On Taking Offense

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  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?

    Don't forget the skinny jeans.
  • pixelatedsun
    pixelatedsun Posts: 165 Member
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    You're trying too hard.
  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?

    Don't forget the skinny jeans.

    Lest not we want our dangle berries to receive proper ventilation.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?

    Don't forget the skinny jeans.

    Lest not we want our dangle berries to receive proper ventilation.

    Dangle berries? Don u mn deeeez nutz?!
  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?

    Don't forget the skinny jeans.

    Lest not we want our dangle berries to receive proper ventilation.

    Dangle berries? Don u mn deeeez nutz?!

    Such barbaric language! Are you referring to a pair of tallywackers?
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
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    Ah, OP drinks wine and quotes Baudelaire. The difference between a well education person and a pompous individual is how many obscure/ partially well known historical figures they can cite.

    Tell me, does all your flannel and ill fitting English prose make you itch?

    Don't forget the skinny jeans.

    Lest not we want our dangle berries to receive proper ventilation.

    Dangle berries? Don u mn deeeez nutz?!

    Such barbaric language! Are you referring to a pair of tallywackers?


    Testicles or testis if he only has one.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
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    I like tripe as long as it's fried with a little egg, flour and salt.

    Political correctness is the bane of our society, hence I have become a smartass.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
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    U b try'n hard 2 b smart n stuf

    ^ are you referring to sentences such as this OP? If you are then I would argue that this sentence is a lovely example of a dialect common to the social media culture, and that it contains unique grammatical and phonological rules. For example, the use of the number 2 to replace the word "to" is an amusing and easily understood substitution if you are involved in the culture. Also, the phoneme 'n after 'try' infers present tense of a verb, and "U b" is grammatically understood to be equivalent to "you are" as used in the English language. I am not nearly as proficient as this poster, as I have been guilty of combining different dialects and languages in one sentence. Now, that is offensive.
  • La_Malfaisante
    La_Malfaisante Posts: 1,509 Member
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  • Kaelakcr
    Kaelakcr Posts: 505 Member
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    OP belongs on /r/iamverysmart.

    I'm an English major. As such, I recognize that the way most people write is different based on the context. I'm not going to speak to you using high language and stiff prose on a forum. I also know that language evolves. People probably thought Shakespeare was an uppity asshat at first, making up crazy words like "upstairs", "zany", and "buzzer".

    Also, take a second and read this: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/is-your-intellect-an-asset-or-liability/
    I honestly think you could benefit from it.

    This is all assuming that you aren't just a troll. If you are, then:

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  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Op right now:

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  • Kimdbro
    Kimdbro Posts: 922 Member
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    --because "yolo, y'know"?

    Here's a thought: If you only live once, why not learn a proper language? Such as English.

    :heart: :heart:
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    Wait...so this isn't a post about football?

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  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,583 Member
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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Way to take a hard line stance against the lowest hanging fruit. I'm gonna take a wild guess that you also have strong feelings about the Kardashians.

    So much work to mock dumb teenagers.

    ^^^ That was what I was thinking.

    OP, the truly intellectual already know that it is pointless to tell the stupid that they are stupid.

    But let me walk away from this thread before I do something pointles...

    Wait...
  • kathdela
    kathdela Posts: 148 Member
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    1. There is no "proper" language, and for you to say that Enlgish is one is awfully ****ty
    2. You're tryin' too hard, dude
  • Kaelakcr
    Kaelakcr Posts: 505 Member
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