Am I Being Too Sensitive?

Mark Singletary

8 years ago

Does Yahwey have the same meaning as Yahweh?

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PaulSch 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

Does Yahwey have the same meaning as Yahweh?

Mark

My fat finger pressed the y instead of the h

It was spelt Yahweh
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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

Does Yahwey have the same meaning as Yahweh?

Mark

Source: Wikipedia

It is my understanding that the god known as YAHWEY was once the god of storms, later the god of war, then later the god of the Hebrew bible. Now, that's either true or it isn't, I don't have sources so I can't put it in the article.

To some, they are interchangeable.

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

In my opinion, no. I find it offensive as well.

But..'.false "ones" shall arise' seems to come to mind...

Terra

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

This won't end well.

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8 years ago

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PaulSch

8 years ago

I made a mistake with my spelling in my original post. The username is Yahweh

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulSch

I made a mistake with my spelling in my original post. The username is Yahweh

Ha! And you had me do a little research, lol!

Terra

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PaulSch

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Ha! And you had me do a little research, lol!

Terra

Well, didn't want you lazing around all day.

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Jill Carpenter

8 years ago

Some people really do have the name Jesus.

So yes, I think you might be a bit too sensitive.

Wrong to do? no. In poor taste? TBD.

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter

Some people really do have the name Jesus.

So yes, I think you might be a bit too sensitive.

Wrong to do? no. In poor taste? TBD.

But Jesus is a very common name in Mexico. (Pronounced Hey-Soos)

Yaweh, not so much.

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

But Jesus is a very common name in Mexico. (Pronounced Hey-Soos)

Yaweh, not so much.

Terra

Does the name being common remove it from consideration? Why does "Jesus" get a pass?

What if we agree to pronounce Yahweh "Yea Wuh"?

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Does the name being common remove it from consideration? Why does "Jesus" get a pass?

What if we agree to pronounce Yahweh "Yea Wuh"?

We all don't agree, I would have to correct everybody else.

We can't just go around making stuff up.

Jesus gets a pass because Hey-soos was around before we were, it's not something we just made up.

Terra

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

We all don't agree, I would have to correct everybody else.

We can't just go around making stuff up.

Jesus gets a pass because Hey-soos was around before we were, it's not something we just made up.

Terra

Precisely my point. Pronunciation shouldn't make a difference. Thus, why does HeySeuss get a pass?

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Precisely my point. Pronunciation shouldn't make a difference. Thus, why does HeySeuss get a pass?

We didn't make Heysoos up, that's why.

The word for today, kiddies, is density. Riffle's brain is filled with density.

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

We didn't make Heysoos up, that's why.

The word for today, kiddies, is density. Riffle's brain is filled with density.

Terra

What do you mean, "We didn't make Heysoos up?" Are you saying we made up Yahweh?

The phrase for today, kiddies, is clarity of thought. "Terra's comment lacks clarity of thought."

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

What do you mean, "We didn't make Heysoos up?" Are you saying we made up Yahweh?

The phrase for today, kiddies, is clarity of thought. "Terra's comment lacks clarity of thought."

No we did not Dan, it existed before you and I were born.

Sheesh! Kiddies, can you say obstinate? Riffle is being obstinate, or playing dumb, you choose.

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

No we did not Dan, it existed before you and I were born.

Sheesh! Kiddies, can you say obstinate? Riffle is being obstinate, or playing dumb, you choose.

Terra

You still aren't making any sense. What existed before we were born? Jesus? The pronunciation "Heysoos"? Yahweh? Why does something existing before we were born matter in terms of what is taboo or not?

I think you know what you're trying to say, but you simply aren't communicating it. Did you take an extra dose of your meds this morning?

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

You still aren't making any sense. What existed before we were born? Jesus? The pronunciation "Heysoos"? Yahweh? Why does something existing before we were born matter in terms of what is taboo or not?

I think you know what you're trying to say, but you simply aren't communicating it. Did you take an extra dose of your meds this morning?

Jesus existed before we were born and so did the pronunciation Heysoos.

See? Easy peasy!

What?

My meds? One Ibuprofen 800, One flexeril 5mg, 3 10 milligram prednisone, 10mg of pepcid and I'm on my 6th cup of coffee.

