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Sure, I can certainly see an argument that it's hypocritical - in fact, I agree with you; I don't see that as a great evil, though, in this context. Balanced against that, though is the greater need for peace and order round here (while I'd love everyone to bemoan PEACH every time it appeared, it would probably result in chaos).
Oh, and just having used the acronym, the mouseover tells me *I* need to be banned, too!
Occasionally I need a little joke to keep myself sane - so it's for the greater good, really!
I think all people need to be happy about it is if the lower case version wasn't saddled with the stupid acronym to give the same message that the acronym is stupid. That way people can talk about their favorite fruit without worry of being thought of as someone who thinks you should critique their fruit likes and dislikes. That way you don't have to worry about people doing something like: "PEACH my peach." The second one is acceptable term, but not the first.
Because it is such a major topic of conversation on an RPG messageboard?
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I think all people need to be happy about it is if the lower case version wasn't saddled with the stupid acronym to give the same message that the acronym is stupid. That way people can talk about their favorite fruit without worry of being thought of as someone who thinks you should critique their fruit likes and dislikes. That way you don't have to worry about people doing something like: "PEACH my peach." The second one is acceptable term, but not the first.
That's why I think a better tooltip would be "downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh". It still expresses disapproval of the acronym but does it in a more... subtle manner. And it's unlikely to offend anyone because it doesn't sound like a personal attack.
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That's why I think a better tooltip would be "downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh". It still expresses disapproval of the acronym but does it in a more... subtle manner. And it's unlikely to offend anyone because it doesn't sound like a personal attack.
I like this suggestion and add my voice behind it.
Or depending how long you can make the explanation, here's what Merriam-Webster dictionary has to say about it: A low spreading freely branching Chinese tree (Prunus persica) of the rose family that has lanceolate leaves and sessile usually pink flowers and is widely cultivated in temperate areas for its edible fruit which is a single-seeded drupe with a hard central stone, a pulpy white or yellow flesh, and a thin fuzzy skin
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It doesn't discourage its use either.
If it gets changes (if) then I'd say something more to the tune of "This phrase is an insult to our community. Please refrain from using it."
But of course, that's not lighthearted.
Lighthearted might be "Peel Eat And Consume Handily" or "Morrus hasn't banned me for this word ... yet."
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But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
... That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Shakespeare: "Henry V"
I would think it does. Not as strongly as the current one ofcourse, but it ridicules the meaning that the user intends for it to have, which in turn would likely discourage him from using it again.
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