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Jul 27, 2014 2:43 PM
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IWishIWereNotAllergicToCats
The post title is sarcastic, right?
ShroomsofDoom
Wait you guys think this is what big words look like?
ElipsesAreHowISpeak
George Orwell wrote an amazing essay on the subject of over complicating the English language with bombastic language.
SalmonDeanWinchester
Woohoo! Relevance!
doc210
The difference between intellectuals and pseudointellectuals is that "intellectuals" can write and spell.
iLynux
m'lady
ConspicuousSpellingError
Your brother is a pretentious fuck.
CeeJayTea
T'be fair he did apologise...
stopperpong
"Brother"
KimNeedsASnickers
Tell him to stop tiping his fedora and go outside for once.
AnalFistingIsAReligion
Does he own a fedora?
iCannotEven
Bigmanstomp
Is he 15? He sounds 15
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
he made 0 arguments.
roguefox
"I'm hardly surprised by your response." = I'm as prejudiced as the people I condescendingly claim to know better than
serialrobeintruder
My Granny could be an actual Nazi but she's still my Granny, and I'm not about to mess with her. She'd give me a look.
Cthulhukitten
As in ''I'll see to it that you're put into a camp young man''?
Rentheyacht
And if you're really rude, you'll get the look and la chancla.
jortlet
Not just any look, you'll get THE look.
goodguyC
Here's the video by the way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKpCGjD8wg
goodguyC
While I disagree with a lot of American foreign policy, I hate it when people the U.S. to Nazi Germany....
goodguyC
*compare
jimjackboredom
Grandmother I find you to be shallow and pedantic
katsuwonus
People who write like that are equally full of themselves as they are of shit.
ThisUsernameIsNoLongerAvailableIsStillNotEvenAvailable
He's right though. He may have made his point in a vastly unnecessarily complicated way, but he is right. More of you should realise that.
jalex1215
Saw it btw worst porno ever
VainyBangStick
Most difficult fap ever
fillchiam
It's not rape if you manufacture consent?
SovietWrench
This comment is so good I want to call in sick to work, tie off and shoot it directly into a vein.
chillmike
I'm going to guess this guy just had his first semester of college and someone told him about Chomski and now he hates the"little eichmanns"
ZMonster999
http://imgur.com/glTjj7x
GreatTeacherMichael
I hold an MA in International Studies, in granny's defense, Chomsky can be full of ideological BS too. He is actually a linguist by training
mcfugg
I studied Linguistics and was surprised when Chomsky's name was mentioned. I'd only heard of him from the cool kids that listened to RATM.
Flail77
At least his intellectual BS is resigned to personal idolatry. The theories he comprises on society are sometimes fairly compelling.
kaldrax
I don't get it. Does having a large vocabulary make you a dick? I'll agree he's being rude but what's wrong with using multisyllabic words?
srobb
The problem is using unecessarily complex language to appear smart, make it hard to communicate, and hide that he has nothing smart to say
kaldrax
A lot of beautiful things are unnecessary. Does that mean we should avoid them? And how does that imply that he's trying to hide something?
srobb
Words have beauty in how they're used, and this sure isnt poetry. If he was trying to say something, he could do it far better without them
kaldrax
He just sounds angry and frustrated to me. Like he's trying to say something but doesn't really know how.
srobb
Pretty much - instead of developing his ideas and communicating them well, he's throwing out large words to make it harder to argue with him
kaldrax
I still don't get how you've come to that conclusion. It seems to me like you're making an assumption that he's compensating for something.
mossyroots
Why is this here?
icebankmicelf
Because people use Imgur to host images for other sites?
Odin1i
Tagged as garbage. feelsaptman.png
ThatFlyingSquirrel
Easy fix. Downvote it.
1f90305
It's from r/cringepics
Krikr
I understand, and accept now.
implodingrat
why dont you know how the reddit/imgur relationship works yet?
flamingflamingo
I had the same question in mind, but "it's from r/cringepics" answered it. I'm mostly wondering what collective opinion we have on it.
chainjunk
Ullur
"a ass bag" Why do people fear bringing 'a' and 'n' together?
TheEngy
Short answer: Reddit. Long answer: Reeeeeeeeeeddddiiit.
Odin1i
Thanks for clearing that up for us Yahtzee.
