I dunno, how much can you tell about someone who posts to a thread just to drop a snarky one-liner and trivialize a legitimate discussion with their derision? Speculations would be endless, I suspect.
Just a one liner?
Do you have something constructive to contribute to the discussion? Just wondering.
I’ve already contributed (see post 13 and 15), and did so again. More than holier-than-thou judgment and snobby intellectual elitism I’d say.
Thank you so much for you opinion. It’s awesome that you never make judgments of people or holier-than-thou pronouncements… oh, wait. :smack: Yeah, funny about that.
I do make judgments on people, I am human after all. While I respect intelligence and all of those that posses it in abundance, I find it particularly grating when people make snap judgments of a person’s intellect based off one or two isolated incidents. I may not be perfect, but I try to refrain from at least those such judgments. Especially when not everybody can help that they lack your obvious culture and IQ.
It’s kind of like poking fun at fat people because of who they are, except it is apparently ok in your book to look down your nose at people who aren’t as bright, educated or cultured as yourself. Sorry if my opinion bothers you, but yes… I did make a judgment, of character.
edit: I liken it to the difference between judging an adulterer for doing something not morally acceptable, and somebody belonging to “old money” looking down at the middle class. One judgment is not equal to the other.
You know, I think I explained why this girl made a negative impression on me. There were numerous issues, not just the spelling. And normally the spelling would just get a “hmmm” from me, but did you miss the part where she’s going to be an elementary ed teacher? I think that’s pretty worrisome. Not because she’s dating my buddy-- you can be a perfectly wonderful person and a bad speller. Because she’s going to be teaching little kids, and I think her language skills are appalling. If that doesn’t bother you, good for you. I think it would bother a lot of people, and it’s not a character judgment either.
Well, I think you didn’t read the thread thoroughly, because I think I couched my judgments in plenty of “maybe it’s just me not getting Myspace” to cover your criticisms. She displayed some poor taste and poor judgment too, if MsRobyn’s correct that she could be affecting her employment chances with her poorly written page.
Your opinion bothers me because you and I have gotten into it before, in the Pit, and you admitted you had some problem with me. I think you’re being unfair here and derailing a thread that’s not about me into being about me. Comparing my impressions of a Myspace page to ridiculing fat people, adultery, and class warfare… a bit hyperbolic and a bit much for an otherwise fairly innocuous thread.
I don’t consciously remember that thread*, nor any thread I have interacted with you in the past, but it is possible that I am carrying something over without realizing it, so I’m going to apologize in case that is true. Also I suppose it is a bit hyperbolic, as you so stated, so that probably means I am overly emotional about the topic or there is some carry over I am not aware of.
So I’m sorry for being judgmental and derailing your thread. I’ll bow out now.
*I’m afraid my memory isn’t that good.
I guess my feeling about Myspace is, when you have posted a public profile with your name, photos, job aspirations, alma maters, personal messages, etc., that you are putting your whole deal out there for people to see, read, and scrutinize, and forming an opinion is inevitable. If you don’t want strangers to get an impression of you and make judgements, make your profile private. Far less innocuous people than I, like your prospective employer, or as is mentioned in another thread going on in IMHO, your new SO, might read it and get the wrong idea. The internet is a public place, why do people forget that so easily?