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We have words that have more than one meaning or have words that are spelled the same but sound different depending on how it is used like "read" and "bow" and we have words that are spelled different but sound the same like "red" and "read" and "buy" and "by" and "bye" and "hi" and "high."

What was the rule, I can't remember?

I always thought that Tallyman's post already made it crystal clear about not getting nasty in there.

What was the rule, I can't remember?

I always thought that Tallyman's post already made it crystal clear about not getting nasty in there.

I agree. There's not much room for ambiguity about TallyMan's post, especially when Alex already said not to belittle or provoke people, directly or indirectly. I wish everyone could just wipe the slate clean and call a truce and start following the rules or avoiding people who may cause conflict.

That's a good rule Ferris. If anyone is asked to stop any behaviour they certainly should, even if it was unintentional.

Apologies can go a long way when we make mistakes.

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It must be cultural I guess because I've never heard the verb to dump used for humans except to mean breaking up with someone

It's not used round my way either , maybe it evolved from dropping the kids off at the pool.

I agree. There's not much room for ambiguity about TallyMan's post, especially when Alex already said not to belittle or provoke people, directly or indirectly. I wish everyone could just wipe the slate clean and call a truce and start following the rules or avoiding people who may cause conflict.

That's a good rule Ferris. If anyone is asked to stop any behaviour they certainly should, even if it was unintentional.

Apologies can go a long way when we make mistakes.

Well the rule seems to have disappeared and is not adhered to anymore so it doesn't matter.

Maybe you could ask her? It could be a system glitch.
Maybe new Admin could reinstate it, if it was accidentally deleted.

Probably because of interpretations and what is considered an insult or what is belittling.

I once read a story that astounded me and I think this was a true story. Someone wrote how we needed to be cautious about the B word (bully) when we label students that. One example was there was this 13 year old kid who was going around calling people names and putting them down and he got asked by the teacher "Now what do you think a bully is?" and he said "going around and calling people fa**ots" and that was shocking.

He wasn't going around calling people slur words so he didn't see himself as a bully.

I even had someone tell me online about the word b***h, "is just a word."

To some people, they are just words and have no affect on them. Good for them. So in their mind, there is no insult and it's just a word.

And on Reddit, when I did a comeback when I got insulted by telling someone "you are an idiot if you think you have to insult people to disagree" because they called me an idiot, they seemed shocked and surprised and played the victim and were like "but but but what you said was stupid" as if they thought they were justified. A spade is a spade you know.

The mindset people out there have is mind boggling. Then they are surprised at your comeback or when they get a warning from a mod or something.


When I was a kid, I thought a bully was taking lunch money from kids or teasing someone every day calling them names that are meant to hurt them and it's done with intent. If someone didn't fit the bully description you always see on TV they were not a bully. So I am not surprised if bullies out there do not see themselves as a bully.

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