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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3626748" data-attributes="member: 22779">The point that you seem to be missing here though is that it doesn't matter that you don't find the term antagonistic.  Of course you don't, you're the one using it, assuming you're not trolling.  I would hope that people would use terms that they don't personally find insulting.  That makes sense.  The point is, OTHER people find the term distasteful and see it as a wrongbadfun attack on how they game.  If someone likes how 3.5 handles the paladin's mount and sees other people comparing it to something that is intended for children, then they can easily think that you are comparing their tastes to that of a child's.  Not many people appreciate being told their tastes are childish."Whether man" has no connotative meaning.  Therefore it cannot really be taken as insulting or anything else.  Saying that a paladin't mount is a Murkle won't raise any feathers simply because the word has no connotative associations.  I adore LOTS of children's literature.  I would point out that someone who likes Pokemon would likely be simply confused by the idea of Pokemount.  You are using it, in your own words, to show distaste.  But, to someone who likes Pokemon, that term would not mean what you think it means.  It would be showing appreciation.  "Wow, you think that a paladin is like a character from Pokemon?  Hey, that's a cool idea!"So, again, your use of buzzwords simply confuses meaning.  To someone who likes the mechanics but doesn't like Pokemon, you come off as condescending.  To someone who likes Pokemon and likes the mechanic, you come off as complimentary.  To someone who doesn't like the mechanic but likes Pokemon, you come off as antagonistic since you are saying that Pokemon is bad.  Only to those who think like you, don't like the mechanic and don't like Pokemon does your meaning come clear.So, you have four potential audiences, three of which will mistake your meaning and the only one that understands you agrees with you in the first place.  That's not exactly effective communication.</blockquote>

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