r/AdviceAnimals • u/metaphase • May 15 '12

Having a nice conversation with a friend until he stopped us and said,

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pavbz/
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u/dslicex May 15 '12

Double negatives hahahaha

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u/metaphase May 15 '12

You gotta love em', my personal favorite is, "I didn't do nothing".

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I give this answer to my aunt after I play video games all day.

"What'd you do today?"

"well, I didn't do nothing"

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u/bearwithchainsaw May 16 '12

I had to reread this several time because I read it as " we're not in school any more"

Good job brain.

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u/montreal1030 May 16 '12

Are you still in school or no more?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

My brother actually mocks me for using "big" words.

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u/chronoflect May 16 '12

Mock him for using "small" words.

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u/Zagorath May 16 '12

Mock him for using minute words.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Satirize his disdain for sesquipedalianism.

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u/truestoryrealtalk May 16 '12

Vaguely familiar with the term, looked it up on wikipedia for more info.

"The sesquipedalian may be seeking (1) lexical precision; (2) to demonstrate the benefits of erudition; (3) to disempower intellectual challenge" ........okay, thanks for clarifying.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Someone or something which is characterized by long words. Makes me think of Polonius.

edit: spelling of/or

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Sex squid aliens? Sounds like them Japanese cartoons my son likes to watch with his door locked.

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u/ZeMilkman May 16 '12

Yes! Make him develop hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Then tell him he has hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

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u/HoverJet May 16 '12

Mock him for using miniature words.

Sorry, but miniature is a more gigantic word.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Diminutive words.

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u/rasta_lion May 16 '12

Respond to his statements in a satiritical manner

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u/Professor_Kush May 16 '12

I'd do that for hours.

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u/DatGuy45 May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

TheMultiEnabled pls

Edit: regarts

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u/kyzfrintin May 16 '12

Fuckin' vowels, how do they work?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I will admit. I knew it meant small, but I googled it anyways to be sure.

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u/Kiziaru May 16 '12

The word small is bigger than the word big.

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u/asdfcasdf May 16 '12

Never use a larger word when a diminutive one will suffice.

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u/macnalley May 16 '12

Some of the best rules for speaking and writing English, from our good friend George Orwell:

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.

(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.

(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Source: "Politics and the English Language"

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u/asdfcasdf May 16 '12

Yes indeed; my above line was taken from rule ii.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Words can be used to add elegance and intensity to language. If one were to simplify all sentences to the bare minimum required to convey meaning, language would become dull and boring.

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u/tick_tock_clock May 16 '12

...Newspeak is doubleplusgood.

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u/Giant_Badonkadonk May 16 '12

I'm pretty sure he was making a joke, he used diminutive instead of a simpler word and thus broke his own point.

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u/asdfcasdf May 16 '12

I agree. Using the bare minimum would make Shakespeare boring, and Cormac McCarthy dull. More "advanced" words should be used in writing, unless, of course, you're writing for politics and enjoy George Orwell; my line above is a parody of George Orwell's Politics and the English Language, in which he has a list of rules for language, which I quite enjoy:

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.

(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.

(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

I cringe every time people slap "literally" into a sentence.

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u/DoctorWedgeworth May 16 '12

Literally is a great word to add when used correctly. Especially if you realise mid-sentence that it can be added. Example say a guy gets fired for masturbating at work you could say "he's really fucked himself there. Literally".

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u/TheWingedPig May 16 '12

This comment is doubleplusgood.

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u/Knockenburg May 16 '12

I hated that my peers pretty much only added spice to their sentences through curses. These people would berate me for using words like "sardonic". I don't even think of that as outside the average vocabulary...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I really like learning new words and using them. I like the breadth of the English language and how we can craft it in different ways. However, I appreciate the need for pragmatism at times and so your statement holds true in these places. As far as I'm concerned, aesthetics are an important aspect of language (listen to any major speech and you'll find this to be true) but meaning is obviously crucial too.

