"P.A.W.G." is a toxic nonsense: Steatopygia & Callipygia

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English might be John's second language. I've noticed that John sometimes uses Quebecois. 

Also, John likes to write in a way that makes him feel intelligent. John would rather make simple ideas complicated than to make complicated ideas simple. The former gives one a false sense of superiority, while the latter is an actual attempt to convey ideas.

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47 minutes ago, Dave1431010 said:

Yeah I figured English might not be his first language, which is fine of course 

but John I do wish you would write in simpler sentences.. you don’t need to prove you’re smart here

I agree with what you state. He doesn't have to prove his intellect on this forum where we seek to beat meat. I believe that he writes the way he does because he wants to convince himself that he is intelligent. This is not to say that he is dumb; this is to say that he worries that he may not be as "smart" as he thinks he is and it worries him. There is no conversation to be had with John. His posts are one sided since he can't get over his own insecurities. Ultimately, this prevents him from socializing on this forum and beyond.

Look at how multiple paragraphs are spent in this very post about his responses on Reddit. It's very important to him. John, don't let the "interlocutors" define your worth. This is not to say your ideas are cogent and worth consideration, but don't wait with bated breath to see how many upvotes you have on a post. Further, don't write multiple paragraphs about Reddit arguments as it doesn't correspond to your thesis. Have some self confidence.

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Dave,

You really were giving John the benefit of the doubt. And that was kind of you. John has a tendency of using the natural ambiguity of culture to deflect any form of criticism. Not only does he use culture to deflect, but he also uses it as a spear. He will thrust such words as "xenophobic" at anyone who he deems as a threat. He has laid bare his worst qualities in his response to you.

John, to question one's first language is not xenophobic. It's true that some of your language usage is cultural. However, some of your language in your initial post is not ascribed to anyone's culture. It can only be ascribed to your ignorance of how to use the vocabulary you chose. Also, how do you know if Dave is American? How do you know if I am American? This is an anonymous forum. Some people do not wear their nationality on their sleeve. Do you see your hypocrisy? 

I suppose I should speak to your thesis: "P.A.W.G. is the most preposterous colloquial coining ever made: its outmoded racialist overtones obvious" or something.

Indeed, the word White is a part of the acronym PAWG. However, that does immediately imply that PAWG is racist or has racist overtones. You need to support this part of your argument. In what way does the word PAWG infer race superiority?

Do you desire a word/acronym that refers to fat asses but is not race exclusive and is not negative? I am extrapolating here as your "argument" is poorly written, but I think this is what you want. Fat-ass can be used in a negative way. But it's in my experience that PAWG is used with a positive inflection. Some may regard the acronym as empowering. 

If I am right in my extrapolation, I don't think that your proposed alternatives for the Black variant of PAWG will work. Recall, people must accept words to have them be considered valid. Your words are too scientific and sterile to catch on within non-scientific communities. Also, couldn't you use the word booty or donk? While these alternatives are not necessarily Black exclusive, the words have the positive inflection that PAWG has. 

And to your last quote: Society is the one true boogeyman everyone tries to escape, but refuses to actually feed off while deshinbiting [sic] themselves behind their keyboard.

What are you on about? Society is not a boogeyman. There may be parts that you may fear, but as a whole? This quote does a better job at describing you than "everyone".

I suppose you're trying to talk about the idea that on average people may be more isolated due to the advent of technology. But in what way are people refusing to feed off of society? All of us in this thread are feeding off of society as we type our responses here. John, Dave, Joe, and myself have not refused to interact with society since we are interacting right now. But for some reason, this type of interaction doesn't count to you since you add on the phrase "while deshinbiting [sic] themselves behind their keyboard." Why does speaking to people on a forum not count as feeding off of society? You seem to make up the rules as you go along, John.

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John, 

You've had ample opportunity to continue your initial conversation. I even gave a response to your argument. Your refusal to interact with me shows me that you never had any intention of having a conversation regarding your initial post. With that in mind, why did you even post? Are you only here on the off chance that someone strokes your ego?

Also, you've directly participated in the "derailment" of this thread with your incessant ad hominem attacks. Is there any part of you that isn't in bad faith?