I'd classify that list as offensive rather than insulting.
To me, insulting someone is belittling them and making them feel insignificant or inferior. Making fun of something people can't help is the worst kind of insult (from my POV). If someone tells me I smell, I don't mind because I can have a shower and the problem is gone. If someone tells me I'm fat or ugly (or 'buttaz' as it's called in my school), I don't mind because I know it's not true. But when someone makes fun of my stammer, which I've always had and is still here despite speech-therapy, it makes me want to weep with despair and explode with frustration. I often end up screaming, 'I CAN'T HELP IT, YOU BASTARD!' at them. Equally bad is when they accuse me of not having a stammer at all, and that I'm doing it for attention.
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Hand me my flamethrower... it's the one that says 'Bad Motherfucker'.
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