# You can call people "failures" in GD? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101 "2013-06-16T01:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/1 "2013-06-16T01:57:11Z")
This post: > [@Mental illness is exaggerated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522/216): > > ll you people who think you’re mentally ill? Well, **matt357** has some good news: you’re not ill at all, you’re just a failure. …in [Calling another poster a hypocrite (or other names) is not a great idea either. [/QUOTE] "]this thread]( [QUOTE=Marley23;16369250) was not moderated. In fact, **Marley23** clearly saw it (given that he responded to it), and responds with what also seems to be bordering an insult: > [@Mental illness is exaggerated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522/218): > > And nobody can help you, so suck it up and stop being so weak. Yet, he also implied that it’s not okay to call people “hypocrites” or similar names earlier in the thread: > [@Mental illness is exaggerated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522/175): > > Calling another poster a hypocrite (or other names) is not a great idea either. Can someone clear this up for me? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/2 "2013-06-16T02:50:23Z")
You should go back and read that thread again. I don’t think you understand what’s being said. Also, your link doesn’t appear to work. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/3 "2013-06-16T02:53:52Z")
Sorry for the bad link. Here is the correct one: [Mental illness is exaggerated - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=693313) ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/4 "2013-06-16T02:58:54Z")
Ah, I see. Yeah I misread it. Yep, sorry for the inconvenience guys. :o Also, I apologize for the poor quoting. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/5 "2013-06-16T17:40:05Z")
That was a failure, then? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/6 "2013-06-16T18:14:03Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > That was a failure, then? LOL, yes it was. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-call-people-failures-in-gd/661101/7 "2013-06-16T21:40:20Z")
Someone guy name Chevy called me AL one time. I was pretty pissed.