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Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
#41
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 5:13 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(August 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So similar to saying “gawd”, “jeebus”, and adding “tards” as a suffix to everyone you don’t agree with.  Or does that expand it not its own special category of assholishness?  Just curious?

Also, what you think you hear, seems different than typing it out.

Wait, wait, wait...

Does that mean you are assholy?

According to the other poster; it would seem so. However I don’t do this when discussing something seriously. I did run into the term “dislikable” a little while ago on the revisionist history podcast. I think I may run into a little bit of that, as I tend to analyze things in depth and become focused on details. I also find that I think much more abstractly than most. So I’m mostly dislikable when debating something, otherwise I get along with most people quite easily. I just like to have a little fun with people who are oversensitive in some areas.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#42
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
To be fair, atheist is a tricky word to spell if you're not familiar with it. The e and the i can flip around pretty easily. In general though, pointing out someone's grammar/spelling is generally an irrelevant, sometimes dickish move, unless it's genuinely hindering the communication of ideas/points.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#43
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 22, 2018 at 9:22 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: People who enjoy doing things to get people worked up are known as 'assholes' or 'dicks' in real life, and 'trolls' on the internet.

I've noticed evangelical preachers speaking the same way. The aaatheist! The gayuh! The liberulll!

So similar to saying “gawd”, “jeebus”, and adding “tards” as a suffix to everyone you don’t agree with.  Or does that expand it not its own special category of assholishness?  Just curious?

Also, what you think you hear, seems different than typing it out.

That is probably its own category of assholishness, considering that those things can't be taken as possible typos. We wouldn't need a thread about the mystery of why users of those terms use them, it's obvious.

Are you saying they don't hear the plural 's' in 'atheists' and think it doesn't exist?
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#44
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 9:39 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: To be fair, atheist is a tricky word to spell if you're not familiar with it. The e and the i can flip around pretty easily. In general though, pointing out someone's grammar/spelling is generally an irrelevant, sometimes dickish move, unless it's genuinely hindering the communication of ideas/points.

I’m horrible at spelling, and I don’t think it’s a big deal to correct if someone is constantly misspelling something. But some make it into a bigger deal than that.

(August 23, 2018 at 10:00 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:
(August 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So similar to saying “gawd”, “jeebus”, and adding “tards” as a suffix to everyone you don’t agree with.  Or does that expand it not its own special category of assholishness?  Just curious?

Also, what you think you hear, seems different than typing it out.

That is probably its own category of assholishness, considering that those things can't be taken as possible typos. We wouldn't need a thread about the mystery of why users of those terms use them, it's obvious.

Are you saying they don't hear the plural 's' in 'atheists' and think it doesn't exist?

That is a possible reason. But I was referring to you other words from preachers. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that in type. It it seems like some preachers style of emphasis in speech.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#45
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 10:21 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 23, 2018 at 9:39 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: To be fair, atheist is a tricky word to spell if you're not familiar with it.  The e and the i can flip around pretty easily.  In general though, pointing out someone's grammar/spelling is generally an irrelevant, sometimes dickish move, unless it's genuinely hindering the communication of ideas/points.

I’m horrible at spelling, and I don’t think it’s a big deal to correct if someone is constantly misspelling something. But some make it into a bigger deal than that.

Fair, but it's really hard to come off as sincere over the internet when correcting someone's spelling/grammar since it's so often used as a trolling/insulting tool.  I try to highlight it only when I'm genuinely having trouble understanding the structure/content of a statement.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#46
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 10:41 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(August 23, 2018 at 10:21 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I’m horrible at spelling, and I don’t think it’s a big deal to correct if someone is constantly misspelling something. But some make it into a bigger deal than that.

Fair, but it's really hard to come off as sincere over the internet when correcting someone's spelling/grammar since it's so often used as a trolling/insulting tool.  I try to highlight it only when I'm genuinely having trouble understanding the structure/content of a statement.

I had a Pascal programming class in school. My final project was a Yahtzee program with graphics. Since this was week beyond what we where taught; I had to go through line by line with the instructor to show that I didn’t just download it. But I got docked for misspellings in my comments.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#47
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 10:48 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 23, 2018 at 10:41 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Fair, but it's really hard to come off as sincere over the internet when correcting someone's spelling/grammar since it's so often used as a trolling/insulting tool.  I try to highlight it only when I'm genuinely having trouble understanding the structure/content of a statement.

I had a Pascal programming class in school. My final project was a Yahtzee program with graphics. Since this was week beyond what we where taught; I had to go through line by line with the instructor to show that I didn’t just download it. But I got docked for misspellings in my comments.

Well that's what you get for trying to learn how to speak robot.  Programming is one of those subjects that absolutely bounces off of me, no matter how much I read about it or see tutorials it's like oil and water - I retain and comprehend utterly nothing.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#48
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 10:51 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(August 23, 2018 at 10:48 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I had a Pascal programming class in school. My final project was a Yahtzee program with graphics. Since this was week beyond what we where taught; I had to go through line by line with the instructor to show that I didn’t just download it. But I got docked for misspellings in my comments.

Well that's what you get for trying to learn how to speak robot.  Programming is one of those subjects that absolutely bounces off of me, no matter how much I read about it or see tutorials it's like oil and water - I retain and comprehend utterly nothing.

Prior to any programming classes I had been given a comodore 64 and a book on basic from my uncle. I read straight through the book, and proceeded to make a text based black jack game. It wasn’t until afterwards, that I realized that is not how you learn to program. And also as far as I could find, there was no randomization function in that processor, so the game played out the same every time. It worked otherwise though. Programming has always just made sense to me.

Edit: to fix grammar Smile
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#49
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(August 23, 2018 at 11:01 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(August 23, 2018 at 10:51 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well that's what you get for trying to learn how to speak robot.  Programming is one of those subjects that absolutely bounces off of me, no matter how much I read about it or see tutorials it's like oil and water - I retain and comprehend utterly nothing.

Prior to any programming classes I had been given a comodore 64 and a book on basic from my uncle. I read straight through the book, and proceeded to make a text based black jack game. It wasn’t until afterwards, that I realized that is not how you learn to program. And also as far as I could find, there was no randomization function in that processor, so the game played out the same every time. It worked otherwise though. Programming has always just made since to me.

Hm yes...I understand some of those words.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#50
RE: Why do theist often drop the letter s when referring to atheists?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:12 pm)Mathilda Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 11:54 am)SteveII Wrote: Many atheist blur all the 66 books of the Bible together.

Lol, I'm pretty sure this was just a typo Mathilda...

(August 22, 2018 at 3:25 am)Mathilda Wrote: I can now add Huggy to the list.

(August 22, 2018 at 2:32 am)Huggy74 Wrote: So far atheist have determined themselves as being their own moral authority, which is interesting seeing how it's the epitome of anarchy; "Do as thou wilt"...

....pretty sure this is a typo as well
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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