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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8281940" data-attributes="member: 7026617">You could argue I've got a tic about this because I've seen its negative usage so much, often ladled with so much active contempt.  But--well, let me unpack this a bit.I suspect since you self-identify as a power gamer, when you use it, you're comfortable.  Its analogous to other groups claiming a term that is used as a slur (there's an obvious example I'm not going to name).  And when around people who are comfortable with that, its fine.But on the Net no one knows you.  Similar to other things, its impossible in this context to tell whether its applied as a slight or not.  And as a number of others have pointed out, if you see it in use, the probability in general usage its not intended neutrally or positively.  Consider the original post that started this side discussion; read it in the light of the fact that your experience with the term is not universal (nor, I think common, but that's hard to prove).Well, many of the people I refer to don't consider it an issue; if anything they kind of resent being rushed (I don't feel the same about my own outbreaks, but given its gotten worse with time, rather than better, I doubt I'm fixing it any time soon).  I don't know that they enjoy it exactly, but they don't consider doing it a flaw.  They just want to take their time.  To me its still too clearly decision paralysis to one degree or another, but they don't see it that way.</blockquote>

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