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On May 03 2010 04:51 Romantic wrote:
lol... taking literal meanings to dissect pop culture slang and suggesting alternatives. Whats new? Strong English teacher vibe ITT.
Fun-sucker! Enjoy being articulate and your ability to use the dictionary while the rest of us don't! Feel happy in your superiority.
If I tell you you're a retard I'm probably not actually trying to have a conversation with you; I am dismissing you.
"That is retarded" is much simpler and it conveys a wide degree of dislike. Simplicity is key. If I call you retarded the ball is in your court, respond accordingly!
You think saying retard is retarded. You could have saved a lot of time by just posting that. We all would have received just about the same incentive to think about why it may be retarded to say retarded and contribute if our views were strong enough. Actually, I would have had more incentive because I skimmed. TL;DR.
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In summation, you aren't going to change anyone's mind by forcibly modifying pop culture via TL.net by trying to add complexity to a place where simplicity has not only been found to be much more manageable such as the internet, informal conversation, etc etc but has also been challenged by everyone from the parents of genuine retards to Holier than thou 14-year-old females which means most people will probably associate this blog to the fun-sucking speeches of the previously mentioned groups. Without a good approach you will just be lumped together with them. This leads me to believe that there isn't a forcible approach because we have already been inoculated and remain unchanged in our speech patterns. Surely TL.net is not the place to begin your retard revolution even if you had a magical approach that did not cause me to think of you as a 14 year old girl\English teacher\mother of a retard, TL.net is likely not the place to start your retard revolution. That said, these are just personal grievances with your blog. Be aware that many people lack the mental capacity or do not have readily available sources to back up their arguments but still want to express their displeasure. These people are your audience and you aren't entitled to pick and choose who expresses their feelings in a simplified form and which take a more lengthy approach. If you want to further investigate the root of these emotions\feelings than feel free to press them. However, understand that they have a decent idea going for them because starting out long-winded is a sure fire way to turn people off.
Recognition of the blog zone as a free for all for posting whatever you want to is a deciding factor on my approval of a blog's legal position. While it is perfectly fine for you to post this, I disagree on just about everything.
Alternatively, I could have said:
this blog was retarded! Then I could have went and got myself an aspirin for my caffeine withdrawal headache and moved on with life instead of typing a giant paragraph.
Simple simple!
lol... taking literal meanings to dissect pop culture slang and suggesting alternatives. Whats new? Strong English teacher vibe ITT.
Fun-sucker! Enjoy being articulate and your ability to use the dictionary while the rest of us don't! Feel happy in your superiority.
If I tell you you're a retard I'm probably not actually trying to have a conversation with you; I am dismissing you.
"That is retarded" is much simpler and it conveys a wide degree of dislike. Simplicity is key. If I call you retarded the ball is in your court, respond accordingly!
You think saying retard is retarded. You could have saved a lot of time by just posting that. We all would have received just about the same incentive to think about why it may be retarded to say retarded and contribute if our views were strong enough. Actually, I would have had more incentive because I skimmed. TL;DR.
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In summation, you aren't going to change anyone's mind by forcibly modifying pop culture via TL.net by trying to add complexity to a place where simplicity has not only been found to be much more manageable such as the internet, informal conversation, etc etc but has also been challenged by everyone from the parents of genuine retards to Holier than thou 14-year-old females which means most people will probably associate this blog to the fun-sucking speeches of the previously mentioned groups. Without a good approach you will just be lumped together with them. This leads me to believe that there isn't a forcible approach because we have already been inoculated and remain unchanged in our speech patterns. Surely TL.net is not the place to begin your retard revolution even if you had a magical approach that did not cause me to think of you as a 14 year old girl\English teacher\mother of a retard, TL.net is likely not the place to start your retard revolution. That said, these are just personal grievances with your blog. Be aware that many people lack the mental capacity or do not have readily available sources to back up their arguments but still want to express their displeasure. These people are your audience and you aren't entitled to pick and choose who expresses their feelings in a simplified form and which take a more lengthy approach. If you want to further investigate the root of these emotions\feelings than feel free to press them. However, understand that they have a decent idea going for them because starting out long-winded is a sure fire way to turn people off.
Recognition of the blog zone as a free for all for posting whatever you want to is a deciding factor on my approval of a blog's legal position. While it is perfectly fine for you to post this, I disagree on just about everything.
Alternatively, I could have said:
this blog was retarded! Then I could have went and got myself an aspirin for my caffeine withdrawal headache and moved on with life instead of typing a giant paragraph.
Simple simple!
I don't think skimming my post was a very good idea since you seem to have completely missed the point. Most of the things you seem to disagree with me on are things I didn't say and don't believe.
edit: btw instead of making a ------------- for a line you can use
