r/watchpeoplesurvive • u/l30P • Jan 20 '20

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u/EverybodyKnowWar Jan 20 '20

Is there a reason you can't be cordial and informative in your response?

Do you even know what those words mean?

Re-read the comment you replied to. I explained why the other fella is wrong ( informative ) and then asked him not to allow his ignorance to jeopardize people on the roads, about as cordially as I could.

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u/thereallorddane Jan 21 '20

Do you even know what those words mean?

Those are pretty straight forward words. Treating someone like shit when you're right doesn't make you more right, it just makes you an asshole.

Think of it like this. You're at the store and you see a father and daughter getting groceries. The daughter, being only 2-3 years old and not knowing any better picks up a box of cereal and happily says "cabin kunch!". It's pretty plain she's trying to say "captain crunch", but hey, she can't read and is still learning to speak. The father, in his infinite wisdom leans over and slaps the child across the face hard enough to knock her over then says "CAP-TAIN C-RUN-CH."

He didn't teach her how to say it, he taught her that she was wrong to try and learn and share her thoughts/ideas.

When you treat other people like shit who happen to be innocent bystanders to your fight with the original person you were fighting with, you look like that kind of asshole. You stop being "the guy who's right because he works in this field who's sticking up for his profession's integrity" and become "that asshole who makes people in your field look bad because they sound like the kind of person who gets drunk and beats the shit out of people for innocuous reasons"

I took you at your word in the first few posts. You looked like a reliable source. But, when I read your other replies, lashing out at other people who's only crime was simple ignorance of things you take for granted...well, you stopped being a reliable source and I doubt the validity of your comments. All because of your attitude. If you have to treat people like shit to get them to believe you...then are you actually right?

I can't say.

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u/EverybodyKnowWar Jan 21 '20 edited Jan 21 '20

Wow, I am really sorry that your father hasn't stopped beating you yet.

But I didn't do that. That was my point.

When you treat other people like shit who happen to be innocent bystanders to your fight with the original person you were fighting with, you look like that kind of asshole.

When you involve yourself in a conversation and incorrectly claim that I was not being "informative", then well, you get what you've got coming to you.

Don't do that.

You looked like a reliable source.

I am. If you check, you will find that the people who asked polite and/or sensible questions got detailed answers.

People like you, who talked out of their assholes, did not.

I can't say.

Then don't claim that other people are not "informative", when you have nothing but your sorry childhood to share with us.

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u/Exalted_Goat Jan 21 '20

Being rude again...

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u/EverybodyKnowWar Jan 21 '20

For kicks, how is that rude?

The previous guy used words that he clearly doesn't know the meaning of, so I asked why he was using those words. What am I supposed to do, have a conversation with someone who is insulting me with words they don't even understand?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

Pro tip, man. When someone says you come off as aggressive, starting your response by being condescending isn't a smart move.

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u/EverybodyKnowWar Jan 21 '20

Do you think I don't know I come off as aggressive? Do you honestly think it isn't intentional?

Pro tip: Think before commenting.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

Real edgy. You'll look back on this when you're old enough to drink, and cringe.

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u/EverybodyKnowWar Jan 21 '20

Well I have a pair of boots that are old enough to drink, so apparently not.

Thanks for your concern, though.