Shut up! I'm nervous, okay?

Oh and I skipped breakfast.

Haha! That's probably explains it, lol!

Terra

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Jesus existed before we were born and so did the pronunciation Heysoos.

See? Easy peasy!

What?

My meds? One Ibuprofen 800, One flexeril 5mg, 3 10 milligram prednisone, 10mg of pepcid and I'm on my 6th cup of coffee.

Shut up! I'm nervous, okay?

Oh and I skipped breakfast.

Haha! That's probably explains it, lol!

Terra

And I've just been trying to give you something to keep your mind off it.

I do that to Claude, too, but usually just to frustrate him and make him waste time.

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

And I've just been trying to give you something to keep your mind off it.

I do that to Claude, too, but usually just to frustrate him and make him waste time.

And I usually recognize that effort. And that's half the fun.

One of the funniest things to me, is when I don't recognize it, take time to seriously answer, and then realize it on your next tormenting post. The fact that you handled me makes me laugh.

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

The fact that you handled me makes me laugh.

I'm not sure I could say the same thing.

Okay, I have to go now!

Terra

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Dan Riffle

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

I'm not sure I could say the same thing.

Okay, I have to go now!

Terra

Oh, you wouldn't be laughing, honey. You'd be purring.

(and possibly screaming the names of various deities mentioned in this thread.)

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Claude Whitacre 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Oh, you wouldn't be laughing, honey. You'd be purring.

You say that because the only thing that lets you have sex with it...purrs.
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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Oh, you wouldn't be laughing, honey. You'd be purring.

(and possibly screaming the names of various deities mentioned in this thread.)

LOL!

Ok, that was funny even if you are completely wrong.

See, first, I'd have to roundhouse flying kick you in the solar plexus to drop you to the ground as you gasp for air looking even uglier than a fish out of water. While I dug the heel of my stiletto into your chest, I'd be dialing 911, and after your arrest for sexual assault, I'd get a restraining order out on you.

Don't mess with fire, baby, or you're gonna get burned.

Terra

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kenmichaels

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

LOL!

Ok, that was funny even if you are completely wrong.

See, first, I'd have to roundhouse flying kick you in the solar plexus to drop you to the ground as you gasp for air looking even uglier than a fish out of water. While I dug the heel of my stiletto into your chest, I'd be dialing 911, and after your arrest for sexual assault, I'd get a restraining order out on you.

Don't mess with fire, baby, or you're gonna get burned.

Terra

You do realize that what you're describing is foreplay to Dan,
and it's what he pays Claude top dollar for.

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MissTerraK 8 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

You do realize that what you're describing is foreplay to Dan.
You described what he pays Claude top dollar for.

LMBO

That's funny too!

I love you guys! I need lots of laughs.

Terra
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HeySal

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

LOL!

Ok, that was funny even if you are completely wrong.

See, first, I'd have to roundhouse flying kick you in the solar plexus to drop you to the ground as you gasp for air looking even uglier than a fish out of water. While I dug the heel of my stiletto into your chest, I'd be dialing 911, and after your arrest for sexual assault, I'd get a restraining order out on you.

Don't mess with fire, baby, or you're gonna get burned.

Terra

Um..........is your doctor going to approve of you doing flying kicks right now? You might want to hunt a little harder for someone to prescribe that painkiller Suzanne recommended to you if you're going to be pouncing on guys who could just as easily be stopped by parking your sweet loyal puppy between you and him. Um............

Just sayin' .......

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Um..........is your doctor going to approve of you doing flying kicks right now? You might want to hunt a little harder for someone to prescribe that painkiller Suzanne recommended to you if you're going to be pouncing on guys who could just as easily be stopped by parking your sweet loyal puppy between you and him. Um............

Just sayin' .......

I was just reliving the past. It worked once, why not twice?

It's just talk anyway, none of it will ever happen.

Lexi, yep, she gave a pair of geese that landed in the pond a hard time today. They were coming right back at her, both at the same time.

But they flew off, I don't think they liked losing some of their feathers, lol!

Terra

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yukon

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

The fact that you handled me makes me laugh.

Handled?

Beavis & Butthead Laugh for 10 Minutes -...

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Handled?

