Some people would argue that saying you disagree isn't respecting their opinion. At least from my experience and from what I've seen happen to others on the forum.
I hate when people can't respect opinions. If you disagree with someone, just actually tell them why you disagree while still respecting the… moreir opinion and without starting a fight. Unless it something completely idiotic, like topics on racism and homophobes. Their opinions shouldn't even be heard IMO.
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
Otherkin and those who enable them. Just learned what that is today..I weep for humanity. You think you're a fucking plant? Your pronouns are petal, petals, and petalself? ...Really? You need serious help.
Modern Feminists. Ok, yes, I do hate the ideology, but I'm severely irritated by it's followers. I don't need to elaborate on why. Fuck you Lena Dunham.
Self hating Americans. If you think America is so damn terrible and oppressive, or seeing the American flag and soldiers in uniform actually offends you, then leave. Go to North Korea, I'm sure you'll love it there.
People who think they're superior because they watch and read obscure tv shows/movies/literature, or because they like to drink tea. Basically hipsters. Hipsters are annoying as hell.
Parents who allow/encourage their children to act like brats in a public setting, or even worse, ignore them when it happens. I don't want to hear a screaming toddler while I'm eating food I'm paying for. If your kids are incapable of behaving themselves, hire a damn babysitter.
Bad table manners. How hard is it to chew with your mouth closed, and wait until you don't have food in your mouth to speak? Really gets on my nerves.
1-800 numbers that call you at ridiculously early hours. It's 5:30 in the morning, no I don't want to hear your stupid sales pitch, I want to sleep, and how the hell did you even get my number?
...I think that's pretty much it. May add to it later.
Social Justice Warriors. All they ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people whoever they deem problematic. They don't actually contribute positively to their "cause", in fact it they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive, even facts offend some of them, they expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Modern Feminists. Ok, so I hate the ideology, but I'm severely irritated by it's followers. I don't need to elaborate on why..fuck you Lena Dunham.
I haven't read your entire post, but I feel like we'd get along just nicely.
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they… more ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
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Hitler used his racist opinions and did actions because of them. Tell me, what's worse, saying Jews are inferior, or actively treating them as inferior? My point was having an opinion and actively living that opinion are different things, and I think one should only judge when the opinion is actionized. That's not a word, but whatever.
Hitler had a bunch of reasons to hate Jews. That one is one of the several theories I've heard, and besides using Jews as a scape goat to gain political prowess. The theory I'm referring was mentioned in his book, Mein Kampf, where Hitler recounts his venture to enrolling in the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, where he convinced himself that the panel who rejected the application were Jews, and that began his hate which expanded into his full blown hatred after a series of unfortunate events were he blamed Jews.
You're really beating a dead horse, no point in arguing anymore.
If you acknowledge your example is flawed then you can't really blame me for missing the point my love.
And the Hitler expansion doesn't … morereally work - at least for most people - as most people HAVE judged Hitler for his racism.
Also as someone who studied the rise of Hitler at a high level, I can tell you that saying he hated Jews because they rejected his art school application is incredibly over simplistic.
Sexists, homophobes, racists... Anyone who doesn't believe that people who are different should have different rights; I also hate those who defend said discriminators their claims.
First off, don't call me 'my love'.
Hitler used his racist opinions and did actions because of them. Tell me, what's worse, saying Jews a… morere inferior, or actively treating them as inferior? My point was having an opinion and actively living that opinion are different things, and I think one should only judge when the opinion is actionized. That's not a word, but whatever.
Hitler had a bunch of reasons to hate Jews. That one is one of the several theories I've heard, and besides using Jews as a scape goat to gain political prowess. The theory I'm referring was mentioned in his book, Mein Kampf, where Hitler recounts his venture to enrolling in the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, where he convinced himself that the panel who rejected the application were Jews, and that began his hate which expanded into his full blown hatred after a series of unfortunate events were he blamed Jews.
You're really beating a dead horse, no point in arguing anymore.
Sexists, homophobes, racists... Anyone who doesn't believe that people who are different should have different rights; I also hate those who defend said discriminators their claims.
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they… more ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
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We're not discussing the definition of anything. We're talking about how to correctly write a word, and there happens to be two acceptable ways to do so.
Either something is correct or it's not. I'll probably drop the hyphen if that is in fact what is more widely done, but we are still talking about a matter of preference here.
It's not me just 'saying so', it is a fact. Linguistics is a science, and one which I have studied in depth.
A word's true definition is … morethe one that most people believe to be correct.
If 60% of Americans think the word 'water' means 'sky', then water does primarily mean sky in the language of American English.
There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one was right and the other wrong. It really doesn't make any sense lol.
