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>>They’re completely dorky and I’ll never be caught dead on one Sorry for asking, but are you thirteen?

by ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago

criagsbkbk 8y ago
Personal swipes aren't allowed here. FYI
- ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
  This is not a personal swipe, just a sarcastic remark on a tactless and judgemental comment.
  - mbel 8y ago
    I would say it's the other way around. You made a tactless and judgemental comment on a sarcastic remark.
    - ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
      I ride kick scooter almost daily on my commute and can't find anything sarcastic about calling it "completely dorky", sorry. I've also gotten used to not hear (or make) such comments in my adult life, contrary to the school years, where it was a norm of communication, unfortunately.
6cd6beb 8y ago
I'm in my early thirties and feel the same way. A lot of people do. Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do.
- ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
  >> Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do. And its exactly a moment when one should stop for a second and ask him/herself a question "why would I feel so"? Wearing glasses, reading books, dyeing hair with some tint, preferring pieces of clothing of some fashion or other, riding a personal vehicle that is supposedly beneficial for ecology (at least at the level of common knowledge) AND evidently improving quality of urban life - all of that shouldn't be embarrassing, or "completely" "socially inept"[1]. Wearing dirty clothes when you have the means not to or not looking after your hygiene should (and I can't really recall anything else at a moment's notice). https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dorky https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dorky
  - jobigoud 8y ago
    Dyeing hair and choosing clothes are a matter of style preference, so why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter? I agree it's weird but clearly as we see for cars, choice of vehicle is also driven by style preferences. E.g most people wouldn't buy a pink car with green polka dots.
    - ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
      >>why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter They certainly can. Calling something with a particular epithet means it bears this particular quality, which is not subjective. The opinion is, but the characterization is not.

>>They’re completely dorky and I’ll never be caught dead on one Sorry for asking, but are you thirteen?

criagsbkbk 8y ago

Personal swipes aren't allowed here. FYI

ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
This is not a personal swipe, just a sarcastic remark on a tactless and judgemental comment.
- mbel 8y ago
  I would say it's the other way around. You made a tactless and judgemental comment on a sarcastic remark.
  - ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
    I ride kick scooter almost daily on my commute and can't find anything sarcastic about calling it "completely dorky", sorry. I've also gotten used to not hear (or make) such comments in my adult life, contrary to the school years, where it was a norm of communication, unfortunately.

6cd6beb 8y ago

I'm in my early thirties and feel the same way. A lot of people do. Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do.

ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
>> Looking at something and saying "I don't think I would do that because it would be very embarrassing" is a thing adults can do. And its exactly a moment when one should stop for a second and ask him/herself a question "why would I feel so"? Wearing glasses, reading books, dyeing hair with some tint, preferring pieces of clothing of some fashion or other, riding a personal vehicle that is supposedly beneficial for ecology (at least at the level of common knowledge) AND evidently improving quality of urban life - all of that shouldn't be embarrassing, or "completely" "socially inept"[1]. Wearing dirty clothes when you have the means not to or not looking after your hygiene should (and I can't really recall anything else at a moment's notice). https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dorky https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dorky
- jobigoud 8y ago
  Dyeing hair and choosing clothes are a matter of style preference, so why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter? I agree it's weird but clearly as we see for cars, choice of vehicle is also driven by style preferences. E.g most people wouldn't buy a pink car with green polka dots.
  - ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
    >>why can't people think they don't like their style appearance on a scooter They certainly can. Calling something with a particular epithet means it bears this particular quality, which is not subjective. The opinion is, but the characterization is not.