Does this annoy/offend you?

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[KaneKungFu123]

there is a time and place for the f-word.

most people sound very unintelligent when they use it.

[Matty]

Oops, I accidentally clicked "yes" to both. I meant to say "no" to both.

I just assumed you were making a more in-depth poll about the 'gay' word.

[daryn]

i was just gonna make a poll asking people if copycat threads annoy them.. but that's kinda obvious. still, someone will probably do it.

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there is a time and place for the f-word.

most people sound very unintelligent when they use it.

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I personaly use the word a lot. However, not in places where using it would be illogical. "Sounding" intelligent is usualy not important in everyday life.

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Oops, I accidentally clicked "yes" to both. I meant to say "no" to both.

I just assumed you were making a more in-depth poll about the 'gay' word.

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Funny that happend. I figured most people who said yes on your poll would say no on this one. That is the reason i made this poll. What is the difference? Are more people offended by gay? Is it because gay people are offended?
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I should have chosen a similar word to make my point more clear. Like gimp or retard. oh well...

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i was just gonna make a poll asking people if copycat threads annoy them.. but that's kinda obvious. still, someone will probably do it.

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I only copy threads that suck up to you in some way, dayrn.

[Matty]

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Oops, I accidentally clicked "yes" to both. I meant to say "no" to both.

I just assumed you were making a more in-depth poll about the 'gay' word.

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Funny that happend. I figured most people who said yes on your poll would say no on this one. That is the reason i made this poll. What is the difference? Are more people offended by gay? Is it because gay people are offended?
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I should have chosen a similar word to make my point more clear. Like gimp or retard. oh well...

[/ QUOTE ]I think you got it. The word 'gay', used as some people use it, singles out a group of people and makes a disparaging joke of their very identity. Gimp or Retard, used in the same way, would annoy me in exactly the same way.

[censored] is just something we all do. [censored] annoys me a lot more than [censored] just because it puts an image in my head.

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I think your second question is too general. It would be better as, "Do you refrain from using the F word if you believe it will offend someone? On what conditions?" etc.

Because I think clearly you should, but not all the time. Sometimes you need to use it with the purpose of offending someone.

NT

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The word 'gay',used as some people use it , singles out a group of people and makes a disparaging joke of their very identity.

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Some people may use it to mean this. Others use the word unattached to homosexuality. Some use it to mean homosexual-esk, but not in a condeming manner, rather in a situationaly unfortunate matter.

For example: I dont think most people "hate" retards. They still use the term retard to depict unwanted attributes. No one wants to be retarded. Straight people dont want to be homosexual.