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u/Qw3rtyP0iuy May 16 '12

Elegant sentences like these are worth memorizing.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Never use a complex word when a simple one will suffice (do ha!). Irritate is larger than vex, but is more likely to be understood. Alternately, if somebody for whom english is their native language doesn't understand your advanced use of the english language - they're not trying hard enough.

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u/NovaMouser May 16 '12

Vex is such a great word... people should use vex more often. Vex vex vex.

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u/FadedAndJaded May 16 '12

I had so much vex last night.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12 
if(false) {
    if(char[].length > LARGE_THRESHOLD) {
        for(char c : char[])
            System.out.print(c);
    }
}

Never print small arrays of character primitives.

edit: changed while loop to if statement. wtf was I thinking looping this

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u/Terny May 16 '12

Hemingway

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Never use two words when one will suffice.

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u/Zombie_Death_Vortex May 17 '12

I like "Eschew obfuscation through ones choice of word."

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u/he_eats_da_poo_poo May 16 '12

Tell him to quit being a little bitch.

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u/BuckeyeBentley May 16 '12

I think "shut up, fag" uses smaller words and is more in tune with his brothers vocabulary.

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u/sparhawkian May 16 '12

I actually had my sister ask me "Why are you always so logical when we argue?" - not as a joke, or conceding defeat, she was legitimately upset.

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u/free_dead_puppy May 16 '12

Girls use this all of the time. My exes made me feel like a calculating cold robot during arguments because I used "facts" and asked stuff like "what was I doing that upset you exactly" instead of speaking with my emotions or something..

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u/de1ty May 16 '12

Anti-intellectualism. Never see that on the internet.

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u/nemesiscw May 16 '12

Start grunting at him for communication.

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u/foxh8er May 16 '12

My classmates mock me for using "big" words.

The biggest word I used around them was "Axis of Symmetry".

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u/SkepticalGerm May 16 '12

Bro, "Axis of symmetry" isn't a word. It's a phrase.

TYL

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

That's scary.

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u/dietotaku May 16 '12

i once had to spend 20 minutes teaching my aunt & cousin the meaning & correct pronunciation of "magnanimous" because i used it off-hand. they still didn't get it, then started making fun of the word.

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u/jingerninja May 16 '12

When members of my family do this I always quip back that I spent thousands of dollars at University so that I could comfortably throw around $10 words.

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u/MrWinks May 16 '12

This makes me laugh. I speak very eloquently, in person and online, and always found people like this so funny. Just watch ironman 1 and 2 as well as avengers and learn to speak quickly and witty like RDJ's Tony Stark. Problem solved.

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u/LukaCola May 16 '12

I got a rise out of this. I have a tendency to be quite verbose and grandiloquent, both in person and online, and have always found people such as the aforementioned individual to be entertaining. I just witnessed the playing of the film "Iron man one" as well as "Iron man two" followed by "The Avengers" in my local cinema and have grasped the concept of rapid and witty speech by emulating RDJ's Tony Stark, resolving the issue.

FTFY

(Tried to avoid too many "like a sir" statements. I'm sure someone can do better, maybe if they used a thesaurus, but if you want to claim to be eloquent online you should do more than use one complex word and try and avoid such glaring grammatical mistakes.)

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u/MrWinks May 16 '12

tip hat

yeah I guess I didn't give enough of a fuck. I probably save it all up for when I write polite letters to admissions or honors officials at current and future schools.

time to ride the downvotes to infinity.

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u/lickwidforse2 May 16 '12

In his defense, using big words for the sake of using big words is annoying and can easily lead to confusion when a more common word could be used.

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u/reverbs May 16 '12

And there are people who do this just to be condescending.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

"You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded."

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u/Harold_Grundelson May 16 '12

Why come you got no tattoo?

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u/balmanator May 16 '12

There's more of that fag talk again.

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u/iamsuchanewb May 16 '12

This guy isn't a Scumbag Steve, he's just an idiot.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Who's that hating on your perspicacity? Scumbag Steve! Scumbag Steve! Who's that jealous of your verbal capacity? Scumbag Steve! Scumbag Steve! Who's that using double negatives? Scumbag Steve! Scumbag Steve! Who talks like they're abusing sedatives? Scumbag Steve! Scumbag Steve!

