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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5990181" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I suspect this thread touches on politics. please try to not actually talk about politics or insinuate anything about any political party.</p><p></p><p>I'm genuinely curious, is all. And Enworlders have a good track record of knowing more than me.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me, that in the last decade, the word "Entitled" or "Entitlement" has been used in a negative connotation.</p><p></p><p>Heck, it just showed up in a thread about MMOs.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that some speechwriters incorporated the word to prove a point, and it's kind of stuck in the vernacular.</p><p></p><p>And while "entitled" isn't a word I'd choose to use too often in natural speech, the way its getting used nowadays and the negative connotation it now carries means it has become a shorthand for saying "you aren't allowed to have that or any variation of that because you expect to recieve it."</p><p></p><p>From the MMO example, I get that you shouldn't expect your friend to stick with you and your hobby instead of going off on his own to play his new MMO hobby. As the example usage was, you aren't entitled to exclusivity on your friend's free time.</p><p></p><p>However, what I'm seeing in the usage of the word "entitled" is a complete disregard that maybe you should give somebody something. Like respect. Courtesy. Attention.</p><p></p><p>After all, if you've been such good friends, helping each other through tough times, gaming, etc, and you've now got this new MMO hobby that takes up 100% of your time, don't you think the people who've been there for you, deserve something?</p><p></p><p>Maybe your friends don't have a guaranteed right or requirement to your time, attention or respect. That doesn't mean they aren't worthy of it, needing of it, or owed it by you for all the things they've done for you.</p><p></p><p>I feel that playing the Entitlement card, while having some valid points, belittles these subtle, important aspects of human relationships. Given the negative connotation it seems to carry nowadays, maybe it's not helping conversations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5990181, member: 8835"] I suspect this thread touches on politics. please try to not actually talk about politics or insinuate anything about any political party. I'm genuinely curious, is all. And Enworlders have a good track record of knowing more than me. It seems to me, that in the last decade, the word "Entitled" or "Entitlement" has been used in a negative connotation. Heck, it just showed up in a thread about MMOs. I suspect that some speechwriters incorporated the word to prove a point, and it's kind of stuck in the vernacular. And while "entitled" isn't a word I'd choose to use too often in natural speech, the way its getting used nowadays and the negative connotation it now carries means it has become a shorthand for saying "you aren't allowed to have that or any variation of that because you expect to recieve it." From the MMO example, I get that you shouldn't expect your friend to stick with you and your hobby instead of going off on his own to play his new MMO hobby. As the example usage was, you aren't entitled to exclusivity on your friend's free time. However, what I'm seeing in the usage of the word "entitled" is a complete disregard that maybe you should give somebody something. Like respect. Courtesy. Attention. After all, if you've been such good friends, helping each other through tough times, gaming, etc, and you've now got this new MMO hobby that takes up 100% of your time, don't you think the people who've been there for you, deserve something? Maybe your friends don't have a guaranteed right or requirement to your time, attention or respect. That doesn't mean they aren't worthy of it, needing of it, or owed it by you for all the things they've done for you. I feel that playing the Entitlement card, while having some valid points, belittles these subtle, important aspects of human relationships. Given the negative connotation it seems to carry nowadays, maybe it's not helping conversations. [/QUOTE]
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