# May I have a moment of your time, scott evil? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324 "2002-07-17T01:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/21 "2002-07-17T03:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*What I’m saying, Hastur, is that you _do_ deserve it. \*\* Do tell. How do I come to deserve thy righteous wrath and indignation, oh pointy headed one? ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/22 "2002-07-17T04:39:39Z")
Your answer may be found [right here](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=breeder). Your usage, of course, is in the third definition, and the emphasis of my objection to your dickheadeness lies in the two words, “_Offensive Slang_.” But clearly, you already knew it was offensive, or you wouldn’t have offered it as a false alternative to “str8.” Hence, I have concluded that you’re an asshole, and one who apparently enjoys playing stupid about using a sexual orientation-based slur, for some reason that I concede I do not understand. Now run along and see if you can come up with an insult more creative that “get a life.” ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/23 "2002-07-17T04:47:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\* > > You prefer ‘breeder?’ > > 😃 \*\* No, as the odds of me breeding are increasingly slim while I continue to have heterosexual sex frequently. How about “straight”? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/24 "2002-07-17T04:52:25Z")
Geez, minty, while I generally disagree with you politically, I have always had respect for your input here, especially re legal issues. However, lately you have been coming off as a fucking jerk in your responses to people. Take five man. You are starting to remind me of monty. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/25 "2002-07-17T04:52:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*What the hell crawled up your ass and died? \*\* followed by… > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Guinastasia_ > **A dead horse.** 😛 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/26 "2002-07-17T05:46:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*Your answer may be found [right here](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=breeder). Your usage, of course, is in the third definition, and the emphasis of my objection to your dickheadeness lies in the two words, “_Offensive Slang_.” But clearly, you already knew it was offensive, or you wouldn’t have offered it as a false alternative to “str8.” Hence, I have concluded that you’re an asshole, and one who apparently enjoys playing stupid about using a sexual orientation-based slur, for some reason that I concede I do not understand. > > Now run along and see if you can come up with an insult more creative that “get a life.” \*\* You don’t merit anything more creative than that, you sanctimonious prig. I was FUCKING KIDDING. You want to be offended? Fine. It was not intended, and I do not defend that. What I am completely sick of is your thorough overreaction and hostile crap. I conclude from this that you have to drag things out until you get what you want, and thus need to get over your control issues. Again: GET A LIFE. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/27 "2002-07-17T05:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by obfusciatrist \* > \*\* > > No, as the odds of me breeding are increasingly slim while I continue to have heterosexual sex frequently. > > How about “straight”? \*\* Straight is just fine with me. I was kidding before with breeder, and thought I made that clear with the smiley. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/28 "2002-07-17T05:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > You want to be offended? Fine. It was not intended, and I do not defend that. I was offended too. And I don’t fucking care whether you intended it or not, any more than you would care whether I intended to offend you or not by calling something I didn’t like “gay.” ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/29 "2002-07-17T06:03:51Z")
Nice to see the overly easy to offend segment of the population is in force tonight. You want to make a point? _Fine_. I have yet to see a point made. What I see is that I brought up another term in jest and have people jumping on me. The next thing I am going to see is that calling someone a cracker or honky is the same as using the ‘n.’ word. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/30 "2002-07-17T06:10:13Z")
You mean it ISN’T? News to me. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/31 "2002-07-17T06:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > The next thing I am going to see is that calling someone a cracker or honky is the same as using the ‘n.’ word. It is. They’re all derogatory racial epithets. Don’t use them. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/32 "2002-07-17T06:15:22Z")
Consider it a newsflash. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/33 "2002-07-17T06:22:18Z")
