What always manages to upset you, thickness of your skin be damned?
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I'll soften the blow of my major one with a very minor one that just gets on my nerves for absolutely no reason I can think of.
I can't stand the texture of newspaper, especially when they're heavily inked. I have no idea why, it just really irritates me whenever I touch one because I somehow feel dirty afterward and have to wash my hands to feel better. If I can't then I constantly rub my fingers onto my jeans to try to get that sensation off. I don't know what it is about newspaper in particular, but it's just severely irritating to touch for me, which is a problem as it's part of my job right now.
And now the major one (which is actually two, but mostly combined into one).
People who only dislike atheists because they are completely ignorant of what that position entails. Atheism means ONE thing and ONE thing only: lack of belief in a deity or deities. That's it. Most of the people who say "I dislike atheists because they are constantly trying to disprove God" are ignorant of the fact that we wouldn't have to constantly be on the defensive if theists weren't constantly trying to enforce their particular brand of supernatural hogwash onto people who don't want to hear it, or use it to justify things that should never be acceptable in today's society. We wouldn't have to keep bringing up the contradictions, fallacies and downright nonsense in your beliefs if you weren't presenting them as legitimate facts despite no evidence being presented to justify them.
The other side of this are atheists (or anyone else for that matter) who think that atheism is some kind of label that dictates a dogmatic belief system when, in fact, it's nothing of the sort since atheists only share ONE thing in common and that's the lack of belief in a deity or deities.
For example, it's perfectly possible to be an atheist and a creationist at the same time as long as you believe that the universe was created by an intelligent being that is NOT a god. I could believe that the entire universe was created in the pouches of a giant space hamster called Bobo after a particularly big snack on gluon plasma. There's no deity of any kind in that statement so I can still legitimately call myself an atheist.
As an atheist, I can deny evolution or think that the big bang theory is a load of crap. I can even say that I believe fairies cause bad luck and that breaking mirrors will give you seven years of it. If you can't see a reference to god(s) in any statement of belief then I can still claim to be an atheist because, as I said, there is only ONE thing and ONE thing only that all atheists agree on and that is they lack a belief in a deity or deities.
So when you make that argument "I hate atheists because..." keep that in mind. You're addressing an entire group of people who might not even believe in whatever argument you're presenting against it. You're much better off saying "I hate the particular atheists that..." because at least that's accurate.
I can't stand the texture of newspaper, especially when they're heavily inked. I have no idea why, it just really irritates me whenever I touch one because I somehow feel dirty afterward and have to wash my hands to feel better. If I can't then I constantly rub my fingers onto my jeans to try to get that sensation off. I don't know what it is about newspaper in particular, but it's just severely irritating to touch for me, which is a problem as it's part of my job right now.
And now the major one (which is actually two, but mostly combined into one).
People who only dislike atheists because they are completely ignorant of what that position entails. Atheism means ONE thing and ONE thing only: lack of belief in a deity or deities. That's it. Most of the people who say "I dislike atheists because they are constantly trying to disprove God" are ignorant of the fact that we wouldn't have to constantly be on the defensive if theists weren't constantly trying to enforce their particular brand of supernatural hogwash onto people who don't want to hear it, or use it to justify things that should never be acceptable in today's society. We wouldn't have to keep bringing up the contradictions, fallacies and downright nonsense in your beliefs if you weren't presenting them as legitimate facts despite no evidence being presented to justify them.
The other side of this are atheists (or anyone else for that matter) who think that atheism is some kind of label that dictates a dogmatic belief system when, in fact, it's nothing of the sort since atheists only share ONE thing in common and that's the lack of belief in a deity or deities.
For example, it's perfectly possible to be an atheist and a creationist at the same time as long as you believe that the universe was created by an intelligent being that is NOT a god. I could believe that the entire universe was created in the pouches of a giant space hamster called Bobo after a particularly big snack on gluon plasma. There's no deity of any kind in that statement so I can still legitimately call myself an atheist.
As an atheist, I can deny evolution or think that the big bang theory is a load of crap. I can even say that I believe fairies cause bad luck and that breaking mirrors will give you seven years of it. If you can't see a reference to god(s) in any statement of belief then I can still claim to be an atheist because, as I said, there is only ONE thing and ONE thing only that all atheists agree on and that is they lack a belief in a deity or deities.
So when you make that argument "I hate atheists because..." keep that in mind. You're addressing an entire group of people who might not even believe in whatever argument you're presenting against it. You're much better off saying "I hate the particular atheists that..." because at least that's accurate.
