[Mod] Use adult words

I_Love_Hoagies · 2013-07-16T18:29:08+00:00

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Scarlett_Begonias · 2013-07-16T22:33:17+00:00

Could I also add that:

Woman = one female

Women = many females

r_rships_account · 2013-07-16T18:17:05+00:00

Along the same lines i'd like to see more adult and clinical terms used to describe Red Pill phenomena. While they may be fun to use at times, terms like "hamster" and "cock carousel" make us sound juvenile, sophomoric and hurt our credibility.

SoftHarem · 2013-07-16T20:03:02+00:00

Talk like Reddit on the rest of Reddit. When you're in here put on your big boy pants and talk like a goddamn man.

pontifx · 2013-07-16T23:03:01+00:00

I think this is a shitty policy because you are removing the opportunity for a poster to misplay and sound like an idiot. I think it also adds unneeded work for the mods which should be focusing on real issues.

Who gives a shit if someone talks like they have FAS let them get downvoted into oblivion.

Forcing people into their big boy pants means they are just pants.

carlsaganfuture · 2013-07-16T19:47:13+00:00

Or saying something "don't real". What is this shit??

Surely this is a parody of SRS, where that phrase comes from? "Misandry don't real, shitlords."

2013-07-16T19:00:13+00:00

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2013-07-17T08:57:47+00:00

Is "hamplanet" still okay? That one cracks me the fuck up.

2013-07-16T16:27:46+00:00

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VZPurp · 2013-07-16T16:20:42+00:00

It's like a disease. An information virus. Our brains our susceptible. After being exposed to it a lot I find I go to use it in my own writing/speech, much to my dismay. Kill it.

INomYou · 2013-07-17T03:19:17+00:00

Some of this will need to happen over time given how engrained many of the terms are. For starters: update the glossary with preferred terms/vocab so as new subscribers join and post it becomes a self-reinforcing feedback loop. Key is to keep the meaning and intent while losing the adolescent tone. We can and should still have some fun and I like the frequent use of acronyms since it requires some investment in learning the ideas to read posts, but I agree we do ourselves a disservice when we come off sophomoric. Men speak clearly.

2013-07-17T04:57:03+00:00

Can you delete posts where people intentionally censor themselves? There's nothing I hate more.

2013-07-16T18:15:09+00:00

Agreed. The cutesy-poo vernacular of the Internet is very womanly and unbecoming of a man.

copperclock · 2013-07-16T18:02:19+00:00

There is a time and a place to be silly. This is not one of them.

2013-07-16T19:51:06+00:00

thank you kindly for this PSA. i fucking despise internet speak. there are other places that are dedicated for general retardation.

footballtrav89 · 2013-07-16T17:37:04+00:00

In defense of all my future posts/comments i have mild dyslexia. If that red line doesn't show, i don't know.

YouDislikeMyOpinion · 2013-07-16T21:32:38+00:00

I think people are misunderstanding this mod announcement. I don't think it means that you can't say things like "sexy times". If a guy is writing a field report and he feels like using the word sexy times, that's fine.

The problem occurs when in situations like the following:

OP: My ex was a slut.

Poster: You're a slut shamer!

"sexy times" is something that is understood by everyone to mean fun sexual escapades. There is however no unanimous agreement between everyone as to what a slut-shamer is. What happened in the discourse between the OP and the Poster is that the OP said a premise, and the Poster responded by using "name-calling" which is the lowest type of argument in the argument pyramid: http://scientopia.org/img-archive/ethicsandscience/img_914.jpg

Furthermore, what ends up happening is that people start discussing the meaning of the word. See these threads to understand how deep it can go:

My Theory about "victim-blaming" and "slut-shaming"

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1bqiua/men_should_have_the_right_to_give_women_safety/

Me arguing with Feminists about "victim-blaming" and "slut-shaming". I answered every one of their questions until they couldn't find any holes in my argument and I got banned.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskFeminists/comments/1bil30/why_do_so_many_people_have_the_viewpoint_that/

This is why it's unproductive to have shit like "don't real", "you're a shamer!". If you have something to add, make it productive and explicitly refute the central point of the person you are responding to.

RedSunBlue · 2013-07-17T01:54:53+00:00

As long as we're on the topic:

Don't start off your posts with "Apologies for bad grammar" or "Wall of text, don't judge".

If you don't care enough to present your thoughts in a readable format, I won't care enough to read them.

madetosuffer · 2013-07-16T20:20:09+00:00

Fuck rules

redpillschool · 2013-07-17T08:18:33+00:00

Maybe "puerarchy" is not such a great term after all, given that these words are typically described as "puerile".

r_rships_account · 2013-07-17T11:25:16+00:00

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angelothewizard · 2013-07-17T20:17:25+00:00

This post could be titled "don't be a fucking SRSer".

Although, I have to say, this is a very adult subreddit. We are actually capable of grown-up conversations here, which is a nice break.

MrStonedOne · 2013-07-22T00:31:10+00:00

man, this fucks everything up.

Now if all the immature people get banned here, they might come back to /r/mr, and we don't want that shit. =\

2013-09-14T05:27:22+00:00

You shouldn't use such naughty language, mod.

lulsause00 · 2013-11-16T21:36:58+00:00

Any man who uses the term "Significant Other" should just cut off his penis immediately. Holy shit i can't possibly express how much i abhore this phrase. Saying my "Significant Other" is literally implying that you are not complete as a person or a man without this woman in your life.

This goes triple for "my better half"

GayLubeOil · 2013-07-16T18:01:29+00:00

It feels good to take the red pill<-----You [Mod] bro?

AlwaysLateToThreads · 2013-07-16T16:33:57+00:00

I'll keep my ebonics to a minimum.

2013-07-16T19:05:55+00:00

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redpillschool · 2013-07-16T17:39:36+00:00

I agree, but being a grammar nazi seems pretty blue pill. If I can understand what the person is saying, I don't care if he mispells a few words or uses internet terms. I tend to judge posts by what is said.

wolfsktaag · 2013-07-17T01:57:28+00:00

'dont real' and 'feels' are used specifically to poke fun at shitredditsays, the resident radfem group on reddit

you seem to be mistaking it for some sort of reddit-wide meme lingo thing, which it isnt

redpillschool · 2013-07-17T02:11:09+00:00

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duglock · 2013-07-16T21:35:03+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I can't follow half the things said in this sub because I don't know the slang.

red_tux · 2013-07-16T17:09:29+00:00

While you are at it, how about adding atrocious grammar mistakes to the list. Like forgetting to add in an part of a sentence but improper use of conjunctions or tenses.

Often a simple proof-reading aloud fixes many of the gross grammatical errors, and yes I have left the ones above in as an example. If you set a minimum bar, then you encourage everyone to at least achieve that minimum, don't lower it so every special snowflake can be a winner. Let the special snowflakes who want it and put in the effort be the winners.