>> ^Yogi:

>> ^MaxWilder:
>> ^Yogi:
>> ^MaxWilder:
Look, it's your choice.
You can use grown up words to express yourself, and other grown up people will respect that.
Or you can spew ignorance from your dirty blow-hole like an inbred 12 year old, and the grown-ups who hear you will dismiss you as a waste of oxygen who will never amount to anything of any importance except for when you knock up your cousin and spawn some duplicates of your diseased and ill-formed brain.
Choose your own adventure, kid.

I assume you're talking to me in which case I'll explain that you don't know me.

I wasn't talking to you specifically, but that's besides the point. Do you want mature people to respect what you are saying? Then use mature language. I don't have to "know you" in order to dismiss you as immature, ignorant, and inconsequential if I hear (or read) slurs based on gender, ethnicity, or sexual preference.

So you're saying that swearing or taboo words make people think that I am somehow ignorant or inconsequential?
That's bullshit. Stephen Fry pointed that out as well, some of the smartest most educated people he's ever known swear all the time. Dan Savage uses "faggot" he's definitely smart and respected. Louis CK uses faggot in his act all the time...he's obviously a very good writer.
I'm sorry I just do not fucking agree with you, based on these examples. If you want to dismiss me as immature or ignorant fine...the likes of Stephen Fry, Louis CK, and Dan Savage won't and that's just fine by me.


I never said anything about swearing in general, though that is closely related. I'm saying that how you use words reveals things about yourself, and you will be judged accordingly. As others have mentioned, context is essential. Of course I can't claim to have seen everything they have ever said, but I will bet dollars to donuts that Dan Savage and Stephen Fry have never uttered the word "faggot" as an intentional slur against another person. They would use it tongue in cheek, or as satire targeted at people who use it as a slur. And if Louis CK uses it as a slur, then yes, my opinion of him will drop several points. But I would have to see it in context. As for other types of swearing, if you swear occasionally to emphasize a point, it can be very effective. But if you're dropping the f-bomb every other word, it ceases to become a bomb and starts to become a sign that you're an idiot.

But I think you know what I'm saying and are intentionally being argumentative. So this is my final statement on the subject: Human beings are constantly judging each other. It's in our nature. One of the things that we judge is the maturity level of a person's discourse. The use of slurs based on gender, ethnicity, and sexual preference is rapidly becoming the realm of ignorant, backward, irrelevant people. Are there exceptions? Probably. Should you count on people making an exception for you? Not if you're smart. You can argue that there are powerful and important people who still use these kinds of slurs, but most people will not think of those exceptions when they hear you talk. They will be thinking instead of the 12 year old moron anonymously shouting bile into his xbox, or these horrible children celebrating the death of an innocent boy. It is your choice how you wish to present yourself to the world, so don't try to convince me that you should be allowed to spew hatred without repercussions. That won't get you anywhere.

Alta Vista>> ^SlipperyPete:

>> ^Trancecoach:
anyone in Mountain View who says they worked in a start-up and is presently retired, you can bet dollars to donuts they're talking about the one you'd guess.

Ask Jeeves?

>> ^Trancecoach:

anyone in Mountain View who says they worked in a start-up and is presently retired, you can bet dollars to donuts they're talking about the one you'd guess.


Ask Jeeves?

anyone in Mountain View who says they worked in a start-up and is presently retired, you can bet dollars to donuts they're talking about the one you'd guess.

I believe he is spinning donuts.

I wonder what time is like to this guy. How do sanddollars perceive the passage of time?

Damn, that's a whole truck load of fat and ugly.

Oi fatty! You see that donut? Yea, that one, yea. No you can't have it! No!

I'd like to see a *timeshift of them doing donuts on the *water.

What the fuck was that bit about the teeth? When he yells "It's not about my teeth!" I laugh my arse off because i never thought i'd hear that yelled so emphatically. What a great comeback to an insult about your teeth, just put it immediately back on topic - this guy is no nonsense.

God this video should be in comedy for that moment alone, i'm howling with laughter and really can't watch the rest; upvote for the teeth.

Edit: Fuck me i'm glad i listened to the rest. All i can see is his teeth. This is comedy gold, i'd give this guy his own show he's a whole new karl pilkington. Man this guy sustains a high rage level and even raises his rage by notches as time goes by. Wtf was the bit about the socks!? And he even says "you donut", i didn't think we had any of those kind of cockneys left.

Do you know who he is, does he do a lot of those, where is it from?

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I AGREE! This has been one of the first things I've come to question since coming to this country. That and why they put soooo much cream cheese on your bagel at Dunkin Donuts. Seriously, WTF.

REMIND ME TO PROMOTE!!!

it's OK donut, I've listened to it about 20 times

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Saving someone's life IS great, and wonderful. It is not automatically heroic. That depends on how the life was saved. A guy who throws himself on a grenade to save the lifes of his comrades is heroic. A paramedic saving someone's life on a very normal situation, is not heroic at all. It should be respected, and valued, but it's not heroic. However, a paramedic trying to save someone shot, in a crossfire, is indeed a hero.

Basically, if your life was not in jeopardy (directly or indirectly) you're not a hero for saving someone's life.

edit: wait, that's not right actually. If there's no self-sacrifice involved, you're not a hero. It shouldn't need to be at the cost of your own life. Let's say someone who gives away absolutely everything they have to try and help others. That's a hero as well.

edit 2: Oh, and today I ate some donuts, so yeah, I'm a god damn hero!