Upsetting Words

[Apple28]

My fight song is So What by Three Days Grace:

So what if I'm crazier than crazy?
So what if I'm sicker than sick?
So what if I'm out of control?
Maybe that's what I like about it

You can say that I'm going insane
And I'm not quite right
And that I'm to blame
You can say that I'm sick on the inside
Bet you don't know I like it that way
You can say whatever you like
If it's so wrong I don't wanna be right!

So what if I'm crazier than crazy?
So what if I'm sicker than sick?
So what if I'm out of control?
Maybe that's what I like about it
So what?
So what?

You can say that I'm going insane
And I'm not quite right
And that I'm to blame
I don't care you can say what you want to
I am who I am and I'll never be like you
You can say whatever you like
If it's so wrong I don't wanna be right!

So what if I'm crazier than crazy?
So what if I'm sicker than sick?
So what if I'm out of control?
Maybe that's what I like about it
So what?
So what?

And when I'm up
It's better than ever
And when I'm down
I'm desperate
And when I'm up
It's better than ever
And when I'm down
I'm desperate
I'm desperate
I'm desperate

So what if I'm crazier than crazy?
So what if I'm sicker than sick?
So what if I'm out of control?
Maybe that's what I like about it
So what?
So what?

I'd never heard of the song before! I didn't expect it to sound the way it did. I love the DC comic connection as well. Awesome.

 

[Reedstorm17]

Did you listen to it?

 

[Apple28]

Did you listen to it?

Yes I did!

 

[tdrfreebird]

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What if you're talking about yourself? I would consider myself socially ret@rd!d, and I'm only directing that label toward myself.

retarded: characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.

I have limitations socially and in my awareness of social cues. I'll admit to being stunted emotionally in some respects. So by this definition, socially ret@rd!d is true to some degree in my case.

 

[Misery]

I agree. For most people the sound of their own name is a turn on though. In some sales training they tell you to say the person's name often as " there is no sweeter sound to someone than the sound of their own name"

Not for me, It's all a BP it icky.

People are weird though.

I've heard my name so many times it sounds and feels quite strange to me, and it hold little real relevance.

It doesn't define or describe me.

Yeah, same here. I've never liked my name and hate hearing it for the most part.

One reason why I like the internet so much is because I get to choose the blasted names, instead of someone else doing that. I get to pick ones that seem actually fitting for reasons to make sense to me. Right now the two names I'll go by are Misery and Chara. They fit for a pile of reasons. I'll automatically answer to either. But my "real" name? I always want to throw things at whoever uses it, but of course I cant, most people IRL wouldnt understand really (except at a convention). Certainly one of those things that goes against the societal norm, yeah? Bah. So, yay internet, for that at least.


Other than that, words that bother me? "Hashtag" bugs me for some reason. Because of "hash". Reminds me of a certain food. Which smells funny.

 

[Reedstorm17]

My name also drives me crazy sometimes. As well as saying other people's names directly to them.

 

[Questella]

Yeah, same here. I've never liked my name and hate hearing it for the most part.

One reason why I like the internet so much is because I get to choose the blasted names, instead of someone else doing that. I get to pick ones that seem actually fitting for reasons to make sense to me. Right now the two names I'll go by are Misery and Chara. They fit for a pile of reasons. I'll automatically answer to either. But my "real" name? I always want to throw things at whoever uses it, but of course I cant, most people IRL wouldnt understand really (except at a convention). Certainly one of those things that goes against the societal norm, yeah? Bah. So, yay internet, for that at least.


Other than that, words that bother me? "Hashtag" bugs me for some reason. Because of "hash". Reminds me of a certain food. Which smells funny.

Getting your name legally changed isn't hard, mine was only 125$ and a couple forms to fill out.

 

[Eromevol]

I don't seem to like the word bulbous either and I don't even really know what it means.

 

[Streetwise]

Pseudo bulbar palsy ,motor neurone disease, fasciculation,upper motor neurones ,lower motor neurones,A.L.S ,THE ABBREVIATION P.E.G,AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS,LOU GEHRIG,LOU GEHRIGS DISEASE,CHARCOT,EMOTIONAL LABILITY,LEFT ARM ,18 MONTHS,DOWNHILL ,
GOT TO STOP STARTING TO HYPERVENTILATE

 

[Jet Weiss]

Racial slurs. They make me so uncomfortable. I turn bright red if I hear them.
Basically any derogatory word for homosexuality as well.
Calling meds "drugs" :/
The word "bae" that is being used a lot that literally means "poo" in Danish, and a lot of other slang words like "dope" or "fleek"

I am really amused by swear words though for some reason. I try not to over use them

 

[Datura]

Conversate: This isn't a "real" word, but it seems to be well on its way. I hate it because it is derived from "conversation", which is derived from "converse", which already means the same freaking thing as "conversate" but without an extraneous syllable and a weird cannibalistic etymology.

