To whoever controls the acronym mouse over

[Morrus]

It's amusing to many. Those who are offended by it presumably identify with the acronym in some deeply personal way, for which I sincerely apologise. However, I am firmly of the belief that those who identify with an acronym so deeply and personally as to be perosnally offended by someone else's dislike of that acronym should probably be seeking assistance for that issue somewhere other than the Meta forum of a D&D website.

I am not very Politically Correct. I just say what I think. And sometimes people will decide that my opinion on a general subject (such as an acronym) is a personal indictment of their very character; I am sorry for that. But I do reserve the right to occasionally have an opinion on these boards.

So: here's an opinion I hold: PEACH is a pointless acronym. I'm not gonna ban you for using it (which is why I haven't prohibited it), but I reserve the right to laugh at you for it. It does no harm, and does not deserve to be banned in a "freedom of speech" kinda way (which doesn't apply here, but you know what I mean), bt my freedom of response is equally valid because "freedom of speech" doesn't mean "just MY freedom of speech - those who disagree with me aren't allowed to make that clear using the tools they have at their disposal".

So, you can use the acronym. And I'll say what I think of it (via automatic proxy, because I can't manually keep up with 80,000 members). And we've both exercised our right to expression.

 

[WhatGravitas]

That is what it means and using it in this forum is an "insult to this forum", as the forum community stands for "critizising honestly". **

That's the basic problem with that acronym - it implies that people don't criticise honestly so you have to mark it to get "normal people" - it's like putting "only for normal people" or "only for real roleplayers" into a title - it only covers things from obvious to insulting.

That it sort of sounds silly, is just the icing on the cake. And I don't think anybody takes the mouse-over serious, it's pretty obvious that it's just a little joke.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Mark]

(. . .) because I can't manually keep up with 80,000 members

You're no Crothian!

 

[justanobody]

I think it is kind of silly. Why do you need such an acronym? I mean people are going to critique something honestly anyway, right? It sounds like saying "please give me your opinion" which is what people do already.

 

[Thanee]

Also, the ROTFLBTCDICAJTTWADBSIHPWTRHITSBKABAYBSTCIIHO acronym is missing...

Bye
Thanee

 

[diaglo]

i believe the thread title should read: To whomever...


diaglo "i'm an apricot in turkish not a peach" Ooi

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I realize that in the grand scheme of thing this is a trivial issue. That beings said...

Those who are offended by it presumably identify with the acronym in some deeply personal way, for which I sincerely apologise. However, I am firmly of the belief that those who identify with an acronym so deeply and personally as to be perosnally offended by someone else's dislike of that acronym should probably be seeking assistance for that issue somewhere other than the Meta forum of a D&D website.

I don't think it would be that hard to be offended. The message is a hair's width away from saying, "you're stupid," and could easily be interpreted that way (though I know you're actually calling the acronym stupid). Most people I know get offended when they are called stupid. (Also it makes your apology sound less sincere if you suggest the people you are apologizing to seek professional help.

So: here's an opinion I hold: PEACH is a pointless acronym.

That's fair, but I look at it this way: we not only gather around a table to pretend to be elves, dwarves, and dragon-people, we sit in front of our computers and type others we've never met about pretending to be elves, dwarves, and dragon-people. Who am I to judge?

I think I've said my piece, and I doubt anything else I can say will convince you, so this will probably be my last post.

My one last plea will be to take some responsibility for it. Instead of a pronouncement from beyond, you could change the mouse over to say, "Morrus thinks this is a stupid acronym," so it's clear that this is just your opinion.

i believe the thread title should read: To whomever...

When it comes to grammar, I tend to be a descriptivist, especially in a informal setting like this. But yes for all of you prescriptivist out their, it should be "whomever." (And early in the post it should have been "the people to whom you are apologizing.")

 

[diaglo]

we need hong bitter beer pic in this thread stat.

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[Crothian]

You're no Crothian!

Who is?

 

[evileeyore]

Those who are offended by it presumably identify with the acronym in some deeply personal way, for which I sincerely apologise.

I think the telling point Morrus is this:

If a regular poster, say like myself, were to respond to everyone whom used PEACH with the message "You deserve to be banned for using that acronym" how long before I/they got modded into oblivion?


Your circumventing the "play nice" rules.


But then The Authority can play by it's own rules, yes?


(Note: I'm not agianst the notion of "one set of rules for the plebes, one set for the Super Awesome Elite Guys"... I'm just agianst what smacks of hypocracy. And cliaming everyone has to follow the same rules is just that. Now if you respond with "No, if anyone followed PEACH users around responded with that message they'd get an 'all clear' from on high"... well then I'd be totally wrong and you can safely ignore my rumblins.)