Online vs. Offline

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I never said that. You must be a functional illiterate. I wouldn't need violence to deal with you. If I met you at a party, I would throw popcorn and spill drinks on you until you left, got mad, or just kept being humiliated.

When [in answer to me saying It comes across as you being an 'internet tough guy' alluding to an ability to handle some notion of "violence" that he himself has raised in an online discussion.] you said this: "As far as violence goes, I try to avoid it as much as possible. If it comes to that, I fight to win anyway possible and I do. It's not so much being a "badass" as it is having the training and knowhow to handle situations" ...what did it have to do with "Offline v Online"?

When I pressed you on what you meant by your bragging you said "It's not bragging if it's true"

And then I asked you how your claims could possibly tested you said "Most are smart enough not to test it".

Then when I said that I would talk to you in real life the same way as I talk to you here, you said "You for sure would not behave this way in my presence. Not for very long.".

And after all that,you now claim what you meant by "I fight to win anyway possible and I do" was something about... popcorn?

Originally posted by FMF
It appeared to me to be pretty much the same as what you'd said earlier ~ this in fact:

lemon lime: [b]"And [by calling him "henpecked"] I wasn't suggesting he has some sort of interpersonal problem with women, I was suggesting he's bought into everything he's heard from women about the women's movement."

I don't really see how I can be said to have taken it out of context.[/b]

That's not from the post you took out of context. See what happens when you do that? You couldn't even find the post you reduced down to that one sentence. You're screwing with your own head when you do things like that.

This is why I screwed around with a couple of your posts and made them sound like you were saying something else. I thought maybe you would get the message, but apparently it has to be spelled out for you... but even that doesn't seem to work. Either you don't get it, or you don't want to get it.

So now I'm looking forward to seeing how you manage to completely screw up the meaning of this post.

Originally posted by lemon lime
That's not from the post you took out of context. See what happens when you do that? You couldn't even find the post you reduced down to that one sentence. You're screwing with your own head when you do things like that.

Not so.

You said ""And [by calling him "henpecked"] I wasn't suggesting he has some sort of interpersonal problem with women, I was suggesting he's bought into everything he's heard from women about the women's movement."

And I characterized this as "Henpecked males are those who have different political views from you regarding women."

The fact that you repeated 'as a joke' ~ "Henpecked males are those who have different political views from me regarding women" does not mean I was taking anything out of context.

You have been pretty clear about why you use the idiom "henpecked".

Originally posted by lemon lime
This is why I screwed around with a couple of your posts and made them sound like you were saying something else. I thought maybe you would get the message, but apparently it has to be spelled out for you... but even that doesn't seem to work. Either you don't get it, or you don't want to get it.

It didn't bother me at all because I don't think what you were trying worked.

What do you think of the definition of "Henpecked" that FreakyKBH offered, seemingly in support of your use of the word to describe Handy Andy?

"The henpect Man rides behind his Wife, and lets her wear the Spurs and govern the Reins."

Originally posted by FMF
Not so.

You said ""And [by calling him "henpecked"] I wasn't suggesting he has some sort of interpersonal problem with women, I was suggesting he's bought into everything he's heard from women about the women's movement."

And I characterized this as "Henpecked males are those who have different political views from me regarding women."

The fact that yo ...[text shortened]... anything out of context.

You have been pretty clear about why you use the idiom "henpecked".

Sure enough, you still don't get it. Okay, I'll go back and find the post you reduced down to one sentence for your own benefit. I'll be right back with an edit to this post... the one you are looking at right now.

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Originally posted by lemon lime
Are you able to read messages here without elaborating them with your own imaginative whatever it is you seem to think they mean?

"Is your use of the word "henpecked" an American variant? The way you use it seems like an idiomatic error. You seem to be using to describe males who have different political views from you regarding women. I am not aware of it being used in this way in other varieties of English except perhaps kind of ironically in fulminating tabloid polemics."

Now I'll go back to find the message I posted in response your post.

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Originally posted by FMF
Is your use of the word "henpecked" an American variant? The way you use it seems like an idiomatic error. You seem to be using to describe males who have different political views from you regarding women. I am not aware of it being used in this way in other varieties of English except perhaps kind of ironically in fulminating tabloid polemics.

"Yes, now you've got it! Henpecked males are those who have different political views from me regarding women. Whew, it took you long enough to figure that out man.... wait a second, I don't actually know if you are male or female. I was assuming male... was I being presumptuous again?"

I had already explained (more than once) what I meant by henpecked, but you ignored that explanation and plodded ahead with your crusade to explore the meaning of henpecked. It doesn't matter what you think it means, because you asked me to explain what I meant by it.

Originally posted by lemon lime
Sure enough, you still don't get it. Okay, I'll go back and find the post you reduced down to one sentence for your own benefit. I'll be right back with an edit to this post... the one you are looking at right now.

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[i]Originally posted b ...[text shortened]... ating tabloid polemics."

Now I'll go back to find the message I posted in response your post.

Yes. I said this: "You seem to be using [it] to describe males who have different political views from you regarding women."

And I said it because you said this earlier: "And [by calling him "henpecked"] [...] I was suggesting he's bought into everything he's heard from women about the women's movement."

On what basis are you disputing my characterization of your earlier statement?

Originally posted by FMF
Yes. I said this: [b]"You seem to be using [it] to describe males who have different political views from you regarding women."

And I said it because you said this earlier: "And [by calling him "henpecked"] [...] I was suggesting he's bought into everything he's heard from women about the women's movement."

On what basis are you disputing my characterization of your earlier statement?[/b]

You are jumping the gun. Read the rest of the message.

Originally posted by lemon lime
You are jumping the gun. Read the rest of the message.

Your edit after I had posted adds nothing of interest. See my reply above.

Originally posted by FMF
Your edit after I had posted adds nothing of interest. See my reply above.

Good. I wasn't sure, but now I know for certain you were not simply mistaken... you are a bona fide jerk.

Originally posted by lemon lime
henpeck (ˈhɛnˌpɛk )
Definitions
verb
(transitive) (of a woman) to harass or torment (a man, esp her husband) by persistent nagging
Synonyms
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= nag, domineer, bully, carp, criticize, intimidate, torment, harass, hector, niggle, pester, scold, chide, pick at, find fault, browbeat, cavil
Example Sentences In ...[text shortened]... facto husband at one stage and I have an innate understanding of what it's like to be henpecked

So, with Handy Andy, you were using "henpecked" pejoratively ~ implying some sort of inadequacy or weakness or lack of macho ~ to accentuate your difference of opinion with him about women's rights, right?

Originally posted by lemon lime
Good. I wasn't sure, but now I know for certain you were not simply mistaken... you are a bona fide jerk.

On what basis are you disputing my characterization of your earlier statement?

Originally posted by lemon lime
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I'd already responded. See above. The dictionary definitions didn't really suit what you're saying did they? 😀

Originally posted by FMF
So, with Handy Andy, you were using "henpecked" pejoratively ~ implying some sort of inadequacy or weakness or lack of macho ~ to accentuate your difference of opinion with him about women's rights, right?

Yes, but not so much inadequacy or weakness or lack of macho as perhaps simply not wanting women giving him grief for not agreeing with them. This can be done by simply not saying anything at all... implicit agreement by means of non-disagreement.

Or he may be in complete agreement with them, which I'm sure is the positiion he takes or will take if he hasn't done so already.

Originally posted by FMF
On what basis are you disputing my characterization of your earlier statement?

On what basis are you disputing my characterization of your recent statements?