21 Aug 2020, 6:03 pm
Fnord wrote:
Steve1963 wrote:
To clarify, I've never voted for a Republican either. But I digress... let's get back to the point of this thread, which is apparently bashing Fnord.
Hold on until I've finished my coffee.So, is that the real you?
You look happy.
Surely that is a fake avatar, then?
21 Aug 2020, 6:09 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:13 pm
Oh_no_its_Ferris wrote:
magz wrote:
Oh_no_its_Ferris wrote:
It's idiotic to think using 'it's idiotic to think' does not cause ambiguity 
Contrary to popular belief, it's not idiotic to think.
What I was getting at, is if you say that a 'point of view' is idiotic knowing that the person who posted before you holds that 'point of view' you are essentially calling them an idiot.
I don't know, maybe others should judge it, but to me it sounds like a very strong disagreement but not personal attack - you don't have to be an idiot to think idiotic thoughts sometimes.
21 Aug 2020, 6:13 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:20 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:22 pm
I know I'm pedantic, but how can an idea be idiotic? Ideas are concepts. Idiot is a human term used to describe a level of IQ. An idea can be wrong, or faulty, or unsound, or I suppose even crazy, but idiot is a human quality.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language. 
21 Aug 2020, 6:23 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
I know I'm pedantic, but how can an idea be idiotic? Ideas are concepts. Idiot is a human term used to describe a level of IQ. An idea can be wrong, or faulty, or unsound, or I suppose even crazy, but idiot is a human quality.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
Nie potrafię Ci odpowiedzieć, bo angielski nie jest moim ojczystym językiem
21 Aug 2020, 6:24 pm
magz wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
In that sense, when I told someone "you're an idiot if you think you have to insult people to disagree," I did literally mean the person I was responding to because they had called me an idiot. So I did a comeback and that person and some other people did not like it.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
What you describe sounds like responding to a personal attack with another personal attack.
Is it a personal attack or a strong disagreement
21 Aug 2020, 6:25 pm
Oh_no_its_Ferris wrote:
magz wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
In that sense, when I told someone "you're an idiot if you think you have to insult people to disagree," I did literally mean the person I was responding to because they had called me an idiot. So I did a comeback and that person and some other people did not like it.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
What you describe sounds like responding to a personal attack with another personal attack.
Is it a personal attack or a strong disagreement
I'm waiting for League_Girl to judge.
21 Aug 2020, 6:26 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:26 pm
magz wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
I know I'm pedantic, but how can an idea be idiotic? Ideas are concepts. Idiot is a human term used to describe a level of IQ. An idea can be wrong, or faulty, or unsound, or I suppose even crazy, but idiot is a human quality.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
Nie potrafię Ci odpowiedzieć, bo angielski nie jest moim ojczystym językiem
W porządku. Żadna krzywda.
21 Aug 2020, 6:29 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:30 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:30 pm
magz wrote:
Oh_no_its_Ferris wrote:
magz wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
In that sense, when I told someone "you're an idiot if you think you have to insult people to disagree," I did literally mean the person I was responding to because they had called me an idiot. So I did a comeback and that person and some other people did not like it.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
Some people can dish it out but they cannot dish it back in.
What you describe sounds like responding to a personal attack with another personal attack.
Is it a personal attack or a strong disagreement
I'm waiting for League_Girl to judge.
She has already said she meant it
21 Aug 2020, 6:30 pm
21 Aug 2020, 6:31 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
That reminds me of the advert "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Ah, that lead to Ministry's "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste".
IsabellaLinton wrote:
I know I'm pedantic, but how can an idea be idiotic? Ideas are concepts. Idiot is a human term used to describe a level of IQ. An idea can be wrong, or faulty, or unsound, or I suppose even crazy, but idiot is a human quality.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
A person can be idiotic, or an idiotic person can have idiotic thoughts in their own mind, but an idea on its own can't be idiotic if not attached to a person.
Yes I'm anal about language.
I would replace anal with knowledgeable: you're raising the bar higher than a lot of people are willing to go, since most don't seem to understand that "thought" and "idea" have a different meaning.
My experience: avoid pointing it out on the internet or you'll be accused of being an anal language nazi, splitting hairs etc. There's always "semantics!" thrown as an insult or to mean that it's not important: one of the strangest bastardizations of language I've seen lately.
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