JuanVenturi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCKONHUigVk
Mincemeatmealmouse
Your grand children are going to do the same thing to you. barring yellowstone supervolcano exploding. or nukes. or super mutating ebola
parkerpencarkeys
long words make you clever right?
sirpipthegreat
only when you use them correctly.
imadogperson
Undoubtedly.
bmullecker
Yeah. He's just saying a bunch of rhetorical garbage hoping to sound intelligent and confuse his gram gram.
jeoffkrey
Most photosynthically
everythingcats
Welcome to my English major
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM! Look at me I am the smart.
MetalJesus
I AM SO SMART! I AM SO SMART! S-M-R-T!
pedrobrv
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
AvatarTommyBee
.. only in combination with correct usage.
airandfingers
Also long posts. I don't normally say this, but TL;DR.
AdmiralDingsbums
donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
kmcj22
Am I an asshole because I think the brother is somewhat right?
SurelyNotAWalrus
I appreciate the annoyance he feels but if he actually wants to do anything to change people's minds, he is doing it entirely wrong
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
As is saying nothing but, "garbage."
SurelyNotAWalrus
On that, we certainly agree
studentmachine
Too long didn't read
BobSagetIzGod
#Wrekt by gram grams
Binderstin
☑ rekt ☐ not rekt
thomasthethugengine
10/10 rekt boxes were checked.
Mistruths
☑ Shrekt
CountDantes
Not really. Her response was "I'm older therefore I'm smarter and in charge." His was "If you say so (/s)".
Kettles
No, she is older therefore deserves his respect, that's very different.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Age does not automatically entitle one to respect.
Kettles
I am not trying to support her argument, only to help clarify what it was.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Ah. Very well then. Good day.
maxxra
Shes right though - Chomsky is garbage, unless hes actually talking about linguistics.
yarir
but again, you're useless, you have no idea, 0 influence and 0 publications minimum relevant. noam chomsky's shit is worth your entire life
Savagesquelsch
Chomsky is garbage? *internal screaming* Please tell me why he is "garbage."
GreatTeacherMichael
Too true, I did an MA in IS, and am currently preparing for another one in TESOL. Chomsky is garbage, unless he is actually in his field.
ChangedFillerLetsSeeWhatIChooseLater
And foreign policy. Chomsky is great when it comes to foreign policy.
AngryHumanoid
I agree with many of his criticisms about Western culture but the problem is he offers no workable solutions, just bitching and moaning(1/2)
AngryHumanoid
And I hate that he is incapable of admitting when he's wrong. 2/2
graehall
"garbage" - nice choice of language.
CursesAndMutterings
2/2 actually listen to his takes on psychology - it's pretty "out there."
Veit
His neurolinguistics work is good, and lots of that relates obliquely to psycholgy... but yeah, the rest is a little bit crazypants.
IjustRegisteredToSay
Exactly. I'm a linguist and have great respect for him; then I figured out he also attempts other things and I respect him much less now.
CursesAndMutterings
I have a bachelors in psychology. Not that that makes me any kind of expert, but I was really surprised when learning that some people 1/2
manchurianwok
ding ding ding. i read a few of his books critiquing neoliberalism. lots of claims about economics, 0 citations or stats to back it up.
ICampOntheFirstDate
I agree Chomsky is a major pain in the ass. Especially when you try to carry him through the horde at the roller coaster...
DramSyral
Take my fake points just because you cleverly worded that towards the beginning. I genuinely chuckled.
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maxxra
Your spirit animal is a yappy little dog. Or Don King. Either way - shut up.
yarir
Well, write 20 important and influent books about don king, and then define chomsky as garbage. but now: shut up and go back to study.
Mcflyvol
I am so sick of pseudointellectuals who think that they sound smart by overcomplicating every statement they make.
PlatypusMounter
*overcomplicatilizing
huanthewolfhound
The first red comment sounded like every sentence I heard/read/wrote in my major in college.
chinablue
Yes but he did put up a wall of words, that always makes them right if the build the wall long enough.
StackedInaTuxedo
*nerdy middle schoolers
KeytarPlatypus
At this present time I am not saying she is mining for precious metals, but she does not associate with men of lower financial status.
Shit4chanSays
You passed up a perfectly good oppportunity to use the word "negroes" in a socially acceptable manner. Shame on you.
schmooster
academia, eh? amirite?
Procrasturbating
I enjoy those how actually know the definitions of the words and use them correctly, but yes, those who only talk that way to sound smart.
dangermint
intellectual: one who is educated beyond his capacity for understanding
pierresito
As a teacher who explains ideas/concepts to strangers, THIS. If you can't say it in a way your grandma understands it, you dun goofed.
