The One Word Newbies Use that Drives Me Nuts When I Read a Thread

You're right Brad. We get way too hung up on words when it comes to
the English language. One person sees the word "try" to mean one thing
and another person sees a whole different meaning.

I personally hate it when people play word games and ironically, I think we
are both guilty of that in this thread, which is why I usually try to stay out
of discussions like this because they ultimately lead to arguments.

For this reason, I tend to look at things as black and white. I take people
at their word. In other words, if somebody says to me that they're going to
"try" something, I take it to mean the following:

"They are going to do that thing, whatever it is, and see if it is something
that is right for them."

That is how I define the word try.

If we're arguing about the word, that's one thing.

If we're arguing about the intention behind the word, that's something
else entirely. I'm never going to assume that when somebody says to me
that they're going to "try" something that they're just giving me lip service
and that they really don't mean it...ultimately just doing nothing.

And if that's what happens, it's their problem...not mine. But thats' a whole
different issue.

Maybe my problem with the whole thread was using the word "newbies".

Not all newbies, when they say they're going to try something, are just
making excuses. Some, like me when I was a newbie, actually mean it.
When I tried something, I tried it. Sometimes to a fault. And then when I
got nowhere with it, I'd get frustrated and start bitching about it.

And yes, sometimes I'd be given advice to do something and something
about the advice didn't sit right with me, so I'd say to the person, "Okay,
I'll give it a try" just to get them off my back, especially if they kept
harping on it. And then I'd just toss the idea to the curb because I thought
it was crap to begin with.

I understand that this is totally different from the person who has no
sense of commitment to anything and no matter what you say to them,
they're going to end up sitting on their backside doing nothing.

Again, I can't worry about it.

You say it drives you nuts?

It doesn't even register on my emotional meter because I simply can't be
bothered with people like that.

I have too many important things to do.