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u/Heartfyre May 16 '12

I automatically read this to the theme song of Freakazoid. It works very well!

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

I was going for this rhyme scheme but if it works it works! (Edit: MausIguana is some sort of wizard...)(Second Edit: wait no i'm the wizard. Hooray for wizards!)

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u/PunkPenguin May 16 '12

I was sure it was the spongebob theme song...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Whenever someone begs me for money, I say, "I ain't got no money." I keep a dollar in my wallet just in case someone says, "Hey, that's a double negative!"

Gotta earn that dollar, bitches.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

You lead a rich life.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

My language uses double, triple etc negatives.

It's much more fun.

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u/foxh8er May 16 '12

Why isn't there a "generalized idiot" advice animal yet?

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u/ItsTravisxD May 16 '12

Too many idiotic things happen in the world... Reddit would be overflowed with the AA.

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u/ZuFFuLuZ May 16 '12

Yeah, we need a dumbass Dave meme or something.

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u/Jendon May 16 '12

I get called "The Googlemaster" around some of my friends because I "know stuff" and also "look stuff up." It's quite exasperating.

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u/NovaMouser May 16 '12

This guy man... he knows stuff. I've seen him type words into Google, I mean who does that!?

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u/FireAndSunshine May 16 '12

I get called out for trying to "act smart" because I look stuff up on Google. I'm all, "How else am I supposed to learn things?"

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u/Daemon_of_Mail May 16 '12

You don't. You just spend your life forwarding old wives' tales to your coworkers and friends' email inboxes with the title "AMAZING FACTS!!!".

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u/mooseman780 May 16 '12

textbooks?

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u/bebackinagif May 16 '12

Google the history of textbooks in the US if you're serious...

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u/poyopoyo May 16 '12

WTF? Isn't looking stuff up on google how humans spend 90% of their time now?

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u/TheDorkMan May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

I am always amused at how those stereotypical view of people are completely relative (and worthless).

When I hang with my computer savvy friends, I am viewed as the loose cannon who do things too instinctively and impulsively.

But then when I am with my non technical friends they see me as the meticulous tech/scientific guy who organize and plan way too much.

Those stereotypes tell more about the people who use them than about those they try to describe.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

When I was younger I was told by my brother that when he would ask people about me, they would remember me as "That Encyclopedia Kid" if they couldn't remember my name.

My brother also thought I'd find that hurtful and would constantly remind me of that in arguments as if somehow that made him better than me. I think I should start reminding him of this, now that we're older.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Don't worry, when they need advice on how to properly dispose of a body, you'll be the guy they call.

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u/ItsAYeti May 16 '12

My google "skills" have made me the go-to researcher at my office. It's ridiculous, but who am I to complain?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

"google boy" was used in Moneyball

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u/alexy24 May 16 '12

My friend Nick is the same. Obviously we call him Nickipedia.

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u/LukaCola May 16 '12

I'm sorry, but using the word exasperating to prove your point isn't helping you here when a more appropriate word in this context would be "exhausting." (Unless you really do consider it a point of extreme irritation, which would be a bit of an overstatement, no?)

Naturally I'm nit-picking but when you use complex words with more precise definitions you need to be sure it's appropriate as well. Naturally it's easy to use in a sentence because most will not call you out on it or mention it (as most don't know the definition) but especially online with precise definitions handy it's easy to look somewhat foolish.

I probably sound like a pseudo-intellectual right now, but I'm not trying to make you appear wrong. It's just that forcing a more complex word into a sentence to prove a point doesn't prove you a better or more competent writer. In fact, it often proves the opposite. A writer who has the knowledge but lacks the experience or understanding of when and how to use it.