YouCantKeepJetpackingAwayFromYourProblemsBrian
I'd like to add that I feel the same way when reading a novel. I don't need every fucking sentence to be an epic poem. Just important ones.
TheFarmerAndTheDude
Oh god, my roommate. He always uses the word aforementioned and talks down to everyone. Getting on my fucking nerves.
SurelyNotAWalrus
Eh the guy is probably young, angry and finding his way. Eventually he will realize that this is not the way to go about this, but I don't
SurelyNotAWalrus
begrudge him for not really knowing what to do with all that bottled up annoyance at the world.
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Myusernameandaccounturl
How's that?
Ximema
I am a potato
flandered
"They're humid, pre-possessing homosapiens with full-sized aortic pumps?"
wizardboy24
One of my highschool teachers had a student that did that for his papers. When he graduated, she wrote him a real recommendation and (1)
smolgods
A teacher in hs spent half the year on essays for the AP am history essay. the intro line was key and when he made me write one on the (1)
smolgods
board a few times, he'd always go, "this much (like 15% of it) is perfect. the rest is unnecessary and a run-on sentence."
wizardboy24
a recommendation that was overcomplicated. He actually used the overcomplicated one for a few applications.(2)
woofimacat
Russell Brand types...
thecolonels
I feel like Russell Brand's vocabulary comes off playful and not pretentious. Well, not too pretentious.
mildlyoff
I know, right? Even when it comes to my profs, I respect the ones who are down-to-earth and can speak to you like you're not beneath them.
ObiWanCanBlowME
This person clearly has Aspergers syndrome.
jhny
This.
McFarvo
some idiot used "hubris" incorrectly with me, then I said "how am I being prideful?" and he assumed I "had to look it up in a dictionary"
iampoorandsomeoneshavedmyhugecat
"Your spectacles are resplendent"... I agree completely, it's great to have a large vocabulary but it's okay to put down the thesaurus
armonis
What, like writers?
TheAnxietyMonster
The real test is solving rubik's cubes.
MysticTreeEater
<3
brennanandbooth
So. much. of. this.
wheelzy
Scrolled down to say pretty much the same thing, albeit with a little more profanity. So, here is an upvote.
Chikabananas
And people who write poems like that
ItsHardToBeAnOptimist
Puberty.
ishigoto
"If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it." - actually an Einstein quote
NephCohen
the problem is- do you want simple, or do you want fast?
MettalViking
Fuck. ~Aristotle
PaintedSlate
"Everything should be made as simple as possible. But no simpler." -Einstein quote paraphrased to be as simple as possible but no simpler.
tafatt1
If you can explain something simply, does it mean the recipient will now understand the matter at hand?
Shit4chanSays
A rocket engineer can explain basically how a rocket works to a five-year-old, but that does not mean the five-year-old can then build one.
tafatt1
Also, only siths deal in absolutes
UH60Mechanic
I just talk like Mojo Jojo now.
lunaisbestprincess
You talk like Mojo jojo. That is the voice in which you now talk. When you talk, the mannerisms of your speech closely match those of mojo
UH60Mechanic
He is my spirit animal.
KnitTurtleKing
I think I love you.
HDXPC
Yeah but...who needs intelligence really?
Smayds
George W. Bush learned not to rely on Intelligence, and he turned out okay!
HDXPC
He became president of the united states and so can youuuuuuuuuu
Tylendal
Someone with a truly large vocabulary knows how to use the best words, not the longest ones.
JQuentinEvermann
It is sad, though, when even using relatively simple words doesn't get the job done because some of your audience are just fucktarded.
sprayingmantis
Yes! I talk like a feral bogan because I can't remember the good words. Shit's fucked ay.
Washdaytomorrow
Indubitably
SurelyNotAWalrus
What I do is I use words like brush strokes when writing. Each one, even the larger ones, have a purpose but they have specific uses.
Tylendal
Exactly. Large words should be used to replace adjectives and adverbs. I love finding words with same but subtly different meanings.
creativelyNamed
THIS
MABTWwithnoevidencetothecontrary
You realize you're saying "dumb down your words! Big words irritate me!"
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
Nope. Big words =/= appropriate words
MABTWwithnoevidencetothecontrary
W1tchChild
It's called sophistry; the language of politicians