumb, and perhaps bullies. Chris obviously fails to realize that ALL teenagers in high-school act stupid — not because they are retarded, though, but because they are young, immature, and having fun. Chris is probably jealous that other people, and not him, can enjoy themselves in ways that are beyond his limited social skills. In short, one might surmise that the term refers to anybody Chris thinks is dumber than him, for any of a number of reasons.
"Slow-in-the-minds" hits a fine trifecta of points. One, it displays Chris's arrogance, seeing as how it applies to so many classes of people, all of whom he considers "slower" than him. Two, it shows Chris's lip-service attention to fitting in to society, since it's a piss-poor euphemism on its own and even worse when used in a school project. Three, there's a delicious irony in Chris decrying students who are "slow in the mind", even though Chris himself is of dubious mental stability.
In a number of responses from the Mailbag, Chris has explained that he finds the mentally handicapped (especially those who also have physical deformities) creepy, and likens them to zombies.[1][2] Chris's bigotry extends to his fellow autistics — he speaks in cruel and derisive terms about the various speech and physical problems that are thrust upon these innocent individuals, whereas he (as a self-proclaimed "high functioning" autistic) is pure and clean. He barely seems to consider "lower-functioning" autistics human.