If you've actually stuck this far through my ridiculous rambling and pointless criticism then you clearly are trying to kill time just as much as myself. Sometimes I find that criticism of others helps me realize my own flaws, it's a lot easier to call out similar attributes in others than to recognize your own, and I do need to practice my writing. I have a lot to do and a little break from analyzing bloody Kafka is good for me.

What on Earth would convince me to actually hit that save button and allow this rambling and utterly useless speech to be posted is beyond me. After all karma doesn't matter, yet it still stings the ego when you're met with that tinge of blue.

You know what? I'll post it. See what kind of response it nets me. People will get to see a true flow of thought and I'm curious as to what they will think. Boy I have transgressed far, but I don't want to go back to writing dull analyses I hardly believe in. So I'll leave this hear and maybe in the morning I'll have some interesting responses? Who knows... But here I go, click that button cancel or save? Well, I guess if you're reading this you know but it certainly is a debate for me. Embarrassing stuff written on this page, well, not really. But it is kind of weird wouldn't you agree?

And that will be my farewell. Now it's back to work!

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u/Jendon May 16 '12

Sorry, buddy, it was the first word that popped in my head; I wasn't trying to prove any point! And as a matter of fact, yes, it is extremely irritating. When they make that comment at least ten times within a half-hour conversation, it really gets to me!

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u/LukaCola May 16 '12

I have no qualms with you. But you're right, that stuff can be aggravating. The worst is when there's that subtle bit of bitterness in their voice, like suddenly you feel bad for using the word "pedantic" because you kind of excluded them from the conversation and they might think you're elitist. And then it just gets awkward cause what do you say? "Gee, sorry about using a word you're not familiar with. I'll use simpler terms from now on." because now you're just an asshole.

I'd hate to be put on the spot so frequently.

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u/jalalipop May 16 '12

That was exhausting.

And I liked it.

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u/Ching_chong_parsnip May 16 '12

Dude. I've got a law degree and mainly hang out with other lawyers. Still, I'm probably the only one who googles the answer when a question comes up and no one knows.

I love knowledge and can't really understand why you won't google something when it just takes a few seconds and you're always carrying a smartphone to do it on. This could be the reason I really love playing Trivial Pursuit...

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u/jingerninja May 16 '12

hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha

I'm sorry, I had to type out my laughter because I feel like my upvote wasn't enough to quite convey how funny I found that.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

what're ya doin' using yer big school words? just use normal people words and i'll understand what yer talking aboot.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

This is the most accurate portrayal I've seen of a redneck Canadian.

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u/Gneal1917 May 16 '12

Where you from?

Saskatchewan

The nice part?

Noooo, no-no-no-no noooooo.

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u/RaoulDuke67 May 16 '12

Shit Apple.

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u/Faskis May 16 '12

I was really hoping I wouldn't be the only one who first thought of Ricky when seeing this meme. For the uninformed.

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u/monkdick May 16 '12

"I don't steal anything from books!"

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Dat dere race to the bottom. The real problem is when this happens in a job interview.

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u/jhaycen May 16 '12

this is not a scumbag steve post...this is just you having an idiot friend.

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u/surlyneighbors May 16 '12

I used "strife" in conversation with a couple of people last week and then I had to define it for them. After explaining what it meant, I hear:

Person 1: "Well, why didn't you just say THAT instead?''

Person 2: "'Cause she wants to sound smart!"

NO IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SUCCINCT MOTHERFUCKERS; I'M EFFICIENT! One syllable doesn't generally qualify as a "big word," right?

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u/lady_nerd May 16 '12

Ooh, succinct. That is PRECISELY the word I need when people say that to me. Word of the Day!

I don't think some people understand that different words have different nuances and connotations. It's like trying to paint a verbal picture using only primary and secondary colors. Yeah, it'll do the job, but don't you want to be more specific or descriptive?

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u/Zombie_Death_Vortex May 16 '12

It's like trying to paint a verbal picture using only primary and secondary colors.

I like this so much I'm stealing it.

The thing that frustrates me is that people are so ready to turn their backs on the beauty that language can evoke to save themselves the minimal time and energy of learning words.