(And I would argue that definitions and spellings do not nesescarily work in the same way, considering definitions can vary for various words depending on the context of how they are used... which is why we do see multiple accepted definitions for said words. Just saying.)
Definition and spelling work the exact same way.
Say 60% of americicans think water is spelled watur. Then, it is spelled watur correctly… more. Anything else is just varying degrees of wrong.
Also, there is no if, I looked it up. Simple google searches will tell you enough that semicolon is correct. Not in the least because it autocorrects semi-colon to semicolon in the Google Instant suggestions.
Say 60% of americicans think water is spelled watur. Then, it is spelled watur correctly. Anything else is just varying degrees of wrong.
Also, there is no if, I looked it up. Simple google searches will tell you enough that semicolon is correct. Not in the least because it autocorrects semi-colon to semicolon in the Google Instant suggestions.
We're not discussing the definition of anything. We're talking about how to correctly write a word, and there happens to be two acceptable w… moreays to do so.
Either something is correct or it's not. I'll probably drop the hyphen if that is in fact what is more widely done, but we are still talking about a matter of preference here.
What is hypocritical about what I said? I just said you can respect opinions even if you disagree. If you disagree, add to the conversation in a mature way instead of completely trashing their opinion.
Some people would argue that saying you disagree isn't respecting their opinion. At least from my experience and from what I've seen happen to others on the forum.
There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one was right and the other wrong. It really doesn't make any sense lol.
And I would argue that definitions and spellings do not necessarily work in the same way, considering definitions can vary for various words depending on the context of how they are used... which is why we do see multiple accepted definitions for said words.
Definition and spelling work the exact same way.
Say 60% of americicans think water is spelled watur. Then, it is spelled watur correctly… more. Anything else is just varying degrees of wrong.
Also, there is no if, I looked it up. Simple google searches will tell you enough that semicolon is correct. Not in the least because it autocorrects semi-colon to semicolon in the Google Instant suggestions.
Apparently the forum ate my comment.
There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one was right and the other wrong. It rea… morelly doesn't make any sense lol.
And I would argue that definitions and spellings do not necessarily work in the same way, considering definitions can vary for various words depending on the context of how they are used... which is why we do see multiple accepted definitions for said words.
Take 'don't and do not'. Set phrases, which are essentially words, which mean the same thing.
One is more casual, one more formal and punchy, and would thus be used in differing circumstanced. Elision is spelling.
Another example: 'articulate', noun, and 'articulate', verb. Now while the technical spellings do not change, the sounds (which is what we're talking about when we mention spelling above: pronounciation differences are verbal spellings) do to indicate different uses of the word.
Take 'don't and do not'. Set phrases, which are essentially words, which mean the same thing. One is more casual, one more formal and punchy, and would thus be used in differing circumstanced.
That doesn't necessarily have to be so, though. Saying "don't" in a formal setting isn't technically incorrect, even if you wouldn't find it appropriate for whatever reason. "Don't" can be said in a formal setting, it doesn't have to be changed to "do not".
Anyway, to go back to what we were originally discussing, the word "semicolon" does not change based upon context anyway. There's simply two different, perfectly correct ways to spell the word. There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one spelling is considered correct and the other incorrect.
Take 'don't and do not'. Set phrases, which are essentially words, which mean the same thing.
One is more casual, one more formal and pun… morechy, and would thus be used in differing circumstanced. Elision is spelling.
Another example: 'articulate', noun, and 'articulate', verb. Now while the technical spellings do not change, the sounds (which is what we're talking about when we mention spelling above: pronounciation differences are verbal spellings) do to indicate different uses of the word.
Most people I know use jokes that are offensive to someone, just because it's a joke shouldn't be an excuse to hurt someone emotionally, spiritually or mentally. Unless it's a joke that isn't completely directed at them of course, then again most people I know joke about themselves so...
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they… more ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
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I take issue with that quote because it's like saying 'There wouldn't be x different ways to break up with someone if (y) were right and (x-y) were wrong'.
As in, there're thousands of different ways of spelling things. I could spell 'a lot' with a silent q if I wanted.
There is only one objectively 'correct' spelling - a lot - and other ways of spelling it which we acknowledge as being an alternative spelling despite technically being wrong - alot.
Take 'don't and do not'. Set phrases, which are essentially words, which mean the same thing. One is more casual, one more formal and punchy… more, and would thus be used in differing circumstanced.
That doesn't necessarily have to be so, though. Saying "don't" in a formal setting isn't technically incorrect, even if you wouldn't find it appropriate for whatever reason. "Don't" can be said in a formal setting, it doesn't have to be changed to "do not".