Yeah. I get a kick out of someone that shows they are a step (or ten) ahead of me.

It's why I laugh at good jokes. Maybe why we all laugh at jokes. The end is unexpected.

Riffle and I are different in many ways. But our humor is nearly identical (based on my experience) and we are close in intelligence.
One of the things I love most about my wife is that she slyly handles me, to get me to do what she wants. Part of me knows what she is doing, but it shows intelligence, and we both think it's funny...because I do the same thing to her.

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perryny

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

It's why I laugh at good jokes. Maybe why we all laugh at jokes.

Speaking of jokes...

A feminist was talking to me about the word "Man Hole Cover". She said it was a sexist term. I said "You're right. From now on, I'm going to call them Street Vaginas".

Hope I didn't offend anyone.

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MissTerraK

8 years ago

Originally Posted by perryny

Speaking of jokes...

A feminist was talking to me about the word "Man Hole Cover". She said it was a sexist term. I said "You're right. From now on, I'm going to call them Street Vaginas".

Hope I didn't offend anyone.

Perfect timing! I really needed a laugh at this precise moment!! Thanks!

Although merely Street Vag would cover it or perhaps Street Vajayjay. Haha!

Terra

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Princess Balestra

8 years ago

Originally Posted by perryny

Speaking of jokes...

A feminist was talking to me about the word "Man Hole Cover". She said it was a sexist term. I said "You're right. From now on, I'm going to call them Street Vaginas".

Hope I didn't offend anyone.

Seems you can't walk anyplace now without encounterin' street food.

Please do not tell me we gonna have flappoes danglin' from evry parked trailer or protuberisti enforcin' any kinda slalom.

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wolfmmiii

8 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulSch

While meandering through upstairs I found a member with the username 'Yahweh' which I found to be quite an offensive use for the name so I complained about it.

I wondered how FL/WF would react if I registered the username Allah.

Am I being too sensitive? Should I just have let it ride?

Yes, you are being too sensitive. There are far more productive things you could be doing with your time than worrying about some random person's online screen name. I mean, how does this person's screen name have ANY impact at all on your life or your business?

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Frank Donovan

8 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Yes, you are being too sensitive. There are far more productive things you could be doing with your time than worrying about some random person's online screen name.

He's just asking a question - not writing a thesis.

Paul, you don't strike me as an oversensitive person. If this matters to you, my advice would be to report the name and let the admin make the call.

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yukon Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

If this matters to you, my advice would be to report the name and let the admin make the call.

What If we just formed a mob with tiki torches & search for the guy? If the mob gets separated we could regroup at a secret location.

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  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  What If we just formed a mob with tiki torches & search for the guy? If the mob gets separated we could regroup at a secret location.
  
  I think you're being too sensitive.
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  I think you're being too sensitive.
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wolfmmiii

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

He's just asking a question - not writing a thesis.

Paul, you don't strike me as an oversensitive person. If this matters to you, my advice would be to report the name and let the admin make the call.

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And I provided an answer with an explanation...

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PaulSch 8 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

And I provided an answer with an explanation...

Well, actually you didn't. You simply wrote your opinion. There was no explanation involved anywhere in your answer.
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- wolfmmiii 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by PaulSch
  
  Well, actually you didn't. You simply wrote your opinion. There was no explanation involved anywhere in your answer.
  
  I did provide an explanation - there are more productive things in life to be doing instead of running around reporting "offensive" screen names. This is why I feel you are being too sensitive.
  
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PaulSch

8 years ago

Originally Posted by wolfmmiii

Yes, you are being too sensitive. There are far more productive things you could be doing with your time than worrying about some random person's online screen name. I mean, how does this person's screen name have ANY impact at all on your life or your business?

I love this. I'm in the OT Forum, which I suppose is as close as you can get to officially wasting time and I'm being hectored for not doing more productive things.

I don't really want to get into long winded reasons about why this tugged my chain. I'm not a religious person but I just thought that if there was going to be sauce for the goose, then the gander should be entitled to the same treatment. If I start getting all long winded then this will make it necessary to start banging on about religion and politics and I don't really feel like an enforced holiday at the moment although I guess a few in the SEO forum would be glad of that.

Anyway, thanks everybody for your posts. Hopefully the thread won't descend into yet more abuse about Claude.

