Luc Chastot
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Posted - 2012.11.14 08:15:00 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:stoicfaux wrote:Remiel Pollard wrote:
how do you know who to "hate" on if you can't define them?
Exactly! Now you understand how it works. No, I don't. I'll simplify it for you. Do try to keep up. WHAT is a carebear? What kind of player is a carebear? What is it that they do to earn this term?
"Carebear" is a common term used by people who do not identify themselves as such to index their feelings towards a certain style of playing they find annoying for no particular reason. The word does not have any specific meaning related to EVE, it's just a repository with some connotations shared by all individuals/parties who use it, one of those being "inhabitant of highsec". You won't get an exact definition of it because there is no such thing.
Also, stop being a douche, people are trying to help you.
stoicfaux wrote:Real World Example:
If you ask certain people what a [N-word] is, they will say it's a person of color. If you ask a person of color if they're a [N-word], they will tell you no, they're not a [N-word]. Ergo, the [N-word] isn't a noun/object/person. Instead the N-word is the belief that [N-words] exist. someone is inherently inferior based solely on cosmetic differences.
You're slightly wrong here. "Nig-ger" is a real term, albeit a pejorative one. The word has a very specific meaning, it just denotes a characteristic; however, when a black person tells you he is not a nig-ger, he's not telling you his skin is not black, what he means is that he does not identify himself with the necessary negative connotations of the word. Everyone who speaks English has agreed on both, the denotation and connotations of the word, and they are inseparable.
Let's use "b-itch", for example. It's meaning is very simple; a b-itch is a female dog, and some are dams. On the other hand we have sires, which are male dogs. Those are terms used in dog breeding, but the laymen/society in general has altered the connotation of the former to have a very different, although somewhat related meaning; this to the point where the word now has taken on a new denotation: that of its pejorative implication.
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