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I don't see the point in the bulk of complicated words. How about you?

submitted by MightyMorphinFaggot to AskUpgoat 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 01:17:37 ago (+8/-2)     (AskUpgoat)

I have top tier iq levels, but the only reason to use complicated words, to me, is to pretend you're more intelligent than you actually are.

Why would I want to have anyone unable to understand the message I'm trying to portray?

Are any of you guilty of this?

In before why don't I sound like a nigger. I have some standards, and I'm not attempting to reason with animals.


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[ - ] shitface9000 8 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 02:27:18 ago (+8/-0)

Big words have their place. But context is king.

[ - ] germ22 6 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 02:44:04 ago (+6/-0)

Sometimes I worry that people think I am dumb, so to make myself sound smarter I ad big words to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 3 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:41:04 ago (+3/-0)

Stop lying. That is plantently false.

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[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 01:47:19 ago (+1/-0)

lol

[ - ] PrincessRobotBubblegum 4 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 01:25:52 ago (+4/-0)

There used to be a fellow who came to a library that I frequented, who was always dressed like Waldo, but in blue tones. He used to take a ruler, and cross out, in ink, words in books that he thought superfluous. He did quite a number on Carl Sagan’s “Dragons of Eden.”

I began stalking him, with the intention of murdering then eating him.

Long story short, that’s how I met the love of my life.

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:34:00 ago (+0/-0)

I like your love story. You should write a novel.

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:55:47 ago (+0/-0)

I began stalking him, with the intention of murdering then eating him.
TIL: PrincessRobotBubblegum is a mantis who knows English.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 15:38:57 ago (+0/-0)

Or maybe we've been speaking mantis this whole time and didn't know it...

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 09:16:31 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 3 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:30:58 ago (+3/-0)

I member the:

Turboencabulator

The original machine has a base-plate of prefabulated aluminite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-delta type placed in panendermic semi-bovoid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters.

— John Hellins Quick, "The turbo-encabulator in industry", Students' Quarterly Journal, Vol. 15, Iss. 58, P. 22 (December 1944)

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:32:58 ago (+1/-0)

This is beautiful and horrific at the same time lmao

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 09:12:00 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Neral 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:39:08 ago (+0/-0)

Well now you're just being ostentatious.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:10:01 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:24:54 ago (+1/-0)

I think OP is talking about those who use words like "loquacious" in casual conversation.

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[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 15:44:32 ago (+1/-0)

I heard Loquacious got arrested, again.

[ - ] Her0n 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 05:44:55 ago (+1/-0)*

Im not smart, i just like to read.

A time and place for everything, and all things in moderation.

The proper words or phrasing is far more effective when swaying others emotionally. Simple is best.

When I'm trying to be precise and technical I have to elaborate and use a more complex dialect to ensure the information is explained rapidly. If the person I'm speaking to can't hang then I'll slow it down to their understanding.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:01:23 ago (+1/-0)

you're probably a nigger

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:10:23 ago (+0/-0)

You think there's a higher than 50% chance I'm a nog?

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:14:12 ago (+0/-0)

Sure. Your name reveals that you are a faggot, and many years wasting time on this site has shown me that faggots are niggers.

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:31:03 ago (+0/-0)

Ah the niggerfaggot paradox.

I'll have to agree then lol

[ - ] HughBriss 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 01:40:30 ago (+1/-0)

I have top tier iq levels

Sure. So do I. I was tested by that ridiculous group Mensa. Give me your percentile, or just another internet blowhard. Right now, you just sound like an idiot.

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 2 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:04:02 ago (+2/-0)

My iq is 146, although even if I told you that, there's no way to know I'm not lying, so why bother asking?

[ - ] voatersaredumbasses 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 04:45:56 ago (+1/-0)

Sure it is.

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:31:58 ago (+0/-0)

Smrt

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 09:18:42 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] usedoilanalysis 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 13:27:31 ago (+0/-0)

No you don't, some words are better at conveying meaning than others.

[ - ] KyleIsThisTall 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:37:11 ago (+0/-0)

You're being a bit loquacious yourself.

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:36:08 ago (+0/-0)

Theory: only English majors overcomplicate speech and choose complicated or uncommon words, to show anybody that their education wasn't a waste of time.

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:23:08 ago (+0/-0)

They're pretentious unless its scientific literature.

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[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 08:52:53 ago (+0/-0)

Which part? Is scientific literature pretentious or is nothing pretentious?

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[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 07:24:37 ago (+0/-0)

Using an advanced vocabulary is a way to present your social status to the person you are speaking with. Ironically, I tend to speak in very chopped and direct sentences in person because that communicates a concept better than fancy words, it is a sales technique. You might like a book called pitch anything by Oren klaff.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 09:59:12 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] voatersaredumbasses 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 04:44:47 ago (+0/-0)

Well lets see, Mr "top tier iq".

Complicated and intelligent could be dumbed down. Why did you use them?

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:29:08 ago (+1/-1)

Supercalifragaliusbexpidalioshius

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[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 01:39:31 ago (+1/-0)

We're mostly recalcitrant here.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:04:48 ago (+1/-0)

I don't think the issue is with "complicated" words rather than with uncommon words. English has a shit ton of synonyms or like and people trying to sounds smart will pick one that is more obscure in order to show others they know a word that most people don't. This is ineffective for communication purposes. On the other hand, you can use "complicated" words that reveal high intelligence and vocabulary but which are common enough to be recognized and at least moderately understood by most people. I don't think "recalcitrant" is a very useful word, so your example is solid. The problem isn't that it's complex, the problem is that it's an uncommon and largely unnecessary word.

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:28:09 ago (+1/-0)

It's possible I've just watched too many politicians insert strange words in order to evade questions or confuse the listener even if they're telling the truth.

If someone rapid fires a bunch of waffle at you to the point you need to stop and break out a dictionary you'll never win a debate.

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 2 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 03:49:04 ago (+2/-0)

U mean like this?:

“When we can be pre-emptive we should be, because modest pre-emptive actions can obviate the need of more drastic actions at a later date that could destabilize the economy.”

Alan Greenspan

Durring an interview years later he reveled at his own maniacal phrasiology coining it "syntax distruction"

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Syntax%20Destruction

[ - ] MightyMorphinFaggot [op] 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 04:00:05 ago (+1/-0)

Well, I did not know sytax destruction was a coined term. TIL

[ - ] Her0n 0 points 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 05:48:02 ago (+0/-0)

jews will coin anything, they love coin!

[ - ] Sector7 1 point 2.4 yearsJan 9, 2023 06:27:52 ago (+1/-0)

"A stitch in time saves nine."