Human Nature

[Blake]

Derailed...

It's actually in some people's normal, everyday nomenclature to use three-plus syllable words.

Very true....and many times they lose their intended audience.

It doesnt make them smarter or better, just more exact. Linguistic potency can be seen as a means to better express, with clarity, the intended idea/emotion/argument/etc.

In this forum it's also done in the hopes that the reader gives up trying to understand the post so that the writer might get the last word.

[Extra Stout]

In this forum it's also done in the hopes that the reader gives up trying to understand the post so that the writer might get the last word.

Then just floccipaucinihilipilificate their contribution and keep scrolling.

[Blake]

First of all, the fact that you admit to being too lazy to go learn a few new words for your own potential betterment is pretty pathetic.

So you are saying this is the place to come for my own potential betterment. Got it.

...and I was gonna go back to school at utsa........phew, thanks for saving me a few bucks and wasted time.

And secondly, I have to laugh at your assertion that I use larger than average words to "appear smart". I could give a flip what you think about my diction or word choice. But then again, I'm not the one whining that people are using a vocabulary that's too big for my britches, either. Anti-intellectualism continues to power the human spirit!

so "defenestrate" is part of your normal everyday vocabulary. Got it.

You are an idiot that appears to have been defenstrated numerous times.

I'm not going to dumb down how I speak or type just so you feel better about yourself. What's there to lose by learning a few new words? Oh, right, you wouldn't want to give the impression that you're trying! People might peg you for an elitist, and we can't have that, now can we?

So am I supposed to peg you for an elitist because you can use the word "defenestrate" correctly in a sentence?

[beeyotch: " : 1. female dog

Blake rolled up a newspaper and slapped cry havoc just before defenestrating the beeyotch.]

[PixelPusher]

Verbositiociousness. Ness.

I use synthetic motor oil to prevent thermal and verbosity breakdown.

[RandomGuy]

What does it say about human nature that we have almsot two full pages of people ing at each other about the choice of words?

THAT is the real question of this thread.

[Cry Havoc]

So you are saying this is the place to come for my own potential betterment. Got it.

...and I was gonna go back to school at utsa........phew, thanks for saving me a few bucks and wasted time.

Wow, you got me there. Why would you ever attempt to learn something outside of an academic ins ution? Good point, I'll save my learnins for the classroom from now on.

so "defenestrate" is part of your normal everyday vocabulary. Got it.

You are an idiot that appears to have been defenstrated numerous times.

It's not a word I use every day, no. Sorry, I like to vary the way I say things a little bit, as I find it boring when someone uses filler words or swears in 90% of their sentences. Besides, I was being intentionally cheeky. More power to you, for taking me so seriously, I suppose.

So am I supposed to peg you for an elitist because you can use the word "defenestrate" correctly in a sentence?

[beeyotch: " : 1. female dog

Blake rolled up a newspaper and slapped cry havoc just before defenestrating the beeyotch.]

You have long since ceased to make sense, but good marks for effort.

[Winehole23]

In this forum it's also done in the hopes that the reader gives up trying to understand the post so that the writer might get the last word.

Are you sure about that? Maybe people just express themselves as they usually do.

[DarkReign]

Very true....and many times they lose their intended audience.

Who says their opining was intended for the soon-to-be-lost?

In this forum it's also done in the hopes that the reader gives up trying to understand the post so that the writer might get the last word.

I disagree completely. I think some individuals may do this (i cant name one), but I believe the majority here are uncommonly strong minded (you included). What other reason could there be, to be on a Spurs forum posting about political nonsense? Therefore, their real intent is to have a discourse on varying subjects with people who share a similar interest, but dont necessarily agree.

So what you see is really what you get, especially in an opinion-based forum like this one. You get half-thoughts, half-truths and half-asses juxtaposed to one another for no implicit reason beyond our innate desire to be the one on the soapbox, even for a fleeting moment.

[DarkReign]

Then just floccipaucinihilipilificate their contribution and keep scrolling.

Ok, I had to google that one. Though AskOxford only shows floccipaucinihilipilification as a valid word, I doubt it. Suffixes do not make a word, especially a root word so easily derived.

[Winehole23]

So what you see is really what you get, especially in an opinion-based forum like this one. You get half-thoughts, half-truths and half-asses juxtaposed to one another for no implicit reason beyond our innate desire to be the one on the soapbox, even for a fleeting moment.

Sometimes a real discussion breaks out. That's what I like the best.

[Blake]

Wow, you got me there. Why would you ever attempt to learn something outside of an academic ins ution? Good point, I'll save my learnins for the classroom from now on.

I don't come into the political forum to learn new words, but if this is your place for vocabulary lessons, then great!

.....although, I'd recommend you save your learnins for the classroom.

