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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Midknightsun" data-source="post: 3629738" data-attributes="member: 46459">Always statement are generally a very bad idea, (btw all experience is subjective) . . . and yes, it is an issue of perception, but most human beings that function moderately well in society don't automatically assume the most negative connotation possible and internalize it.  In my field we call that a half step away from neurosis.  That's not a function of humanity, its a disfunction.Never said you had to hold a given definition.  I defend your right to hold whatever definition you want, no matter how silly it may seem to me, on any word or phrase you want, though of course the extreme of this could become complicated, as is often the case in any exercise where one takes the consequences out to the most hyperbolic ends of the spectrum.  I do hold onto my right to use a phrase that is derogatory to a (very small) subset of a (also small) subset of people, and after explaining where I am coming from to said people.  Once i've clarified my intent, the rest is largely the listener's burden to bear, especially in a situation such as this.  I mean the initial  "Hey, what'd you mean by that?"  is expected and encouraged.  The continual outrage and nitpicking would seem to indicate some tenderness on the part of the complainer that goes beyond the phrase and or buzzward itself, and into baggage that the speaker should not have to be ever wary of agitating in some potentially over sensitive reader.  I have no such issue with buzzwords as long as intent is clarified, and yet manage to remain a member in good standing of the human race. . . . other than those speeding tickets, but you see me and the local police just have different experiences with speed despite my best intentions. . . . <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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