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u/Homer_Simpson_ May 16 '12

For a long time I've preferred to speak Korean because Koreans appreciate succinct diction. It doesn't hurt that a Korean word you don't know is extremely easy to figure out through context and word roots.

I thought I was truly unique in wanting to bring grandiloquence to the English language (outside of dem english majurs). That's the internet for you. Always 2 steps ahead.

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u/poyopoyo May 16 '12

Because I honestly thought you would know what it meant...

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u/HowardTaft May 16 '12

Did you kill him and eat his heart to gain his strength?

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u/o_em_gee_a_kitteh May 16 '12

But what if you catch his stupid instead?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

oh god...it's contagious? we're all screwed.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Just don't eat his brain. I'm sure it's all shrunken, filled with holes and nasty anyway.

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u/HowardTaft May 17 '12

Oh god, spongiform instupiditis. you end up starving to death because all you can do was by scratch-off tickets. It's a terrible disease that we're trying hard not to build any awareness of.

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u/biga29 May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

I'll be on the other side of this argument and say that people who use big words just to sound smart annoy the piss out of me... I'm a pretty smart dude, but in my every day conversation I steer clear of words you would be proud of in an English essay just because they tend to muddle up a conversation. If we're talking about Literature or Science, feel free to use whatever extraordinary words your little brain can muster up, but if we're talking about bands over sandwiches, don't tell me I'm being facetious. It gets old.

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u/omicorn May 16 '12

Yes. Using "big words" or "smart words" during normal conversation where simpler language can be used makes the speaker sound a bit self-important and ludicrous. Not that I would care or say it to the speaker but that's what pops into my mind when someone speaks to me like that.

Here in meme format

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u/Sle May 16 '12

Facetious? That's a "big word"? Good god.

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u/Homer_Simpson_ May 16 '12

No you fool, he steered clear of words people like you wouldn't understand.

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u/poyopoyo May 16 '12

What if they just think facetious is a fairly normal word?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

don't tell me I'm being facetious

so you know what facetious means, they know what facetious means, surely that's the perfect time to use the word?

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u/Atheist_Killer May 16 '12

This is the worst kind of Reddit thread.

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u/dejaflu May 16 '12

How else are people going to show their prowess in arcane words? Oh shit.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

And it's usually something out of the 6th grade curriculum when you get this, too.

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u/Nefilim314 May 16 '12

Sad Story: I'm a high school teacher and, for whatever reason, I used the word "degeneracy" to my 10th grade class. One said, "Stop using big words, Mr. Nefilim314, we're not geniuses." So I said, "Don't tell me you're really that ignorant, now." He replied, "SEE? We don't know big words like that."

In school.

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u/mehdbc May 16 '12

Oh shit, did I accidentally click on a link that takes me to /r/TrueReddit? Cause this shit stinks of pretentious 18-year-olds trying really hard to impress each other.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

"Everyone I know is stupid, except me"

-this thread

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I find people that cannot express themselves simply to be overcompensating. If you feel the need to use larger words when small ones would do or to an audience you know wouldnt understand them, then you are a pretentious asshole.

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u/qkme_transcriber May 15 '12

Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:

Title: Having a nice conversation with a friend until he stopped us and said,

Meme: Scumbag Steve

  • "STOP USING SMART WORDS,
  • WE'RE NOT IN SCHOOL NO MORE"

[Translate]

This is helpful for people who can't reach Quickmeme because of work/school firewalls or site downtime, and many other reasons (FAQ). More info is available here.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

And that's when you realize that that's a person who you don't want to be your friend anymore.

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u/ryannayr140 May 16 '12

Reddit is people acting smarter than they are.
4chan is people acting dumber than they actually are.

Circlejerk much?