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wolfmmiii

8 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulSch

I love this. I'm in the OT Forum, which I suppose is as close as you can get to officially wasting time and I'm being hectored for not doing more productive things.

You aren't being hectored. You asked a question and I answered it - along with an explanation for my answer. Were you simply looking for answers that only agreed with your position? Or are you just being to sensitive over my answer and explanation?

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Kay King 8 years ago

You are in the OT section - rhetorical questions are the norm down here.

Paul - seeing the name would make me pause but then I'd let it go. It's not a new WF acct - I find it lacking in taste but doesn't personally offend me, either.
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Princess Balestra

8 years ago

Like a lotta words, Yahweh is evocative, perhaps moreso than non-name nouns of a C or N persuasion, or actual name words in common usage like Jesus.

If someone is usin' it as a forum name, you gotta ask — why choose that?

What are you tryin' to infer?

Someone shows up as Hitler, you would wanna know why.

Is this praise or provocation, insight or incite?

It would not bother me personally that anyone chose to call themselves Yahweh or Allah, but I would be wary of their motives an' watchful of what happened in their wake.

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yukon

Banned 8 years ago

Remember the guy on this forum that thought he was a god because he had hair?

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PaulSch 8 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Remember the guy on this forum that thought he was a god because he had hair?

Be fair though, he was pretty cool.
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MissTerraK 8 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Remember the guy on this forum that thought he was a god because he had hair?

I didn't until you just brought it up!

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulSch

While meandering through upstairs I found a member with the username 'Yahweh' which I found to be quite an offensive use for the name so I complained about it.

I wondered how FL/WF would react if I registered the username Allah.

Am I being too sensitive? Should I just have let it ride?

I find it funny that anyone finds any word offensive. But I can see (because I remember being religious) how it might offend some people.

Me? I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Would you find the username Thor offensive? Neither do I.

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PaulSch 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Would you find the username Thor offensive?

It depends which part of me was Thor
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MissTerraK 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Would you find the username Thor offensive? Neither do I.

No more than the name Hercules.

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Khemosabi

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I find it funny that anyone finds any word offensive. But I can see (because I remember being religious) how it might offend some people.

Me? I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Would you find the username Thor offensive? Neither do I.

Sorry Claude, but Paul found the use of the word offensive. I don't find words offensive, but yeah, the use of them can be offensive.

I get what you're implying by "Thor". I don't really get offended by a person's want, or need, to stick some label on themselves to make themselves feel better. I usually just roll my eyes...

Labeling, or feeling like you need a label, is a sign of insecurity to me.

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Khemosabi

Sorry Claude, but Paul found the use of the word offensive. I don't find words offensive, but yeah, the use of them can be offensive.

I don't find any words offensive, or even the use of them. It may be impossible to offend me. The closest thing is that I can get mad (once every several years so far), when someone is mean, to me or someone else.

It may have come from decades of selling, and not reacting emotionally to anything anyone says to me.

I don't think a person is wrong if they are offended, it just isn't the way I react.

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kenmichaels

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I don't find any words offensive, or even the use of them. It may be impossible to offend me. The closest thing is that I can get mad (once every several years so far), when someone is mean, to me or someone else.

It may have come from decades of selling, and not reacting emotionally to anything anyone says to me.

I don't think a person is wrong if they are offended, it just isn't the way I react.

Only people I love / really care about, can offend me.

When stupid falls out of someones mouth, I see it as a window to
there prejudices, lack of education and more often then not,
where exactly they are maturity wise.

I laugh at a lot of stupid - on the inside.

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Claude Whitacre

8 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

Only people I love / really care about, can offend me.

When stupid falls out of someones mouth, I see it as a window to
there prejudices, lack of education and more often then not,
where exactly they are maturity wise.

I laugh at a lot of stupid - on the inside.

I had to look up the word "Offend" to make sure what we are talking about.

This will reveal me for the pr!ck I am.

The reason I almost never get mad, no matter what someone says is; To me, they are damaged...suffering. I don't see them as "like me." Even most of my closest friends couldn't anger me, no matter what they say.

