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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2337889" data-attributes="member: 8944"><p>Not at all. What I'm saying is that though they very well *might* seem "jerkish" to outsiders with little experience in what I consider a normal friendship, but are nonetheless par for the course for most platonic male/male relationships I have encountered. The fact that I actually *did* say "You're stupid, and we hate you, and you're stupid" and that it was <em>nonetheless</em> friendly seems to have been lost on you. </p><p></p><p>I also refer to my skinny friends as "fat b-stards," among other things, regularly and viciously insult their mothers' virtue(s), and proclaim my intent to kick their asses with little provocation. They do the same in return. Strangely, none of them have developed eating disorders, a need for psychological treatment, or the desire to end our apparently inappropriate friendship...</p><p></p><p>And some of them are even over 25. Perhaps time has simply not sharpened <em>our</em> barbs to deadly seriousness? </p><p></p><p> Interestingly enough, I'm from the north central US (South Dakota) which I suppose is not culturally all that different from the southeast. Jeff Foxworthy and his ilk certainly remain popular in the region. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Regardless, if you can't take it from me, take it from Henry. He makes a good point. Insults are a way to communicate for most men without seeming to act "like women." I shan't argue the total merit of the activity, but I think it's obvious that it's not *just* me and my buddies who act this way...</p><p></p><p>(on another note - Henry, perhaps *this* discussion should be split to a different thread, as it's at best tangentally related to the "girls in gaming" discussion?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 2337889, member: 8944"] Not at all. What I'm saying is that though they very well *might* seem "jerkish" to outsiders with little experience in what I consider a normal friendship, but are nonetheless par for the course for most platonic male/male relationships I have encountered. The fact that I actually *did* say "You're stupid, and we hate you, and you're stupid" and that it was [I]nonetheless[/I] friendly seems to have been lost on you. I also refer to my skinny friends as "fat b-stards," among other things, regularly and viciously insult their mothers' virtue(s), and proclaim my intent to kick their asses with little provocation. They do the same in return. Strangely, none of them have developed eating disorders, a need for psychological treatment, or the desire to end our apparently inappropriate friendship... And some of them are even over 25. Perhaps time has simply not sharpened [I]our[/I] barbs to deadly seriousness? Interestingly enough, I'm from the north central US (South Dakota) which I suppose is not culturally all that different from the southeast. Jeff Foxworthy and his ilk certainly remain popular in the region. ;) Regardless, if you can't take it from me, take it from Henry. He makes a good point. Insults are a way to communicate for most men without seeming to act "like women." I shan't argue the total merit of the activity, but I think it's obvious that it's not *just* me and my buddies who act this way... (on another note - Henry, perhaps *this* discussion should be split to a different thread, as it's at best tangentally related to the "girls in gaming" discussion?) [/QUOTE]
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