Anyway, to go back to what we were originally discussing, the word "semicolon" does not change based upon context anyway. There's simply two different, perfectly correct ways to spell the word. There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one spelling is considered correct and the other incorrect.
Well, there's a difference between telling a joke, and making fun of someone. Making fun of someone with the sole goal of hurting their feelings is a shitty thing to do.
Most people I know use jokes that are offensive to someone, just because it's a joke shouldn't be an excuse to hurt someone emotionally, spi… moreritually or mentally. Unless it's a joke that isn't completely directed at them of course, then again most people I know joke about themselves so...
EDIT: Oooh, dramatic 'EDITING' notice. Exciting. This like a 1 and a half
I'm too busy debating with myself on where I should stand on this. This is turning into a 1½ vs ½ conversation. Not even fair.
I take issue with that quote because it's like saying 'There wouldn't be x different ways to break up with someone if (y) were right and (x-y) were wrong'. As in, there're thousands of different ways of spelling things. I could spell 'a lot' with a silent q if I wanted. There is only one objectively 'correct' spelling - a lot - and other ways of spelling it which we acknowledge as being an alternative spelling despite technically being wrong - alot.
But what I'm arguing is that the two spellings are both equally correct. So far I haven't been able to find anything disputing the fact that "semi-colon" is a proper variation of "semicolon".
I love how we're actually debating about this lol.
Don't worry, I'm always a little derp :P
I take issue with that quote because it's like saying 'There wouldn't be x different ways to bre… moreak up with someone if (y) were right and (x-y) were wrong'.
As in, there're thousands of different ways of spelling things. I could spell 'a lot' with a silent q if I wanted.
There is only one objectively 'correct' spelling - a lot - and other ways of spelling it which we acknowledge as being an alternative spelling despite technically being wrong - alot.
EDIT: Oooh, dramatic 'EDITING' notice. Exciting.
When people throw cats and chickens at you.
When people excuse verbal bullying and harassment as just a 'joke'.
When people provide no… more evidence on a topic you're discussing and only provide assumptions as evidence.
When someone asks you to do something and you do it and when you ask them to do something and they say they'll do it but don't.
When people get mad at you just for saying "Hi".
When people don't know you but they pretend like you're their best friend(awkwardness).
When people slap you with a rubber chicken and alternatively a raw fish.
When people won't leave you alone even when you ask politely.
When people steal your favourite games and pretend that they never had it.
When people joke about serious topics that you feel strongly about.
The chicken one was when I was little I was afraid of animals so my relatives sometimes threw chickens at me. Also the rubber chicken, we have on in Drama class and people like to hit each other with it, as for the raw fish... I have no explanations.
I don't think that in linguistics, unless two different spellings are believed by the exact same number of people, two divergent spellings can be equally correct, as 'correctness' is based on how many people use said spelling.
EDIT: Oooh, dramatic 'EDITING' notice. Exciting. This like a 1 and a half
I'm too busy debating with myself on where I should stand … moreon this. This is turning into a 1½ vs ½ conversation. Not even fair.
I take issue with that quote because it's like saying 'There wouldn't be x different ways to break up with someone if (y) were right and (x-y) were wrong'. As in, there're thousands of different ways of spelling things. I could spell 'a lot' with a silent q if I wanted. There is only one objectively 'correct' spelling - a lot - and other ways of spelling it which we acknowledge as being an alternative spelling despite technically being wrong - alot.
But what I'm arguing is that the two spellings are both equally correct. So far I haven't been able to find anything disputing the fact that "semi-colon" is a proper variation of "semicolon".
I love how we're actually debating about this lol.
To me, I don't like the idea of messing with a universe that someone else has already created, and if they want to write a story, why not create their own unique world and come up with their own characters instead of using someone else's? I don't know, I just really feel weird about it.
To me, I don't like the idea of messing with a universe that someone else has already created, and if they want to write a story, why not cr… moreeate their own unique world and come up with their own characters instead of using someone else's? I don't know, I just really feel weird about it.
Everywhere I go, I somehow manage to make a friend who loves Fan Fiction.
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they… more ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
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Racists and homophobic people annoy me because they are unwilling to accept others for who they are.
Oh, and the Westboro Baptist Church. Fuck those guys.
Fan Fiction is pretty much a joke to me, usually me and my friends will look some up and read it aloud to laugh at it. Everything about it i… mores really bad, the writing, the grammar and usually the authors story is just pretty cringe-worthy overall.
I suppose you have different reasons to dislike it, what are they?
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Some people would argue that saying you disagree isn't respecting their opinion. At least from my experience and from what I've seen happen to others on the forum.