Consider it a newsflash. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/34 "2002-07-17T06:30:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*Nice to see the overly easy to offend segment of the population is in force tonight. > > You want to make a point? _Fine_. > > I have yet to see a point made. What I see is that I brought up another term in jest and have people jumping on me. > > The next thing I am going to see is that calling someone a cracker or honky is the same as using the ‘n.’ word. \*\* You may have missed my thread on the word “cocksucker” from a few days back. minty got very upset over that one. Its like he is on some sort of Crusade against something. I don’t know what it is, but he is crusading against SOMETHING. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/35 "2002-07-17T06:36:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*It is. They’re all derogatory racial epithets. Don’t use them. \*\* EXACTLY MY POINT. “the n-word,” as you put it, is a derogatory racial epithet for black people. “Cracker” and “honky” are derogatory racial epithets for white people. “Faggot” is a derogatory sexual epithet for gay people. “Breeder” is a derogatory sexual epithet for straight people. NONE OF THESE should be considered alright to say. [There are cases in which one black person will refer to his/herself or his/her fellow black people as niggers, and there are cases in which one gay person will refer to his self or his fellow gay people as faggots, etc etc. But it does not follow that it is alright for everyone to use these words, even in jokes, as has been proven in the case of “nigger” and “faggot” OVER AND OVER again on this very message board.] ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/36 "2002-07-17T06:38:14Z")
Let me show you to our fine line of decaf coffees. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/37 "2002-07-17T06:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\* > > EXACTLY MY POINT. > > “the n-word,” as you put it, is a derogatory racial epithet for black people. > “Cracker” and “honky” are derogatory racial epithets for white people. > “Faggot” is a derogatory sexual epithet for gay people. > “Breeder” is a derogatory sexual epithet for straight people. > > NONE OF THESE should be considered alright to say. > > [There are cases in which one black person will refer to his/herself or his/her fellow black people as niggers, and there are cases in which one gay person will refer to his self or his fellow gay people as faggots, etc etc. But it does not follow that it is alright for everyone to use these words, even in jokes, as has been proven in the case of “nigger” and “faggot” OVER AND OVER again on this very message board.] \*\* I know that nigger has a bad taste to it, and I do not use it myself because I do find it offensive. But why do people insist on calling it the “n word”? Everyone is a grown up here and everyone knows what the “n word” is. This is on the same board that people spout shit about “goat felching scat kings” and shit like that. I don’t get it. As for your comment on “breeder”, can I get a ride on your spaceship? I wanna see your home planet because never in my life have I heard the word “breeder” used to describe a straight person on planet Earth. Is this something gays say behind closed doors or something? Is there nothing that we can say anymore without offending people somehow? Sheesh :rolleys: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/38 "2002-07-17T06:59:35Z")
I’m right there with people complaining about calling things “gay.” I totally understand why people would be offended by “cocksucker.” I’d never call a woman a “cunt,” 'cause it’s disrespectful to all women. I get these things. I agree with these things. Getting upset at being called “breeder” makes zero sense to me. None. Making fun of someone because they’re like 95% of all people on the planet? The sheer nuclear irony of the entire concept overwhelms any possibly insult. Are you people that desperate to be oppressed? Christ, the mean ol’ gay guy is making fun of all the poor heterosexuals! Cry me a fucking river. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/39 "2002-07-17T07:15:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*I’m right there with people complaining about calling things “gay.” I totally understand why people would be offended by “cocksucker.” I’d never call a woman a “cunt,” 'cause it’s disrespectful to all women. I get these things. I agree with these things. > > Getting upset at being called “breeder” makes zero sense to me. None. Making fun of someone because they’re like 95% of all people on the planet? The sheer nuclear irony of the entire concept overwhelms any possibly insult. Are you people that desperate to be oppressed? Christ, the mean ol’ gay guy is making fun of all the poor heterosexuals! Cry me a fucking river. \*\* _applauds_ ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324/40 "2002-07-17T07:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Are you people that desperate to be oppressed? Christ, the mean ol’ gay guy is making fun of all the poor heterosexuals! Maybe something in the tone in which it was delivered made us think a double-standard was in play. Oh, but I get it. Certain of us are not _entitled_ to have feelings, or prefer to not be called something. And by all means, we have no right to ask someone to stop calling us something we find offensive. That’s just beyond unreasonable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-have-a-moment-of-your-time-scott-evil/119324.md?page=3)