Using autism and cancer in comments and as a derogatory term...

[kamikrazy]

Being offended has no meaning, being offended for someone else even less so.

[LaurieB]

So..just curious...why do you HAVE to use these terminologies when there are so many other words in the English language to express the same thing? To be honest, I think its just for the shock value, wanna be cool, wanna offend, wanna offend so that you can get offended someone got offended by it and also the fact that not utilizing expressions that can easily express the sentiments you feel WITHOUT using these words makes a person think that you are not thinking for yourself and instead conforming to what others of your perceived "peer" group word usage. This whole thing can be avoided (don't even tell me what has meaning to me or what doesn't, I'll make up my own mind thank you about that, I've had over 50 years to do just that..I think I got it, thanks). I've seen trends come and go, this is a trend, it will go just like the others.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

So..just curious...why do you HAVE to use these terminologies when there are so many other words in the English language to express the same thing? To be honest, I think its just for the shock value, wanna be cool, wanna offend, wanna offend so that you can get offended someone got offended by it and also the fact that not utilizing expressions that can easily express the sentiments you feel WITHOUT using these words makes a person think that you are not thinking for yourself and instead conforming to what others of your perceived "peer" group word usage. This whole thing can be avoided (don't even tell me what has meaning to me or what doesn't, I'll make up my own mind thank you about that, I've had over 50 years to do just that..I think I got it, thanks). I've seen trends come and go, this is a trend, it will go just like the others.

Or people can just mind their own business and not stick their nose into other people's conversation.

[Berethos]

Just how the internet is these days, it's best to wear a tougher skin otherwise it's going to eat you alive and have you sobbing at memes. Ain't the best solution but better than the sobbing alternative.

You can call people out for poor behavior (publicly if needed) without letting it "eat you alive" or having you "sobbing at memes."

[Yunuen]

This thread was a wild ride up until page 16, lol.

[Jybril]

I want to say, when people say the N word (either one of them honestly) I really REALLY hate it, and if online...
Honestly? I just ignore it. I have to agree with a lot of people here, you should block them and try and have fun with the game
and not let people like them get under your skin.

Words do hurt, and I understand that but you really shouldn't be so upset that you have to switch centers over it.
There are cruel people wherever you go, and you may very well meet someone who will say another word not to your liking.
You're letting them win, by wasting your money from hopping place to place over it.
People are very petty online because they can get away with it because they're behind a screen.

Ignore and try and have fun with the game!

What he said was calling something cancer, such as "This boss is cancer"

There is that boss in the Rabanaste raid that mentioned cancer too. x:
I kinda feel bad if OP had saw that.

[grinkdaboy]

as someone with autism it doesn't really bother me. that said i can understand why it could be offensive to my fellow neuroatypicals. but it's not cool and it's not a good look to be offended on behalf of other people. it just makes you look foolish. my common rebuttal to these types of jabs is to tell them that from the bottom of my heart i sincerely hope that if they have children that they come out autistic. maybe it won't be as funny to them then :^)

[Alucard135]

Context - the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood.



Okay, okay what this person said is quite improbable, implying that someones Damage Per Second has given them a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumours, which do not spread.



This is a quote of many quotes not understanding the context to what I mean, even though I fully understand what this person is saying guess what if it was said in this manner this would of 'gone over my head' as does most things I apparently have to grow a thicker skin/stoneskin for and other analogies.



Refer to the first quote by me in this post, thanks for clearing up the context for me!



For context this is a serious case of 'a pot calling the kettle black'. Although I do also understand what this person is saying, however, to put into context. If someone in a Free Company asks me a question on say a level 37 DoH skill Brand of Lightning and on its workings I will go into as much detail as I can because it is a very useful with a Level 54 DoH skill Name of Lightning to give most craft a element focus thus increasing the % of progress especially Heavensward 35/70 Durability crafts when you are on the same level as the craft.

What I mention above is an actual event as is this one below.

However, a lot of the time when someone **coughs** RyuujinZERO simply mentions that they simply just had not enough CP to complete a craft, I'd look through the Free Company UI and look at their Search Info determining how I can possibly help this person by looking at thier DoH levels, I offer help and I proceed to get several wall of texts on how crafting works! I'm not exaggerating either.

Learn when to let go. There's no helping your case anymore.

[Gula]

TIL I'm intolerant of myself.

- One of OP's former FC members



Seriously though. Soul Assassin here dropped out of our company with nary a word said leaving us all scratching our heads; doubly so because he'd vanished off our friends lists too suggesting he didn't just leave the FC; but completely abandoned the shard and left us with no way to ask him what happened.

I've seen the "Your DPS gave me cancer" quote before; but I feel he's leaving out an important context: It was in the form of a multi-line ASCII macro of a moogle lying in a bed surrounded by other moogles, captioned 'Your DPS gave me cancer"; very uncouth and perhaps distasteful but, comically executed. It wasn't directed at Soul or anyone in particular, it was just one of the guys sharing a variety of silly macros he had prepared and on standby. The only time I ever saw it used was in a private party and even then, jokingly.

As for using 'autistic' as an insult; it might be me who was guilty of using that phrase; as well as "'sperging out" - referring to Asperger Syndrome. But here's the kicker... I'm on the autistic spectrum, I feel this is my 'my word' to use. Much like people in the black or gay community can use certain words others cannot without it being deemed horrifically offensive. (For context I tend to use it when someone is obsessing over minutia or displaying their extreme focus on a topic; something Soul did often )



Soul, if you had a problem you should have probably just brought it up with the people who said it, or an officer. Dropping out the FC with nary a word, transferring to a different server, and the creating a thread seeking pity seems like a rather extreme over-reaction

Great googly moogly, kupo. I wondered why this thread was still going, but this post was worth coming back for.

[StarRosie]

For the love of all that is holy, unholy and just dang sane...LET! THE THREAD! DIE! Please, for all our sake, just let it die so we can go talk about using lalas as footballs or something!