Strictly things or people that annoy you? Ok, I can do that. I'll exclude the things and people I hate.
Social Justice Warriors. All they ever do is scream and cry about some "tragedy" on their blog, and attack/hate on people they deem "problematic". They don't actually contribute positively to their cause, in fact they don't even have a cause. They just want an excuse to complain, but make it look like they're doing something worth while. Lazy and selfish is what they are.
Over-sensitive people who get offended way too easily. Any opinion that isn't theirs offends them, all jokes are offensive if they don't think it's funny, even facts offend some of them. They always expect an apology if you unknowingly offend them, even though that's not enough most of the time, and everybody needs to be politically correct so nobody gets their feelings hurt. Just..wtf. Grow a thicker skin and get over it.
Race Baiters. Fuck you Al Sharpton.
Otherkin and those who enable them. Just learned what that is today..I weep for humanity. You think you're a fucking plant? Your pronouns are petal, petals, and petalself? ...Really? You need serious help.
Modern Feminists. Ok, yes, I do hate the ideology, but I'm severely irritated by it's followers. I don't need to elaborate on why. Fuck you Lena Dunham.
Self hating Americans. If you think America is so damn terrible and oppressive, or seeing the American flag and soldiers in uniform actually offends you, then leave. Go to North Korea, I'm sure you'll love it there.
People who think they're superior because they watch and read obscure tv shows/movies/literature, or because they like to drink tea. Basically hipsters. Hipsters are annoying as hell.
Parents who allow/encourage their children to act like brats in a public setting, or even worse, ignore them when it happens. I don't want to hear a screaming toddler while I'm eating food I'm paying for. If your kids are incapable of behaving themselves, hire a damn babysitter.
Bad table manners. How hard is it to chew with your mouth closed, and wait until you don't have food in your mouth to speak? Really gets on my nerves.
1-800 numbers that call you at ridiculously early hours. It's 5:30 in the morning, no I don't want to hear your stupid sales pitch, I want to sleep, and how the hell did you even get my number?
...I think that's pretty much it. May add to it later.
I haven't read your entire post, but I feel like we'd get along just nicely.
First off, don't call me 'my love'.
Hitler used his racist opinions and did actions because of them. Tell me, what's worse, saying Jews are inferior, or actively treating them as inferior? My point was having an opinion and actively living that opinion are different things, and I think one should only judge when the opinion is actionized. That's not a word, but whatever.
Hitler had a bunch of reasons to hate Jews. That one is one of the several theories I've heard, and besides using Jews as a scape goat to gain political prowess. The theory I'm referring was mentioned in his book, Mein Kampf, where Hitler recounts his venture to enrolling in the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, where he convinced himself that the panel who rejected the application were Jews, and that began his hate which expanded into his full blown hatred after a series of unfortunate events were he blamed Jews.
You're really beating a dead horse, no point in arguing anymore.
Sexists, homophobes, racists... Anyone who doesn't believe that people who are different should have different rights; I also hate those who defend said discriminators their claims.
Won't from now on my love.
Oh, treating them as inferior is worse. 100% agree.
Murder is worse than theft.
They are totally different things, I agree too.
That does not mean only one of them is bad. They are both bad, just to wildly different degrees.
And I'm glad that you know the reasons were far more numerous. That was not the implication of your original post, so I must have misunderstood.
There's a very strong argument around that Hitler didn't actually hate jews, just used them as a scapegoat to further his political powers.
I.e. he pretended to hate them to become more popular.
A man after my own heart
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but u haven't even checked ur cis privilege today tho
If you say so. Personally I would say it's just a matter of personal preference, but whatever.
oh noes how cud i forgte such signficnt thing ,
lol das bettr. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)
It's not me just 'saying so', it is a fact. Linguistics is a science, and one which I have studied in depth.
A word's true definition is the one that most people believe to be correct.
If 60% of Americans think the word 'water' means 'sky', then water does primarily mean sky in the language of American English.
We're not discussing the definition of anything. We're talking about how to correctly write a word, and there happens to be two acceptable ways to do so.
Either something is correct or it's not. I'll probably drop the hyphen if that is in fact what is more widely done, but we are still talking about a matter of preference here.
There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one was right and the other wrong. It really doesn't make any sense lol.
(And I would argue that definitions and spellings do not nesescarily work in the same way, considering definitions can vary for various words depending on the context of how they are used... which is why we do see multiple accepted definitions for said words. Just saying.)
Definition and spelling work the exact same way.
Say 60% of americicans think water is spelled watur. Then, it is spelled watur correctly. Anything else is just varying degrees of wrong.