An bromanteau (with the exception of bromanteau): So for some reason guys feel the need to masculinize certain words because they are terribly insecure about their masculinity or something. Think words like: man bun, murse (a purse for men), bromance, brohemian, brofessional, ext.

Stinky: Putrid, odious, nauseating, I can handel all of these words, but "stinky" is just too real. *shudders*

 

[wight]

Conversate: This isn't a "real" word, but it seems to be well on its way. I hate it because it is derived from "conversation", which is derived from "converse", which already means the same freaking thing as "conversate" but without an extraneous syllable and a weird cannibalistic etymology.

An bromanteau (with the exception of bromanteau): So for some reason guys feel the need to masculinize certain words because they are terribly insecure about their masculinity or something. Think words like: man bun, murse (a purse for men), bromance, brohemian, brofessional, ext.

Stinky: Putrid, odious, nauseating, I can handel all of these words, but "stinky" is just too real. *shudders*

Along the lines of "conversate", it drives me up a wall when I see nouns being used as verbs. Someone put up a sign in at work (indicating to clean up after yourself) that read, "let's all adult this area"... I nearly tore it down.

Man bun, bromance, etc.: Along with "man cave". Sheer male immaturity. They think it's fun, or funny. The sad part is that somehow our culture is beginning to take this as "male empowerment"... as in "why shouldn't men be able to put there long hair in a bun"... ugh

I know I'm "old school" about some things, but

a) cut your hair
b) if you need more stuff than will fit in your pockets, buy pants with more pockets.
c) a proper "man cave" is a garage full of tools that are being used and when you come out your greasy, smelly, and are frequently forced directly to a shower.


Re: "Stinky"...has become a general nickname of affection around our house because we live with 7 dogs and generally one or more of them is rather odoriferous.

 

[Streetwise]

sadly you were born into a world where insulting g~ds name or using it as a blasphemy is popular
and the other word, which usually and actually means trying to kill a woman by sexual intercourse and throttling you may know it as the vile term for sexual intercourse

 

[Questella]

Conversate: This isn't a "real" word, but it seems to be well on its way. I hate it because it is derived from "conversation", which is derived from "converse", which already means the same freaking thing as "conversate" but without an extraneous syllable and a weird cannibalistic etymology.

An bromanteau (with the exception of bromanteau): So for some reason guys feel the need to masculinize certain words because they are terribly insecure about their masculinity or something. Think words like: man bun, murse (a purse for men), bromance, brohemian, brofessional, ext.

Stinky: Putrid, odious, nauseating, I can handel all of these words, but "stinky" is just too real. *shudders*

Murse? Really? Whatever happened to satchel?

How about Moobs? xD xD xD I always die and laugh inside whenever I hear a dude refer to their chest area as such.

 

[Nitro]

c) a proper "man cave" is a garage full of tools that are being used and when you come out your greasy, smelly, and are frequently forced directly to a shower.

You just described my 32x48 foot pole barn.
Packed with performance cars,bikes and mechanical items

The machineshop is adjoining my livingroom,soon to move to a new huge enclosed porch later this summer.

To round the package out,there is a 53 foot box trailer on my property stuffed with antique and performance parts and a ten second dragster that is nearly completed.

And just to inform y'all,this long haired country boy would never wear his hair in a bun

 

[vangelis]

I have problems with pregnant, jeggings and any of the words for, how do I put this delicately, "boy juice"

 

[Vindicator Phoenix]

I like words and dictionaries, so here's a relevant word:

Cledonism: "avoidance of words deemed unlucky"

 

[Vindicator Phoenix]

Its called a euphemism treadmill an endless cycle of ever changing terms or phrases that get replaced when they become a point of ridicule ,for example in the early 1900s moron was a term used widely in scientific enquiry, the same can be said about retarded

That's also related to verbicide.

 

[tlc]

Man bun, bromance, etc.: Along with "man cave". Sheer male immaturity. They think it's fun, or funny. The sad part is that somehow our culture is beginning to take this as "male empowerment"... as in "why shouldn't men be able to put there long hair in a bun"... ugh

I don't consider it male empowerment that the man is often 50% property owner but gets only one place on the property he can set up how he wants. And looking way back, professional men used to have both long hair and wore dresses. Women have long since worn men's clothes and have men's hairstyles. No biggie.

Anyway, when I think of the word retard or retarded, first thing that comes to mind is engine timing. Not the more common meanings.

For me the most upsetting printed word is "yell". Has been for as long as I can remember. It looks like a mean face looking back at me.

 

[Kalinychta]

"Hubby"... It's like nails on a chalkboard. Just typing it here makes my toes curl.