Originally Posted By Dabob2 "So .. it shouldn't take you long to peruse some discussions where it's pushing beyond 'the colloquial' and now off to a means to be demeaning, or an insult. " So? If person A insults person B here because they (gasp!) disagree on some Disney matter or other, that says more about person A than person B. Whether it's fanboi or apologist or whatever. To paraphrase what I said before, no one can make you feel demeaned without your permission.
Originally Posted By u k fan <<<no one can make you feel demeaned without your permission.>>> Fine in theory, different in practice. I actually have more to say on that subject, but I can see a can of worms on the horizon, so I'm backing away slowly!!!
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>To paraphrase what I said before, no one can make you feel demeaned without your permission. << I understand that very well Dabob, as I've already tried to convey earlier. We can let some rattle their "trollish" cages, and say everything in the book .. and we can deflect it off into the direction of the Andromeda Galaxy, indefinitely. So, in the meantime it's aloud to run amok for too long. So, at what point do you say something? I prefer to get it over with now, rather than let it get carried away.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***<--- is so old that my teachers used to refer to the washroom as a "lavatory".*** Uh huh. And I remember clearly raising my hand and asking "can I go to the lav?". BTW, K2M I was wondering if I could borrow your walker next week? I mean, if you're not using it (you're usually just sleeping and napping anyway right?), mine is in the shop. And OCDean, get the hell off my lawn you young push button dialer you!
Originally Posted By avimagine Push Button dialing, I thought you just use good ole blue Tooth and voice commands?!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I'm not a fanboy or fanboi. I prefer "foamer" (which I understand is used in a derogatory sense over at WDI).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>When it's used against another LPer it seems to say "my opinion is more educated than yours".<< There is this aspect as well, definitely. I can see how the term's use can be intended as to be dismissive. There was an attempt some time ago to label people who didn't totally hate DCA as "DOMs" -- Defenders of Mediocrity I think it was. So these sorts of different ways to dismiss the viewpoints of whole groups happens again and again.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <We can let some rattle their "trollish" cages, and say everything in the book .. and we can deflect it off into the direction of the Andromeda Galaxy, indefinitely. So, in the meantime it's aloud to run amok for too long. So, at what point do you say something?> By definition, a troll WANTS you to say something.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >I prefer to get it over with now, rather than let it get carried away.< There is nothing to get over, the only reason it's getting carried away is because we're having this thread.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I like 'Foamer' too. Disney Apologist could also use a little work. The straight spelling really isn't quite degrading enough. Perhaps Dizzy Applegist would better convey the hopeless confusion of apologists like me.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I've seen the term used in a dismissive way by some posters who regularly refer to Disney park execs or WDI execs by their first names, which they do to show just how "inside" they are. They'll call someone a fanboy or fanboi or whatever as a way of saying a poster just gleans their Disney knowledge from the Internet, while THEY know the people involved (allegedly). In other words, you're just a geek on a few Disney boards, I'VE had lunch with so and so (when in reality they likely just bussed his table). That might be sort of what ocdean is getting at.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >That might be sort of what ocdean is getting at.< And I hear people use the term "Liberal" used all the time like they are Nazi's that doesn't make it so. Just because the minority of people use something as "hateful" doesn't make it so. Are people really this insecure about being called a name on the internet? Let me break this down again. It's the internet. That's what happens.
Originally Posted By Scutr And here I was afraid things had changed so much around here I wouldn't even recognize anybody. Haven't used a computer or this here "intreenet" in years. The new keyboard feels strange. The new updated Windows and high-speed ISP feel strange. Totally lost without AOL.(it was just so EASY) Can't find half the sites I used to visit. But here I find, in the first thread I read!, OCDean's being 'OCD' about something seemingly trivial, being alternately egged-on and picked-on by many of the "same old suspects": u k fan, dabob, 2oonie, MR X, Jim, digDUG, LABUDA, and even a rare sitting of the elusive SasqSCHMITT! Started to feel like old times already. And then I found out that my old LP name's still in the system & now that I've hijacked somebody else's topic I feel like I've COME HOME!! Somebody come give daddy a smooch!
Originally Posted By Scutr >> a rare sitting of the elusive SasqSCHMITT<< No, no...that should be SIGHTING, not "sitting". Told ya this keyboard feels strange.
Originally Posted By Scutr >> I do have a problem with posters calling other posters...<< I used to tell 'em they weren't allowed to use the phone and stuck a couple more thumbtacks in 'em & propped 'em right back on the wall where posters belong. >> I like to pronounce it with a bit of a French accent 'fan-bwah'<< I thought that WAS the accepted pronunciation. And you can do it all you want but "Foamers" if the Rogaine hasn't worked by now...
Originally Posted By DlandDug Welcome Back sKotter! I think of you every time I'm perusing my back issues of Birnbaum and come across that Main Street Penny Arcade photo.
Originally Posted By Scutr LOL I love that picture - you can't see my face. SOO many posts to go through after 5 or 6 years. Have I missed anything good? And by "good" I mean "juicy gossip".