Also, there is no if, I looked it up. Simple google searches will tell you enough that semicolon is correct. Not in the least because it autocorrects semi-colon to semicolon in the Google Instant suggestions.
What is hypocritical about what I said? I just said you can respect opinions even if you disagree. If you disagree, add to the conversation in a mature way instead of completely trashing their opinion.
I believe you can still disagree with someone but respect their opinion. Just don't be a complete dick about it, that's all.
Apparently the forum ate my comment.
There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one was right and the other wrong. It really doesn't make any sense lol.
And I would argue that definitions and spellings do not necessarily work in the same way, considering definitions can vary for various words depending on the context of how they are used... which is why we do see multiple accepted definitions for said words.
-"My opinion is fact" arguments. Also lack of respect for opinions in general.
-SJWs from Tumblr. They get up in arms over the most ridiculous things.
-Internet tough guys/people trying too hard to be edgy.
-Mary Sues and self-inserts.
-OOC fanart and fanfiction.
-Religion debates.
Can spellings of words not vary depending on the context of how a word is used?
I don't believe so. Not that I can think of off the top of my head, anyway.
Take 'don't and do not'. Set phrases, which are essentially words, which mean the same thing.
One is more casual, one more formal and punchy, and would thus be used in differing circumstanced. Elision is spelling.
Another example: 'articulate', noun, and 'articulate', verb. Now while the technical spellings do not change, the sounds (which is what we're talking about when we mention spelling above: pronounciation differences are verbal spellings) do to indicate different uses of the word.
That doesn't necessarily have to be so, though. Saying "don't" in a formal setting isn't technically incorrect, even if you wouldn't find it appropriate for whatever reason. "Don't" can be said in a formal setting, it doesn't have to be changed to "do not".
Anyway, to go back to what we were originally discussing, the word "semicolon" does not change based upon context anyway. There's simply two different, perfectly correct ways to spell the word. There wouldn't be two different ways to spell something if one spelling is considered correct and the other incorrect.
Most people I know use jokes that are offensive to someone, just because it's a joke shouldn't be an excuse to hurt someone emotionally, spiritually or mentally. Unless it's a joke that isn't completely directed at them of course, then again most people I know joke about themselves so...
Don't worry, I'm always a little derp :P
I take issue with that quote because it's like saying 'There wouldn't be x different ways to break up with someone if (y) were right and (x-y) were wrong'.
As in, there're thousands of different ways of spelling things. I could spell 'a lot' with a silent q if I wanted.
There is only one objectively 'correct' spelling - a lot - and other ways of spelling it which we acknowledge as being an alternative spelling despite technically being wrong - alot.
EDIT: Oooh, dramatic 'EDITING' notice. Exciting.
Well, there's a difference between telling a joke, and making fun of someone. Making fun of someone with the sole goal of hurting their feelings is a shitty thing to do.
When people throw cats and chickens at you.
When people excuse verbal bullying and harassment as just a 'joke'.
When people provide no evidence on a topic you're discussing and only provide assumptions as evidence.
When someone asks you to do something and you do it and when you ask them to do something and they say they'll do it but don't.
When people get mad at you just for saying "Hi".
When people don't know you but they pretend like you're their best friend(awkwardness).
When people slap you with a rubber chicken and alternatively a raw fish.
When people won't leave you alone even when you ask politely.
When people steal your favourite games and pretend that they never had it.
When people joke about serious topics that you feel strongly about.
I'm too busy debating with myself on where I should stand on this. This is turning into a 1½ vs ½ conversation. Not even fair.
But what I'm arguing is that the two spellings are both equally correct. So far I haven't been able to find anything disputing the fact that "semi-colon" is a proper variation of "semicolon".
I love how we're actually debating about this lol.
I'm guessing you haven't experienced this?
The chicken one was when I was little I was afraid of animals so my relatives sometimes threw chickens at me. Also the rubber chicken, we have on in Drama class and people like to hit each other with it, as for the raw fish... I have no explanations.
Well, I've had cats thrown at me, actually, but, the rest, no, I haven't.
I don't think that in linguistics, unless two different spellings are believed by the exact same number of people, two divergent spellings can be equally correct, as 'correctness' is based on how many people use said spelling.
I posted explanations before but now they're gone :x
I hate the word "feels" when used as a noun.
So dumb.
Offline: When people put other people down just to make themselves feel cooler.
Online: When people post negative things about other people.
Yet you like telltale games?
Oh jeez yes.
At least SJW's and feminists while irritating at least have a decent base cause and goal. Hipsters though ugh
Fuck Westboro.
Goddamn so much of it is awful. While I have seen some really good fanfics, so many are just poorly written or have improper grammar. Pisses me off.