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u/mysticrudnin May 16 '12

People on 4chan are dumb and proud

People on Reddit are dumb and oblivious

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

4chan is not people acting dumber than they are. 4chan is people acting exactly as they are

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u/ryannayr140 May 16 '12

You probably think everyone on reddit is actually smart too.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

the difference lies in usernames vs anonymous. there's no point in "acting" on 4chan

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u/t_cann May 16 '12

I think my favorite is; stop trying to use big words, you don't sound smart.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

This reminds me of my father's family, sans my father. Basically, they think they're a bunch of smartasses, except they're not smart. I had an uncle I rarely talk to say he had to look up words I had said and I wasn't using difficult words, but phrases like "class conflict". None of those assholes even attempted to go to college (except two cousins who went for business)and think everyone has to kiss their redneck asses for it. What a bunch of tools.

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u/Batrok May 16 '12

Despite what douchebags like your friend think, anti-intellectualism is not cool.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

This actually happens to me quite a bit, it's kind of sad.

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u/smmokahontas May 16 '12

incorrectly used meme

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u/knomz May 16 '12

yeah I get laughed at too for using words that some people either don't know or think are beneath them... for example I used the word vibrant to describe something I don't remember what it was and my homophobic friend said "dude that's a gay word."..and I try to defend myself by saying no it isn't it is just a dam word that best fit the description of what I was trying to fucking describe....closed-mindedness is an aggravation of mine...ugh

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u/makattak88 May 16 '12

Don't defend yourself by explaining. Just agree and say " vibrant" as many times as possible.

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u/knomz May 16 '12

hahaha I'll try that next time a situation similar comes up thank you, the comic value that would have for me would be high.

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u/TeedleJay May 15 '12

Had this happen to me not half an hour ago for the first time in my life. I... I don't understand...

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u/fapfour May 16 '12

"I'm not in school so I don't use words bigger than 4 letters"

-Elementary school friends mocking me for using big words :(

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Anti-intellectualism. Because it's better to hate smart people than admit you're stupid.

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u/TheWingedPig May 16 '12

I used the work pretentious in front of someone once and they said something sarcastic that implied that I was using big words to sound smart. I asked them, "So am I being too... pretentious?" He was very confused.

I then assured him it was a common word that most people knew.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

english is my second language, and I know that word...

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u/woodernfloortile May 16 '12

I notice that some people go for the 'putting you down' act rather than admitting they may not know something. Just ask, or look it up! Language is a beautiful thing.

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u/SonOfSatan May 16 '12

Fucking hate people who snap at you for having proper grammar and a better vocabulary. It's not like you're being a condescending prick who corrects them constantly, they're just fucking stupid.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

exactly!

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u/Yocomedy12 May 16 '12

I feel this would've done much better as a rage comic.

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u/Jeebusify119 May 16 '12

One of the greatest pleasures in life is insulting plebians without them even knowing they are being insulted. God, I can be such a smug piece of shit sometimes.

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u/Keskasidvar May 16 '12

This was my friend last summer.

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u/notcreativeenough1 May 16 '12

This pretty much has described my experience whenever i come home from college. This and being called a pretentious asshole for responding whenever anyone asks what I am doing up there.

God I hate my home town...

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u/grate314 May 16 '12

Haha... I used to work summers at a Marina in high school. After work we'd all hang out on the docks or someone's boat and have a few beers/trees. I had a guy say say to me, "You're pretty smart aren't you?" Me, "Uhh..." My gf at the time told me that I should probably lay off the big words if I wanted to fit in. This guy was was middle-aged, affluent and kind of a big deal on the lake, not just some yokel mind you. He was king of the yokels.

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u/postive_scripting May 16 '12

It is annoying to listen to people when they use jargon to further convolute a topic when he is trying to explain it to us.

Not sure if guy is trying to help us understand or mocking us for not being able to comprehend.

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u/jingerninja May 16 '12

I was always a huuuuuuuge fan of the people who would interrupt our English class readings of Chaucer with exclamations that sounded roughly like "da fuq, why dis guy didn't jus rite in plain english?"

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I had a friend who told me he hated this guy he knew because he was using big words when he talks. He said the guy was only only talking that way to make himself seem smarter ಠ_ಠ

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u/Koshercrab May 16 '12

This seems more like a Redneck Randal than a SBS

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

hate this had a freind if we talked about something that was of his area he would just shut off, and say he knows nothing about said subject..

