I'm just having a discussion. Why do YOU continue arguing me?
You started the discussion and now, instead of discussing the initial theme, you are discussing me. You make arguments about me, rather than arguments about my arguments. Which is "argumentum ad hominem".
If a man says something in a public it means he says it for people somehow. If it's his own and he doesn't want to have any reactions from people or influence somebody, he won't say it in a public.
I'm not going to argue with you, as frankly I don't see any claims to argue against. I suppose I could argue against various dictionary definitions of the word nerd, but that would be immensely boring.
The mindless herd
thinks of me as 'nerd'
The brainless horde
all scoff and snort.
But my pals at lichess, they know what's up!
grinding, and pinning, and losing and winning
marching down the checkered path
is all about I'm thinking!
#52
You already were arguing with me.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/arguingArguing:
- "to present reasons for or against a thing",
- "to contend in oral disagreement; dispute".
If someone's arguments are not solid enough, he would, probably, try to finish the arguing. But would also try to left the conversation with effect, try to represent his interlocutor in an unfavorable light. I don't think it's a good quality, and I find such people impolite and disrespectful.
I should have never used the word "prove". I didn't mean it in a literal sense, but there will always be some person to take everything too literally as if all words are set in stone and handed down by a God.
You have proven me wrong, sir. Enjoy your English dictionaries. But the personal attacks, both blatant and subtle, were not warranted. You've effectively derailed the thread completely, offered nothing new other than the satisfaction of proving me wrong on an issue that was never about objective truth to begin with.
Well, now I translated your answers better, and it seems I misunderstood you. I thought you were very sarcastic and had an "adult" (instructing) tone, when was talking to me. But now I see it was not so bad actually (but still you use some irrelevant irony sometimes, which I don't like). So I should have answered you less critically. My mistake.
I met this girl the other day who called me a nerd, later that night she was calling me daddy.
I feel like to most people the image is more intellectual / inaccesible / boring than nerdy.
Most people just assume you absolutely need to be some sort of savant genius to not suck at chess when really it's mostly just practice, as with most skills
@58 So we are talking about your daughter called you nerd?
Nerd!