It's not a word I use every day, no.

Of course it's not. You're an idiot.

Sorry, I like to vary the way I say things a little bit, as I find it boring when someone uses filler words or swears in 90% of their sentences. Besides, I was being intentionally cheeky. More power to you, for taking me so seriously, I suppose.

Meh. I don't take anyone serious on a messageboard and I don't take anyone as joking. I just respond to what's written and you can take it however you want.

You have long since ceased to make sense, but good marks for effort.

I made such little sense to you that you gave me good marks for the effort.......which in itself makes perfect sense in this forum.

you have long since been defenestrated.

[Blake]

Are you sure about that? Maybe people just express themselves as they usually do.

I am absolutely certain that some posters use big words and fancy science terms in a effort to increase their intellectual look.

Fuzzylumpkins is the first one that comes to mind.......I'll think of others....just gimme a minute or two

[Blake]

Who says their opining was intended for the soon-to-be-lost?

at times the poster will admit as much.

I disagree completely. I think some individuals may do this (i cant name one), but I believe the majority here are uncommonly strong minded (you included). What other reason could there be, to be on a Spurs forum posting about political nonsense? Therefore, their real intent is to have a discourse on varying subjects with people who share a similar interest, but dont necessarily agree.

So what you see is really what you get, especially in an opinion-based forum like this one. You get half-thoughts, half-truths and half-asses juxtaposed to one another for no implicit reason beyond our innate desire to be the one on the soapbox, even for a fleeting moment.

I never said the majority do this.

It's my own opinion. Disagree away.

[Winehole23]

I am absolutely certain that some posters use big words and fancy science terms in a effort to increase their intellectual look.

Sure, there's that. Then there's people who are conceited about being plainspoken and make fun of posters for using "big words."

One can be vain and informative at the same time IMO. FWIW, posers usually get exposed on this board. Pretty ruthlessly from what I've seen.

When I run across posts that are too hard to understand in this forum, it's usually because the poster doesn't say enough, rather than the reverse.

[Blake]

Sure, there's that. Then there's people who are conceited about being plainspoken and make fun of posters for using "big words."

I would say I don't know what you are talking about......but that would pretty much be a lie.

One can be vain and informative at the same time IMO. FWIW, posers usually get exposed on this board. Pretty ruthlessly from what I've seen.

When I run across posts that are too hard to understand in this forum, it's usually because the poster doesn't say enough, rather than the reverse.

I don't really know how we got to this point, but come to think of it, verbose isn't the right word.......I think 'bigwordy' is more the word I'm looking for....

Even though you are bigwordy, you have pretty much proven to be a very reliable source of info and you do a nice job of breaking down and characterizing posts, which has been pretty hilarious at times.
I was just tossing a little junk your way which with the way everyone jumped in, obviously failed.

I have found plenty of posts that are lengthy and full of technical jargon, but then when broken down, really are nothing more than fluff and hot air with no substance.

....mostly in the 9-11 threads.

[z0sa]

Humans are very naturally evil, quite simply put. I have no doubt in my mind evil is inherent in every human in every culture.

[RandomGuy]

Who says their opining was intended for the soon-to-be-lost?



I disagree completely. I think some individuals may do this (i cant name one), but I believe the majority here are uncommonly strong minded (you included). What other reason could there be, to be on a Spurs forum posting about political nonsense? Therefore, their real intent is to have a discourse on varying subjects with people who share a similar interest, but dont necessarily agree.

So what you see is really what you get, especially in an opinion-based forum like this one. You get half-thoughts, half-truths and half-asses juxtaposed to one another for no implicit reason beyond our innate desire to be the one on the soapbox, even for a fleeting moment.

Poetry, and wise words at that. Color me impressed.

[RandomGuy]

I am absolutely certain that some posters use big words and fancy science terms in a effort to increase their intellectual look.

Fuzzylumpkins is the first one that comes to mind.......I'll think of others....just gimme a minute or two

I rather like large words. I love words in general, and I like having the right word at the right time. They are tools like any other.

Some people know a lot of words, some people don't. Literacy doens't always mean wisdom, as anybody who reads through these pages will attest.

[LnGrrrR]

Derailed...

It's actually in some people's normal, everyday nomenclature to use three-plus syllable words.

It doesnt make them smarter or better, just more exact. Linguistic potency can be seen as a means to better express, with clarity, the intended idea/emotion/argument/etc.

Me? Ive always posted like I speak. Teachers always marked me down for it. Never understood why.

Heck I love using big, archaic, arcane words. I just think it's fun.

