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I never said they were unintelligent, quit being self-absorbed.
I still don't get how you guys have gotten this idea that I perceive myself as 'better' than you.
Davis lol Please, you aren't that dumb. Go back and read some of the things you've said.Accusing someone of being a 'fucking idiot' isn't anything like 'I'm a fucking idiot, and you're just like me!'
I don't think it's that I'm a different person, you just don't get to see all the aspects of my personality.
Christy, you admitted to acting like an idiot. That isn't a valid complaint.
Saying I have inferior genetics, then.That's somehow saying you AREN'T better than me?
And you were insulting my 'inferior' genetics, so it goes both ways. I was merely throwing an insult in an inappropriate argument, the same as you were.
Christy wrote: "When did I insult your genetics?"When you called my mother a junkie, following in her footsteps, etc. Same concept.
That wasn't about genetics, that was about personal choices.
Drug addiction is genetic, proven. Absolutely cannot be argued with.
Christy wrote: "Doing drugs is a choice, proven."Yes, doing them to begin with is a choice. How your body reacts, is genetic.
You knew your family has an addiction problem and yet you STILL tried your luck. The blame is on YOU. Have some integrity.
Jessica wrote: "As you put it last week, Davis, you dodged my questions."Please restate them, I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
Christy wrote: "You knew your family has an addiction problem and yet you STILL tried your luck. The blame is on YOU. Have some integrity."I never said the blame wasn't on me. However, it is still genetic.
Yes, genetic. You messed up, your genes didn't force you to try anything.
Christy wrote: "Yes, genetic. You messed up, your genes didn't force you to try anything."Never said they did. The way I reacted to them is purely genetic, even you can't argue that.
Davis wrote: "Christy wrote: "Yes, genetic. You messed up, your genes didn't force you to try anything."Never said they did. The way I reacted to them is purely genetic, even you can't argue that. "
I never did. I'm saying you can stop acting like a victim anytime now.
I am absolutely not acting like a victim. However, the original point was that you attempted to insult my genetics, the same I did yours.
And I did NOT insult your genetics. I insulted your choices.And even if I did say something like 'You have bad addict genes' I admitted to having the same. Saying we're equals is not saying I'm better than you.
You telling me your genetics are more intelligence inducing than mine is saying you are better than me.
Proving Jessica's point.
That's putting values on things that I never did. I already apologized for my genetic comment, yet you haven't apologized for yours.
Direct me to the appology, if you will.
"I was merely throwing an insult in an inappropriate argument, the same as you were."If that doesn't count, then let me put it here. I'm sorry.
"Uh, Davis, it is SO not genetic. YOU make the choices for YOU. Not your mother."Drug addiction has been proven to be a genetic disease.
"how do you know you're a different person?"
I consciously avoid political discussion, and will not be as brash with my statements.
"How do you know what others think of you outside all of this here?"
I've asked many a person (Rather self-conscious individual)
"And don't you think you're being rather misleading, if you act differently when you're not online?"
No.
I love hypocritical your being by the way, it's lovely.
What exactly are you standing up for?And really, flaunting my vocabulary? Are you really getting mad at for how I talk?
Also, you parents raised you with respect, but I sure haven't seen any. I apologized to you for being rude, and here you are attacking me again.
I just talk how I talk, there is no strenuous effort on my part to come up with superfluous words.
I'm afraid I must be misunderstanding you. What does my word selection have to do with your subsequent question?
No, I'm not trying to make you dislike me, or annoy you. I'm rather discontent with fighting and I wish to bring about a ceasefire. I don't even want to get on goodreads anymore with all this going on.
This got really annoying really fast. The last like 5 pages is mostly picking on Davis/fighting involving Davis. I was hoping we had moved past this.
I sincerely apologize for it. I'm so over this. My confrontational proclivity keeps drawing me into it, and it certainly isn't acceptable any longer. I hope you can accept my apology.
How about I just talk to myself in between you guys talking? I'm sure it will be annoying. It might be hard to keep going though. But I'm good at rambling.
Please stop trying to act condescending. I'm done arguing.
Jessica wrote: "I don't know if he was talking to me or u. But if he was talking to me, which I suspect he was, I was meaning that in the nicest, sincerest way as possible. Sorry if I offended anybody."Hmmm. So maybe you can see how sometimes I come off the wrong way to people and it isn't my fault all the time that I sound smug?
I just realized something kind of funny about you. Every single word you utter is evidence for my earlier claim about your sociological status, you constantly reinforce it with every statement. You are a textbook smug-24-year-old, rather hilarious.
I don't dislike you in the slightest. I think your probably a very nice girl; you just jumped on me right away, never allowing me to see that side.
Davis wrote: "I just realized something kind of funny about you. Every single word you utter is evidence for my earlier claim about your sociological status, you constantly reinforce it with every statement. You..."Funny, you haven't heard me utter a word.
You know me so well Davis, you are a regular psychologist.
I haven't used a single shred of psychology on you yet (that would be the insane amount of smugness that I am talking about, by the way). Very basic, peer-studied and accepted sociological grouping can determine your personality type.
Davis wrote: "I haven't used a single shred of psychology on you yet (that would be the insane amount of smugness that I am talking about, by the way). Very basic, peer-studied and accepted sociological grouping..."Yep, I'm a stereotype and you're a statistic. I'm glad you aren't too mature to let this all go, it would be so boring.
Paige wrote: "I think I know what the issue is here. Christy, it seems that you are taking the majority of what Davis says as condescending because of his use of his extensive vocabulary.
And I think that a l..."
....Come again? lol Davis's dialect wasn't a problem with me, that was Jessica. I have had no qualms with his language.
We are statistics, every single one of us. No escaping that. We are all stereotypes as well.
Davis wrote: "We are statistics, every single one of us. No escaping that. We are all stereotypes as well. "God, if you are this pretentious in high school I can't imagine what you'll be like in college...
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Should I stop posting now before we get into it again, or save my unintelligent thoughts for a later spat?