The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Mad_Jack]

Gotta keep those Vegan Powers charged up!

Also...

Looking around it seemed that pedantic was expressly negative while egghead wasn't necessarily. I need to ponder connotation and if that's what I really meant I guess.

Egghead is a word much like nerd or geek that has either been voluntarily reclaimed as a positive descriptor or at least become such a generic part of the popular lexicon that it's lost 99.9% of its power to offend anyone. It's come to be popularly defined as shorthand for people who are highly intelligent and particularly knowledgeable in some area of science, engineering or mathematics.

Pedantic also implies some level of knowledgeability, but with the implication of being overly concerned with the minutiae of the subject matter on which they consider themselves to be an expert, and generally unable to be succinct in expressing themselves on that topic.

Anyone in the first ten pages of a thread on here who busts out an insightful comparison of how a particular rule was implemented across several editions could be considered a D&D egghead. Anyone who's still disputing minor points of said comparison fifteen pages later is being pedantic.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Anyone in the first ten pages of a thread on here who busts out an insightful comparison of how a particular rule was implemented across several editions could be considered a D&D egghead. Anyone who's still disputing minor points of said comparison fifteen pages later is being pedantic.

Pedantry, in the defense of knowledge, is no vice!
-Paris Hilton, hectoringly.

 

[prabe]

As we repeatedly see, connotation is the word that applies when you use a word that I don't like.
When I use a word that you don't like, you need to suck it up and deal with the underlying argument.

"How can you be insulted when I've told you repeatedly this insulting phrase isn't an insult?"

 

[Ryujin]

"How can you be insulted when I've told you repeatedly this insulting phrase isn't an insult?"

"I mean... it's not directed AT you, just everyone who is exactly LIKE you."

 

[Gradine]

"How can you be insulted when I've told you repeatedly this insulting phrase isn't an insult?"

That this happens unironically in so, so many venues is one of the most frustrating things in my life.

 

[CleverNickName]

"Look. All I want is to yell offensive stuff about marginalized people. Why does the Internet make this so hard for me?"

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

"Look. All I want is to yell offensive stuff about marginalized people. Why does the Internet make this so hard for me?"

If the internet is making it hard for you ... then you're probably going to a website that isn't EnWorld.

Or maybe you are at EnWorld. Everyone has a different kink, I guess. Apparently some people are getting something out of starting "Orcs are evil," threads?

...not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[prabe]

That this happens unironically in so, so many venues is one of the most frustrating things in my life.

I ... wasn't intending to bring up things hurtful for you. Refusing to listen when someone tells you something is insulting--or hurtful, or worse--is ... refusing to treat someone well. Doing so repeatedly does not speak well of the person refusing.

 

[Gradine]

I ... wasn't intending to bring up things hurtful for you. Refusing to listen when someone tells you something is insulting--or hurtful, or worse--is ... refusing to treat someone well. Doing so repeatedly does not speak well of the person refusing.

Oh no, you're absolutely fine! It's super obnoxious when people do this, especially in threads that I create that are primarily about complaining about how people do this and end up getting their way anyway

 

[Gradine]

Apparently some people are getting something out of starting "Orcs are evil," threads?

...not that there's anything wrong with that.