When people react to logical fallacies or imprecise language or emotional reactions the way the stereotypical teenage boy reacts to the idea of two men kissing.
(Today I saw someone characterize feeling angry or suspicious towards a large group of people because a few of them have hurt you as monkey-like and subhuman. Do you really think you don’t have this tendency somewhere inside you too. Do you really think you are incapable of having “irrational” feelings.)
People who assume that my quietness is of the scared self-effacing over-apologizing type, and jump all over themselves to assure me I don’t need to apologize for things.
Let me handle my failures of hearing the way I choose to, please. I’m going to say things like “I’m sorry, could you repeat that?” and “Sorry, I couldn’t hear.” I think they’re reasonable. Please understand them the way they’re meant, as just a small social politeness.
Most bullets are made of lead. Lead is a pretty soft metal. When bullets hit things, they tend to be damaged. They get dented or scraped or even split apart into several pieces. Not to mention the barrel of the gun itself scrapes them up, too.
Mocking people for not saying things exactly the right way.
“Do you do weed?”
“Haha “do” weed. You SMOKE weed, you don’t “do” it.”
?????
Why would you do this?
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