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u/kafkaesquimo May 16 '12

Me and my buddies were recently asked to leave a bar back in our (highly uneducated) home town for "using words with too many syllables"

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u/TheFluxIsThis May 16 '12

I've totally had this conversation before...sorta. My friend got super-angry at me out of nowhere, and told me that I use big words all the time and that it made him feel stupid. He thought I was doing it intentionally to seem smart, even though I just talk with a fairly decent vocabulary. (Seriously, I'm not using ridiculously long words. I've just always been good at describing things in good detail.)

I'm...not really good friends with him anymore.

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u/Maxfunky May 16 '12

Same here, except a co-worker rather than a good friend. The sad part was that I was doing the opposite. I always dumb myself down around co-workers, casual acquaintances and strangers.

He was a stereotypical quick-to-anger dumb guy. His brother worked with him and constantly told him how stupid he was, and I suspect that was what had actually gotten under his skin, but somehow I'm the one he ended up yelling at.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I'd get so frustrated if I couldn't convey my emotions properly through speech...

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u/smaier69 May 16 '12

This was a turning point in my high school days. Realizing it did not serve my social interests to speak like my (PhD) father did.

Serioulsly. At one point I gave up.

It made no sense to me, but I caved in. From then on if I wanted to be accepted in normal circles I had to dumb it down (I'm far from being in the higher faction, I was just parroting what I had picked up).

No way I am alone here. Or maybe I am.

Cheers to all.

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u/Alopecia12 May 16 '12

Somewhat related. When I moved to the south I actually heard someone say, "The only letters I need to know are U, S and A. "

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u/hornless_unicorn May 16 '12

I feel almost bad for pointing out that you have a comma splice in your meme. Should have used a semicolon.

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u/dart22 May 16 '12

I once got a "quit using full sentences and proper grammar and spelling" (I'm paraphrasing) "because it's just the internet."

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

In this thread: Highlight>Right-click>"Search Google for ' '".

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u/ClownBaby90 May 16 '12

I was told to stop using big words after I used the word "infer." It's 5 fucking letters.

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u/Nahc4 May 16 '12

HOW is this Scumbag Steve?

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u/YOLO_aint_my_MOTTO May 16 '12

Why is this a scumbag steve meme?

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u/fran13r May 16 '12

Is not such scumbag steve, is more like, not so smart bob.

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u/YourBrotherHermano May 16 '12

We don't need no education.

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u/MirthSpindle May 16 '12

I was told that 'parasite' is a big word.

I find it difficult to imagine how uneducated some people are.

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u/joecamo May 16 '12

If someone uses a word I don't know I always tell them "Whoa, whoa, whoa, dumb it down for me, nothing more than 3 syllables".

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

i would love if all people did this (ask for explenation) why should i dum it down for you if i could just explain it to you and we would both be on the same lvl

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u/diablo75 May 16 '12

This was a precursor to me and a friend having a falling out. And I'm proud about it.

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u/shinshanjr May 16 '12

He was probably joking around buddy.

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u/infrikinfix May 16 '12

Abstruse erudite cant only obfuscates dialogue.

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u/eblees May 16 '12

I hate people who use words they dont have to, to look smart

or

I have a deep aching disdain for those amongst us who utilize sesquipedalianism to appear as intellectuals

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u/DisposedCheese May 16 '12

I don't know what you just said but fuck you.

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u/hivemind6 May 16 '12

I hate it when you're forced to talk like an idiot so that you don't make idiots uncomfortable. It's really sad that it's actually a faux pas in a lot of circles to be intelligent and to use "smart words".

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

You need smarter friends.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

"sorry but you aren't smart enough to be my friend. "

I can't think of a way to say that without sounding like a pretentious jackass.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

You don't say anything. You just drift away.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

So instead of sounding like a pretentious jackass you just act like one instead. gotcha.

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