Calling other players "fish", "rookie", "amateur", etc.

[Rooster71]

Playing on Party lately, I have noticed an increase in the level of rudeness. This rudeness primarily consists of bad players telling other bad players that they are "fish" or an "amateur" or "rookie". When I say "bad player" I mean just that, someone whose basic strategy and logic are severely lacking.

When I first started playing online a couple years ago this didn't bother me, but I was afraid that too much of this name-calling may encourage these losers to improve their game. Now I know this is not the case.

Recently I find myself being extremely entertained when someone with a 50+ VPIP, 2% PFR is berating someone with similar stats and both of them are consistently calling raises with hands like Ax offsuite and J4 suited. Maybe it is the weed, but this name-calling sometimes brings on gut-busting laughter for me.