Seems more efficient to respond to what you guys are saying by just a copy-and-paste from a recent PM conversation that falls into this same vein... (bold and italics added here)
Quote from: xxx on May 27, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
There is a big difference in low information voters and a sports message board discussion. Most people here are actually well versed and fans of Marshall obviously.
I can accept that. But I believe the distinction I'm trying to draw is not a matter of caring, but a matter of having the psychological make-up to be the kind of person who takes up a cause and makes things happen. It doesn't really matter if someone reads and absorbs what I'm saying if they're not actually the type to do anything once they read it... agree or disagree.
Quote from: xxxx on May 27, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
I just can't decide if you are just reaching into the thesaurus because thats just you or if you do it to try to sound more intelligent and try to belittle others.
Give me an example of a word you think is too "intelligent." I honestly don't see it.
And look, I'm not a writer per se, but a big part of what I do for a living is writing... and yeah, writing for people with a college education... psychoanalyze me at your pleasure, but whatever you conclude, there's no ill intent by virtue of the words I choose.
Quote from: xxxx on May 27, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
Its a common thread that others feel the same.
Okay. So? I mean, again, not to be smug, but I am who I am, and I don't really care to filter myself because some people might be offended by the... ahem... words that are in my vocabulary. That feels so silly to me to write. I'm not writing anything scientific here. If you're reading Peter King (popular SI writer) ferpetesake, you ought to be fully capable of reading my stuff without pause.
Quote from: xxx on May 27, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
Especially regarding just the length of your posts.
I've addressed this. But... concisely, in case I ironically-enough wrote too much...
I don't set out to write anything with a pre-determined word count... what comes out is what I think is necessary to come out in order to say what I think I need to say and with the precision that I think I need to say it... and if it eliminates some people from reading, so be it... I don't really see a downside for either of us... they do something better with their time, and both of us win. The only people I really care to see read my posts are those who really care to read my posts.Quote from: xxx on May 27, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
I am an intelligent individual myself, and I just have a short fuse for the "hipsters" and "elitists" of the world. Most of which I have to deal with on a daily basis in my profession and most of which I make double their income, and probably 30 points better in IQ, but they assume otherwise and are so condescending it makes me sick. I keep it simple. So I apologize if its really just the way you are and your genuine with it. It will get on my nerves with the long posts but I can deal with it. But if you are being fecisious, then I implore you to take a look in the mirror snd try to change that aspect of your behavior. It will leave you just like the @#*^!s I see all the time, 60 yrs old, and living with 5 cats with no children and no friends, but with the best wine money can buy!
Anyway, just figured I would shoot you a note.
xxxx, as I see it, one of the snobbiest things I could do is to not respect someone enough to respond to their post... and I do, on occasion do that, but it's clearly not my routine. Unless I'm just exasperated with someone and have concluded that their only purpose is to yank my chain and see how long they can drag me out, I normally will make the effort, assuming no other bigger priorities are on my desk that require my time and attention.
I don't really know my IQ. I make enough money, but I don't really count that as a measure of justifying my existence. I have a wife and a young adult son. By virtue of my position, I have no shortage of human interaction. My Facebook friends list is full enough... I think about 500 or so. I can count on my fingers the number of times I've consumed any alcohol--my distaste for anything that pickles my brain aside, I honestly just don't have a taste for it and don't get why anyone drinks the stuff. I've got my life issues like most people do, but nothing that will make the 6 oclock news. I'm me, and I suddenly feel like I'm doing a Dove for Men commercial... hehe.
I genuinely respect that you took the time to drop the note. Maybe this gives you some stronger insight.
Are we good?