Talk:Snails/@comment-5171773-20120606185708/@comment-96.38.162.29-20120829084943

Derpy's name is offensive to people with intellectual disabilities because "derp" is similar to the noises that some of them produce. When normal people make similar noises, they do it to insult the mentally handicapped. Also, the way Derpy acts combined with her voice makes it apparent that she is stupid and that in conjunction with her wall eyes make you associate that stupidity with intellectual disability. Thus, it makes sense why some people would be offended.

As a side note, Snails has his name because snails are slow so his cutie mark reflects that his talent/life calling is being intellectually slow. It ain't rocket science folks.