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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3618857" data-attributes="member: 18280">Not at all, although to get into a close discussion of this particular topic, we would have to drag in words that we actually know the listener will consider derogatory.  What I am saying is that in having a conversation, you ought to be able to assume some level of maturity on the part of the participants, rather than having to skirt and parse each word as its spoken in case some phrase you view as descriptive will instead be considered derogatory.  Moreover, I am saying that the listener has some responsibility to try to view what he is listening to in the light it is intended, rather than simply whatever best matches his mood/expectation at the time."Pokemount" is not in the class of several dozen terms that I would not use on EN World nor in real life.If you think it is, good luck with that!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />EDIT:  For clarification, that last line is meant to be cheeky, not insulting.  The main point stands, though.  How many posters have been criticized for failing to include a YMMV, IMHO, or AFAIK in their posts, when it was nonetheless clear that they were talking about their opinions?  If I say "WallMagics Suck!" (and, in some contexts, let me be clear, I think that WallMagics do not suck), then that is clearly a statement of opinion, not some statement of universal truth that must be adhered to by all lest they engage in wrongbadfun.</blockquote>

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