But I can get frustrated with bad logic. When I know it's impossible to reason with someone, it can make me want to walk away. On this forum, the only thing that frustrates me is arguing points that weren't made...purposely misunderstanding what was said.

None of this is because I'm smarter than anyone else, or a better person...it's just that I don't think of myself as part of what's happening around me. And, like I said before, I'm not an emphatic person.

I don't remember ever yelling at my son. But maybe I did. I never raised my voice in anger with my wife. And those are the people I love.

I do yell at my cat, but it isn't really anger.

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yukon

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I find it funny that anyone finds any word offensive. But I can see (because I remember being religious) how it might offend some people.

Me? I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Would you find the username Thor offensive? Neither do I.

So If I make fun of your favorite vacuum cleaner you won't be mad?

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Princess Balestra 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Would you find the username Thor offensive? Neither do I.

I would love Thor to show up.
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Frank Donovan 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Would you find the username Thor offensive?

No, but he'd probably get the ban hammer.
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agmccall

8 years ago

everyone has the right to be offended, and in this day and age people are offended by almost everything. The thing we do not have a right to do is change everything that offends us.

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whateverpedia

8 years ago

I'm thinking of changing my user name to Osama bin Hitler. No-one would have any problems with that would they?

If they do then surely my second choice (Kim Jong Mussolini) is acceptable to all.

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MissTerraK 8 years ago

I like my name, so I'm not changing it at all.

If that offends you, then we're even, haha!

Seriously, I tried to think of a name to change mine to, but I couldn't find one I liked more than my own. It's so down to earthsy.

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tagiscom 8 years ago

Yahweh, l was trying to break it down into something rude and...Yah, we, H..... was the worst thing l could think of.

Didn't realize that the word meant something?

I don't think that it is as offensive as Al..., that word is getting dragged through so much mud, (thanks to fanaticism) it will end up going the way of the Chinese good luck symbol?

Not in and off itself offensive, but plenty will still see it that way.
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PaulSch

8 years ago

How capricious nature is. If it hadn't been raining this morning I'd have been outside pruning a few trees and I'd have missed all this fun.

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8 years ago

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Khemosabi

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I don't find any words offensive, or even the use of them. It may be impossible to offend me. The closest thing is that I can get mad (once every several years so far), when someone is mean, to me or someone else.

It may have come from decades of selling, and not reacting emotionally to anything anyone says to me.

I don't think a person is wrong if they are offended, it just isn't the way I react.

You're right Claude, it's not wrong when someone gets offended. What offends some doesn't offend all. I think I am more of the lines of "poor choice of words". I do not like the use of the word "retard" when it comes to someone who isn't clinically retarded. I think it's in poor taste.

I really don't get easily offended, however, there is ONE word that will set me off, if you call me "it".

I find it interesting that you don't get offended (exception noted). May I give it a shot?

Dan's smarter than you. I like Dyson's. Ghosts are real. And... you got owned by a cat!... more than once!

There, I gave it all I got Claude, pleaseeeee tell me I at least made your hair stand up.........wait, never mind.

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Yeah. I get a kick out of someone that shows they are a step (or ten) ahead of me.

It's why I laugh at good jokes. Maybe why we all laugh at jokes. The end is unexpected.

Riffle and I are different in many ways. But our humor is nearly identical (based on my experience) and we are close in intelligence.
One of the things I love most about my wife is that she slyly handles me, to get me to do what she wants. Part of me knows what she is doing, but it shows intelligence, and we both think it's funny...because I do the same thing to her.

Same around here... I love how he outsmarts me. I only married him because he's fun to look at! I had no idea he was smart, too!

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HeySal

8 years ago

People have been named after Messiahs here and there all over the world. There's Jesus's and Muhammad's all over the place...........but I don't see any God, Allah, Buddha's etc anywhere.

I've never seen anyone actually named after a God. Seems that is considered blasphemy.

Now - if someone wants to use it as a username in a forum.........well, I think the Princess is right on that one. Maybe that dude(ette) should be taken with a grain of salt. Why would they do so?

Terra...........I don't think it matters that a name was used before we were around - I think what matters is if the name was used generally before, or at least at the time, the religion was founded. Which takes me back to my first statement here. I've never seen anyone actually in real life named after a god in any religion - but after the messiahs of a religion not uncommonly.

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