[micca]

Perusing some blogs, I came across an argument between a leftist and a liberal religious person about human nature. The religious person made the statement that there is a universal human condition wherein humans tend to be selfish, tribal, and cruel. The leftist rejected this as right-wing propaganda and claimed instead that most instances of human cruelty are the result of Western culture and capitalism. He believed that had European civilization not spread around the globe, most people of the earth would live in peace and harmony with one another and with nature. He claimed that any instance of a non-European person acting in a selfish or cruel way reflects the contamination of Westernism upon that person's culture, and that person would not act that way had he never met white people.

The leftist went on to say that if only Western culture, capitalism, and monotheistic religion could be destroyed, the people of the earth could once again live in peace, harmony, and eco-balance.

The religious person thought this was absurd, and starting listing every other major non-Western civilization he could think of, and the ways, do ented by anthropologists, in which people in those civilization acted towards one another selfishly, tribally, and cruelly, and challenged the leftist to come up with any society that behaved otherwise.

The leftist replied that the anthropologists were contaminated with Western cultural propaganda inherent in the academy, and that since Westerners had wiped out so many civilizations, and corrupted so much history, that there was no way to prove whether perfect societies existed; if they had existed, they would have been easily wiped out by warmongering white people. He then suggested that Australian aboriginies might be close to the ideal.

I am curious whether this particular leftist was just extremely bat insane, or whether his views actually represent a significant cross-section of leftist thought.

Most of the liberals on this thread voted for president a man who spent 20 years attending "church" where this was the predominant political thought, a man who courted and accepted the support of louis farrahkan and the nation of islam,This is the thought taught in most ethnic studies courses in college,This is Ward Churchill, Angela Davies,Jesse Jackson, this is La Raza,Atzlan Rising this is a significant section of liberal thought, this is the democratic party's red headed step child. Most rank and file democrats may not agree with this thought but they don't possess the courage to denounce it, So they grin sheepishly when it rears it's ugly head and give the AW.. Shucks it's just boys being boy . racial strife and class warfare are the bread and butter of the DNC they're not intrested in solutions they're intrested in division.divide and conquer.

[Blake]

Most of the liberals on this thread voted for president a man who spent 20 years attending "church" where this was the predominant political thought, a man who courted and accepted the support of louis farrahkan and the nation of islam,This is the thought taught in most ethnic studies courses in college,This is Ward Churchill, Angela Davies,Jesse Jackson, this is La Raza,Atzlan Rising this is a significant section of liberal thought, this is the democratic party's red headed step child. Most rank and file democrats may not agree with this thought but they don't possess the courage to denounce it, So they grin sheepishly when it rears it's ugly head and give the AW.. Shucks it's just boys being boy . racial strife and class warfare are the bread and butter of the DNC they're not intrested in solutions they're intrested in division.divide and conquer.

this is a great example of the type of political forum post that I have been trying to allude to.

I knew it wouldnt be long before a post like this popped up.

thanks, micca

[Mr. Dictionary]

(from Webster)
Main Entry: ses·qui·pe·da·lian
Pronunciation: \ˌses-kwə-pə-ˈdāl-yən\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin sesquipedalis, literally, a foot and a half long, from sesqui- + ped-, pes foot — more at foot
Date: 1656
1 : having many syllables : long <sesquipedalian terms>
2 : given to or characterized by the use of long words <a sesquipedalian television commentator>

When backed into a corner, a debater may morph into a sesquipedalian, talking dictionary and resort to drowning the opposition with syllables.

[Winehole23]

this is a great example of the type of political forum post that I have been trying to allude to.

I knew it wouldnt be long before a post like this popped up.

thanks, micca

Not the best example IMO. The problem with micca isn't so much pretentious lexicon as the farrago of pseudo-rationality, mixed metaphor and cliche. To say nothing of his bizarre punctuation and capitalization. And his total disdain for paragraphs.



Rereading what I just wrote, I have to admit it. You were right to single me out, Blake.

[LnGrrrR]

Most of the liberals on this thread voted for president a man who spent 20 years attending "church" where this was the predominant political thought, a man who courted and accepted the support of louis farrahkan and the nation of islam,This is the thought taught in most ethnic studies courses in college,This is Ward Churchill, Angela Davies,Jesse Jackson, this is La Raza,Atzlan Rising this is a significant section of liberal thought, this is the democratic party's red headed step child. Most rank and file democrats may not agree with this thought but they don't possess the courage to denounce it, So they grin sheepishly when it rears it's ugly head and give the AW.. Shucks it's just boys being boy . racial strife and class warfare are the bread and butter of the DNC they're not intrested in solutions they're intrested in division.divide and conquer.

You ing idiot. Liberals all over this board have been denouncing it.

Honestly, do you have to go to some sort of reverse college to get this dumb? One where you take courses specifically designed to make you sound mentally challenged?

[MannyIsGod]