(May 23, 2016 at 1:02 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:

EP Wrote:I'm not going to engage someone who is being deliberately dishonest and manipulative in order to win a point.

Hmm. Regardless of the wisdom of the aphorism "The unexamined life isn't worth living" if you're really never going to engage someone who is dishonest and manipulative just to win I suggest you never waste your time with introspective 'self-engagement' in that case because your little pickled onion self is the epitome of that. I wouldn't expect an intellectually disabled pickled onion that erroneously believes itself to be a penguin to even be cognizant of its own intellectually disabled douchenozzleness though... So.... Meh!

Disguise then. Ok, you can move along now, fluffy.

(May 23, 2016 at 1:04 am)The_Empress Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 1:00 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: English, please?

Seriously? Learn English, please.

My mistake, my brain must've tried and made the most sense out of that statement of yours and thus preferred to make me believe you wrote it wrong. 

Did you seriously ask what's the point of insulting people?

(May 23, 2016 at 1:02 am)Maelstrom Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 12:58 am)The_Empress Wrote: What's the point in using terms derogatory to the people who find them so?

I have found that the usage of derogatory terms come from a place of personal struggle at the time.  The frustration in one's life leads more toward expressing what one later realizes should have been restrained.

However, we are only human.  

The perfect example is parenthood.  Parents often become frustrated with their children and eventually state something out of frustration.  It is the same with teenagers, their hormones running their thoughts, saying things to their parents out of frustration.

Humanity is not perfect.  We can claim that we are all perfect and have never said anything mean, but the fact of life is that we do state mean things in order to compensate for how we are being overwhelmed.

Somehow I doubt that personal struggle is what caused the OP to title the thread "Atheists and Retards".

Again, though: even if your explanation applies to most people who use derogatory terms, what's the point? What is the end goal if one uses, knowing full-well it's derogatory, a slur? I'll go even further: what's the end goal if one is applying it to a complete stranger?

(May 23, 2016 at 12:00 am)Losty Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 12:00 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Why do I even bother responding. I'm about to facedesk. Give me a second.

Knock yourself out

Genius.

Pure genius.

I have a bestest kitten with a capacity for wit nothing short of absolute awesome-sauce.

I am one lucky fucking turtle. I am also fucking lucky.

(May 23, 2016 at 1:08 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 1:04 am)The_Empress Wrote: Seriously? Learn English, please.

My mistake, my brain must've tried and made the most sense out of that statement of yours and thus preferred to make me believe you wrote it wrong. 

Did you seriously ask what's the point of insulting people?

If you want it put simply: yes... sort of. See my reply to Kitan (Maelstrom).

(May 23, 2016 at 1:10 am)The_Empress Wrote: Again, though: even if your explanation applies to most people who use derogatory terms, what's the point? What is the end goal if one uses, knowing full-well it's derogatory, a slur? I'll go even further: what's the end goal if one is applying it to a complete stranger?

I agree with your assessment regarding the OP.

However, haven't you ever just said something that you later regretted stating?

There is no logic behind what comes out of our mouths sometimes. Sometimes, we just become so overwhelmed with life and what is happening around us that we literally have no control over what we state.

Only later, after we have calmed down, during reflection, are we capable of understanding that our emotions got the better of us.

(May 23, 2016 at 1:12 am)The_Empress Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 1:08 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: My mistake, my brain must've tried and made the most sense out of that statement of yours and thus preferred to make me believe you wrote it wrong. 

Did you seriously ask what's the point of insulting people?

If you want it put simply: yes... sort of. See my reply to Kitan (Maelstrom).

Yes, Empress, I just saw it, my question is still rhetorical since I can't imagine you don't know that people insult each other in order to blow off steam and out of pure animosity, which has its roots in our evolutionary makeup of basic drives.

(May 23, 2016 at 1:16 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(May 23, 2016 at 1:12 am)The_Empress Wrote: If you want it put simply: yes... sort of. See my reply to Kitan (Maelstrom).

Yes, Empress, I just saw it, my question is still rhetorical since I can't imagine you don't know that people insult each other in order to blow off steam and out of pure animosity, which has its roots in our evolutionary makeup of basic drives.

That's why I asked the question. I don't ever make deliberate slurs. Not ever. Wouldn't it make sense, then, that I wouldn't know why people do?

(May 23, 2016 at 12:36 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Where do I even begin. I am concerned with human wellbeing, and pandering to idiocy is not on my checklist for doing my part in building a better world.


EP is being an asshole again, bla bla bla, let me tell him off.

I wonder how you got me saying that you're not concerned with human well-being when I in fact said no such thing?

And I wonder why you think being considerate is "pandering to human idiocy" ... as if that's a foible to which any of us immune?

I'm not calling names, though, so really you shouldn't poison the well. Either you have answers or you don't, and from the looks of it you don't.

Hope you get to feeling better.

(May 23, 2016 at 1:16 am)Maelstrom Wrote: However, haven't you ever just said something that you later regretted stating?

Sure, but I don't use derogatory terms, and I can't recall any interaction with a complete stranger that I regret. But that's not really my point. It's why I put forth the question about using slurs toward complete strangers, especially those who didn't choose the trait that's being degraded.

It's just that I honestly don't understand the point. I'm not trying to bait anyone; I'm just trying to figure out the motivation for it.