Quote from: AlcoHoDL on Today at 09:45:04 AM

In any case, there's no need for name calling, especially between WO regulars. IMHO.

oh?

We will have to work harder to have fun in other ways, then. Cry

I am not even agreeing to NOT resort to name calling, as determined exclusively by me.

Quote from: BobLawblaw on Today at 09:54:01 AM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on Today at 09:45:04 AM

In any case, there's no need for name calling, especially between WO regulars. IMHO.

In my defense, I can't help myself

Exactly!!!!!!

You tend to allow ur lil selfie to become very (arguably too much) emotional, and you want to be "looked up to" on the interwebs, so you go around swingening and swaggering as if you were to have some kind of meaningful and significant clout...

Quote from: OutOfMemory on Today at 10:20:22 AM

Quote from: BobLawblaw on Today at 09:54:01 AM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on Today at 09:45:04 AM

In any case, there's no need for name calling, especially between WO regulars. IMHO.

In my defense, I can't help myself when I see something absolutely retarded, in a place I enjoy investing time in, and say "OMG that's retarded. Howcanyouevenevenrightnow? <BLOCKD LIKE aLySsA MiLaNo YO>"

Fucking snowflakes.

Name calling is honesty, though.
We were educated that it's not "polite", but i'm fine with it, because actions matter thousand times more than words.
Words are just a lining, decoration or vocally encrypted emotions with a little bit of explicit and/or implicit information as well (the payload).
One can see it as an expressive vocal art form. Think about Eric Cartman (and the fact he has friends, too).

To be honest, i'm trained by one of my sons, who regularly shouts at everbody else, swearing, namecalling...
We let him do. No discussion, though.
A few minutes later he comes back and is deeply sorry, which weighs hundred times more than the words he said before.

Frequently pure name-calling without substance is a sign of lost arguments, and that is why it has its own logical fallacy name.. aka ad hominem attack.

In other words, I have no problem with strategic name calling, but it is likely better to attempt to address substance first, and usually only resort to name calling after the other party has done it first (not saying never to preemptively strike, because there are likely times/situations in which preemptive strikes could be helpful and even the right thing to do, also).