Assumptions you hate.
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I feel your pain, man. Especially with the football one, mainly sports in general actually...Dr. wonderful said:
This. I also support this because I've seen a good collection of your posts, and find you very interesting and enlightened. Also you've made me laugh from time to time. I tip my hat to you, good sir.the spud said:
OT: Okay, this ones been bugging me for awhile, but I've been having problems wording it. Here goes: The idea that just because a group of people share a common liking to something, they're all suddenly apart of a community. Yes technically they are a community, but do I want you to represent me? Do I want to associated with you? It's not that you're a bad person or anything, it's just the next time someone does something stupid, I don't want to lumped in with that. Even if they do something that puts the community in good light, I may still want to stand by my own accomplishments and not feed off someone elses name. I'm not a part of any community, I just happen to like something that other people like as well.
Than I have nothing against it. It is often good to get a "third perspective" in an otherwise stagnant debate. But when the person brings absolutely nothing new to the table and only rephrases some bits and pieces of the arguments already made. That ticks me off.Shakomaru said:
It is really the question of making a third argument that may to some degree agree with some of the points of the other arguments but including some original thoughts and new perspectives. Or making a pseudo-argument made up of nothing but rewording of other arguments and a general "you're both wrong therefor I'm right" sentiment.
When people assume that I'm disappointed with my job. I went to the bank to cash my paycheck, and the women at the counter recognized the restaurant that I work at, so she asked what I did there. I told her that I was a dishwasher, then she gets a pitied look on her face and says, "Oh, well that's still an important job." I'm only 15, it's not like I was expecting to be CEO of Sony or anything like that. What other job does she really expect a 15-year-old to have? And yes lady, I know it's an important job. Anything that's that much of a pain in the ass had better be important ;P
I'm gonna keep this one video game related. I hate it when the internet assumes that we make up some sort of influential group whose opinions are law, that game companies and the unwashed masses should follow our opinions. Fact is were the extreme minority. If you take the most popular editor on the most popular site that popularity is probably dwarfed by something like lets say Spike tv. The worse part is that everyone's shocked when something like COD sells like crazy, it's called mainstream and we're sadly not part of it so let's play our witcher 2 copies and enjoy it and get over the fact that we're actually not that loud an audience.
That PC instantly means Windows computer. Has the definition of PC changed within the last decade?
People who assume politicians have their best interests at heart.
People who assume that everything will be all right with the environment and show no responsibility for it's upkeep. [Not just people who won't recycle but those who litter, waste gas with huge vehicles, throw away good food, pitch out working appliances in favor of newer ones, ect.]
And the most aggravating one of all-
Demonstrably stupid people who assume they are my intellectual superior and try to talk to me like I'm the idiot.
People who assume that everything will be all right with the environment and show no responsibility for it's upkeep. [Not just people who won't recycle but those who litter, waste gas with huge vehicles, throw away good food, pitch out working appliances in favor of newer ones, ect.]
And the most aggravating one of all-
Demonstrably stupid people who assume they are my intellectual superior and try to talk to me like I'm the idiot.
The assumption that because you're young, you don't understand anything in the world and therefore all of your arguments (ABOUT ANYTHING) are invalid.
Seriously. I once tried to argue that Final Fantasy 7 isn't the best Final Fantasy and I was "beaten" and "disproved" because I'm 15. They said I didn't understand the art of video-games because I "grew up with shit like Halo and COD".
Seriously. I once tried to argue that Final Fantasy 7 isn't the best Final Fantasy and I was "beaten" and "disproved" because I'm 15. They said I didn't understand the art of video-games because I "grew up with shit like Halo and COD".
That a kid has to grow up to be a doctor or an engineer or a scientist now to be a success and kids that don't behave have things like being a garbage man waved over their head as a sort of vocational boogie man. As if a man can't be proud of the sweat on his brow and coming home from working hard. Hell, a master underwater welder can pull upwards of $200,000 a year with benefits. The men I count among my most respected are a sergeant from Atlanta, a gas station manager from Detroit, and a contractor from Pittsburgh. None of them would be considered great successes according to this idea, but they're the type of men I would want to be.
That humanity is somehow this amoral, parasitic scum infesting the Earth.
That geographic location dictates a person's character.
That the hobbies a person partakes in is a reflection of their intelligence and personality.
Worst of all the when someone assumes the worst of everything as if the future is set in stone. Not one damn man on this planet can see the future. Never assume the future is certain.
That humanity is somehow this amoral, parasitic scum infesting the Earth.
That geographic location dictates a person's character.
That the hobbies a person partakes in is a reflection of their intelligence and personality.
Worst of all the when someone assumes the worst of everything as if the future is set in stone. Not one damn man on this planet can see the future. Never assume the future is certain.
People who assume that when you say you don't like anime and are an ex-anime fan, that you must be secretly closeted or have some irrational hate for Japan. Racism gets thrown around a lot when that happens.
That all Christians hate-science, and are from america, because hey! such a stupid country like that has to believe in a god to support their tiny bigoted minds! all the other countries are obviously far more developed to believe in god! which is untrue because I am Canadian and the majority of americans are sensible people. like everybody else.