The annoying, 'noobs.' On YouTube... Kinda off-topic, dont'ya think? =/
#18
Posted 02 September 2008 - 02:43 AM
Hey Kazuma, you can come back in now, we're done poking fun at you, we're honestly not that elitest.
Actually, I would like to point you back to my first days on the forums.
#19
Posted 03 September 2008 - 12:43 AM
I was talking about that, Adam. You don't exactly hear people refer to themselves as 'gentlemen' and use words like 'insinuation'. The last time I heard 'insinuating' was in a Monty Python sketch. It's just the paragraph gives off vibe of a fading upper class british stereotype.
Unless you were continuing the joke with 'blathering', in which case, my bad.
Chaotic Good
#20
Posted 03 September 2008 - 08:49 AM
In fact, drawing attention to the fact that the last time you heard a not uncommon formal English word was in a 1960s sketch show only highlights the types of media you must consume and company you must keep.
This post has been edited by AdamM: 03 September 2008 - 08:54 AM
#21
Posted 03 September 2008 - 10:39 PM
On topic, who cares when somebody became a fan of Yahtzee? The only person I could possibly expect to impress by drawing attention to the date I stumbled upon a bunch of free games in the vast ocean of the internet would be myself. Frankly, even I don't find the length of time I've been keeping up with FullyRamblomatic impressive, so how could anybody else?
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#22
Posted 04 September 2008 - 05:47 AM
In fact, drawing attention to the fact that the last time you heard a not uncommon formal English word was in a 1960s sketch show only highlights the types of media you must consume and company you must keep.
Okay, let's take it from the top. I made the assumption that only British people use the word 'insinuation' because I watch 1960s sketch shows, which does show what media I watch. Is it a negative thing? It's Monty Python for crying out loud. I'm sorry, I fully admit to watching Monty Python, and I feel very guilty for it.
No, don't take that bait.
For the sake of the argument, the other Australian media available to me is Australian public television. Five channels of recycled American reality TV shows, recycled American TV shows, second rate soaps and the occasional British stuff, which is usually humour anyway. I don't watch much television because of this, so I'm not exposed to the word 'insinuation' very much.
Now, the comment about the company I keep. No, my friends don't use the word 'insinuation' very often because it never seems appropriate to use it. Here's a question that I genuinely would like answered; What does me watching Monty Python say about my friends?
You are overreacting. You were snapping at an attempted joke and now you're insulting myself and my friends when I tried to explain myself civilly, which resulted in this equally rude reply.
So yes, for the sake of this, I made a bad joke and the assumption that the word 'insinuation' was not commonly used outside of a stereotype. Did I warrant your reaction?
Chaotic Good
#23
Posted 04 September 2008 - 09:30 AM
Even when people are being rude to you, I've found it better to calmly and politely type my reply (if I deign to even respond). That way, even if they are right, you look like a lot less of a twatberry and might even make them look silly for getting so worked up in the process.
The Golden Rule applies everywhere, even the Internet.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#24
Posted 05 September 2008 - 02:28 AM
What is the Golden Rule?
Chaotic Good
#25
Posted 05 September 2008 - 10:26 AM
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#26
Posted 06 September 2008 - 09:52 AM
It is possible to treat everyone nicely, but to treat some people in certain ways, such that they react negatively to the next person to come along, or, if you're clever about it, to a particular person.
It is therefore possible to do this by accident.
Furthermore, even within first order communications, it may be impossible to achieve, or self-contradictory.
Let's say I want people to respect a particular skill I have, and no one else around has it. and I want them to respect it because the skill itself deserves respect, not me because I have the skill, but the skill itself. If no one around has that skill, how can I do unto others as I want them to do unto me?
Furthermore, what if a lesser form or mockery of the skill deserves no respect . . . do I show respect for it because I want the real skill to be respected, or do I diss the guy because he doesn't understand the skill, and I don't want people to needlessly respect something which deserves no respect?
If it helps, imagine fencing as the skill in the example above, and the second person is merely waving around a Gladius like a fool.
#27
Posted 06 September 2008 - 11:49 AM
You'll have a difficult time convincing me that being a twerp is a good idea in any situation. Even if you don't believe in any higher power, it's still a bad idea to be an unlikable twit. Social pressures basically force you to be nice to at least a small percentage of people unless you're a hermit. Otherwise, you have few (if any) friends and even the most introverted, misanthropic person needs other people occasionally. Try being an ass to your professor at college, or to your boss. Try being nasty to every single person you meet and we'll see how far you get in life.
I'm not saying that all jerk-offs will get their comeuppance every single time, but I prefer to put my money on the safer bet of being affable and friendly, even to my enemies.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#28
Posted 06 September 2008 - 11:58 AM
Bah, sod that. There's no need to change the world by being ever so polite all the time, especially when the person you're trying to criticise is an egotistical twat.
#29
Posted 06 September 2008 - 12:11 PM
Does that make a bit more sense?
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?