The Real Problem with Parsers

[Waliel]

At this point, I can only assume you've missed my repeated, and I do mean repeated, statements saying that I'm completely fine with parsers as long as they don't create extra jerks and that I'm all for a personal parser for people to see their own DPS to improve because that's the safest middle ground for SE to let people get their numbers to see if they have room for improvement without risking extra jerks calling people out on their DPS. I assume that because you seem to be trying to convince me of the exact benefits of a parser that I've already said I know about and think would be great to have.

It just that reading these forums, I feel like anything Squenix does would seem to increase the number of jerks and the like tenfold. Makes them quite fun, though. Nothing like a big "What are you even saying?" in the morning.

To be honest, I'm kind of scared that people thought my story about being kicked over not eating a completely non-edible food instead a completely non-existing food was meant to be serious. :/

My super clever mind's first thought was to ask if the "tailor-made" pie was made of linen.

[Aiselia]

Honestly, I didn't even pay attention to those parts

But those are the best parts!

Well, I mean, we argued for how long about whether or not parsers should be allowed, and I was on the pro-parse side, and you were arguing against me, so clearly you're anti-parser. You casual scrub, you.

It's because I don't want anyone finding out that I'm not out-DPSing the DRG on my tank. Shhhhhh. I'm so ashamed that I'm not both topping the DPS charts and tanking the mobs. It's bad enough that I'm also slacking and not doing all the healing to so the healers can DPS.

My super clever mind's first thought was to ask if the "tailor-made" pie was made of linen.

Ew. Everyone knows you don't use linen in pies.

It ruins the texture. You always want silk. Nice and smooth.

Here's a fun fact: Calling people out on their bad dps doesn't make one a jerk.

I've never heard the phrase "calling someone out" as not being negative.

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To add to this, I checked some dictionaries, unsurprisingly normal dictionaries didn't have the phrase in any way that applied to this, but urban dictionary doesn't seem to paint a very innocuous picture. Most them quite literally have to do with challenging somebody for some sort of fight or insulting them. In fact, the top accepted definition says "to put someone on blast", which then goes on to "to shame them badily (sic) in front of a group of three or more people". Which is oddly specific and I'm not sure why two isn't a blast.

So yes, "calling people out" by the apparently generally accepted definition of the phrase does make one a jerk because the phrase tends to revolve around insulting or attempting to shame someone.

There's a difference between "calling someone out" and "politely offering assistance to help someone improve".