What if they give perfectly logical justifications for that opinion?Purple Shrimp said:
I LOL'd.Calibretto said:
Are you people not taught how to wash? Its quite simple: some soap on the dick every day, keeps the smegma and germs away. The States is the only Western country in the world that advocates genital mutilation, and the most popular reason given isn't even for supposed "cleanliness" anyway, its because people think their kids will have the piss taken out of them.Tdc2182 said:
Your finger nails collect a bunch of dirt too, you don't fucking remove them in case you're too stupid to wash your hands and put them in your mouth.
What should we do instead? Send gays to "correctional" camps and persecute them because they don't find the same things attractive that we do? Because that always works out so well. I don't like ginger girls, I don't fucking hate on people who do.Hatchet90 said:
OT: Just running with the vibe (sorta) of the quoted post: religious people who tell you they will pray for you. Some smug fuck said it to me on here once, it bugged the shit out of me.
People making threats against or shit about my loved ones. I know I confess hatred of my family all the fucking time, but only because they're naturally very annoying people, it doesn't mean I want any harm to come to them and people throwing shit about them in my face during an argument is a one-way ticket to getting my foot connecting at high velocity with your balls.
Same when you talk about my boyfriend or my friends. Shit doesn't fly with me at all.
Also, really obvious, explicit homophobia. Not when someone's just so oblivious about gays that they sound homophobic, I just correct them. But when someone really hates gay people and pulls out the most horrific shit to say against, that's when it always gets to me. Like this line from some prick I argued with once:
"Hitler was right to round the faggots up during World War 2. I wouldn't want them fucking up my country either." That's both horrendously offensive and very irritating, so that guy got a verbal beat-down for his troubles.
EDIT: People that are oblivious to everything outside their own sphere of existence. You know, the "why is that black guy being upset over someone saying '******'? It's just a word" crowd. Idiotic morons.
Same when you talk about my boyfriend or my friends. Shit doesn't fly with me at all.
Also, really obvious, explicit homophobia. Not when someone's just so oblivious about gays that they sound homophobic, I just correct them. But when someone really hates gay people and pulls out the most horrific shit to say against, that's when it always gets to me. Like this line from some prick I argued with once:
"Hitler was right to round the faggots up during World War 2. I wouldn't want them fucking up my country either." That's both horrendously offensive and very irritating, so that guy got a verbal beat-down for his troubles.
EDIT: People that are oblivious to everything outside their own sphere of existence. You know, the "why is that black guy being upset over someone saying '******'? It's just a word" crowd. Idiotic morons.
Perhaps a middle ground can be achieved?Judgement101 said:
OT: Well, it's been said before, but hate the derogatory use of the word ******.
I've noticed it on other forums, but not on here. People here tend to be pretty racially sensitive, but on some other game-related forums I've generally heard people complaining about the option to make your player character black in some games, because that doesn't tailor to their particular character choice.Woodsey said:
it IS normal.....(humans have been doing it since the dawn of time)Hatchet90 said:
and really...opoasing it is just delaying the inevitiable (because lets face it....unless some evil dictator takes over we arnt going back on years and years of gay rights)
Its less that, more "why can't I say ****** to a black guy when a black guy can say it to his black friends? Herp derp, double standards." Well yeah dipshit, it is double standards - double standards propped up by years of slavery, oppression, and general mistreatment.ReservoirAngel said:
People seem to think that they can simply deem themselves what words carry weight with other people, and which ones don't.
Whenever my family decides that my life, my way of going about daily life, is everybody's business. As an example, (I am legally an adult, above 18) I was going out with a friend to see a movie, grabbed a scarf (red) and since I was wearing a purple shirt (with a closed green jacket over it) my mother and father decided that I do not care enough about my appearance. To be honest, I do not care so much that I would care which colour the little scarf had, the kind you just have around your neck, or even on your head, and thus upon hearing this my father said "Oh, you're being all tough".
Now, that is another thing that always upsets me; when people say "oh, how tough you are" whenever I calmly tell them that this is my business, and I rather not talk about it. Also the "chill out" when one speaks energetically about something, or shows interest in a topic...
Now, that is another thing that always upsets me; when people say "oh, how tough you are" whenever I calmly tell them that this is my business, and I rather not talk about it. Also the "chill out" when one speaks energetically about something, or shows interest in a topic...
Oh yeah, I've noticed that. I've noticed that seemingly happening everywhere recently, it's weird and incredibly stupid.Woodsey said:
Yes! This happens to me all the time. Most of the time, I'm only mildly annoyed (sometimes I'm HAPPY and people still tell me to "chill"). Also, people always come up to me and ask "What's wrong?". Nothing's wrong, I was just thinking.simmeh said:
Buddy, if any of what you said was right, you'd have backing from a medical organisation. But you don't. Funny that, isn't it? Isn't it funny how apparently you know the secret behind circumcision and yet not one medical association agrees with you. Why don't you type your bullshit to them, so if they care.Tdc2182 said:
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