“Let’s get Retarded” by Black Eyed Peas hit my playlist once while I was a case manager in my 20’s while driving a van full of developmentally challenged adults

Right when the song first came out (and before the radio edit), I happened to work for a nonprofit organization that assisted people with developmental disabilities. My colleagues and I would provide transportation, and vocational support. I used to play music off of my iPod, and I made it a point that nothing I ever played at work had any curse words or explicit content. Well, I guess this one slipped through. I’ve never seen a van full of people be happier and bounce around more enthusiastically then the passengers that day, they absolutely loved the song. My coworker and I exchanged shocked glances, and we didn’t even know what to do, so we just danced along. Looking back to that day, we were all “retarded.”