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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 19, 2011 16:15:13 GMT -5
Inspired by Sideburn's thread about Internet Tough Guys, what are the characteristics of a manchild?
* Preoccupied with violence & crude sexual humor. * Delusions of superior mental & reasoning faculties. * Easily distracted by bright lights & loud noises. * Thinks "constructive criticism" is "agreeing with me" & disagreement is "just causing trouble." * May superficially claim "responsibility" for things, but makes no effort to change behavior, & consistently paints everyone else as more responsible. * Thinks being gay is caused by watching feminine TV programming. * Usually possesses some Hipster or Internet Tough Guy attributes.
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Oct 19, 2011 16:35:13 GMT -5
* Says women who won't sleep with him are bitches * Says women who sleep with anyone who's not him are sluts
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Post by lighthorseman on Oct 19, 2011 16:38:44 GMT -5
* Says women who won't sleep with him are bitches * Says women who sleep with anyone who's not him are sluts Good one.
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Post by Haseen on Oct 19, 2011 19:21:27 GMT -5
*Only makes apologies for personal gain, or to lessen the consequences of his own actions -- never because he's sincerely sorry. *Claims to not be a racist or homophobe before saying something extremely racist or homophobic. *Believes he can't possibly be defeated in a game or contest unless the other person cheated. *Makes a crappy Sonic recolor comic with blatantly ripped-off characters, which he defends as "parody", while throwing a shit fit over anyone making a genuine parody of his comic.
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Post by Rat Of Steel on Oct 19, 2011 19:27:08 GMT -5
*Only makes apologies for personal gain, or to lessen the consequences of his own actions -- never because he's sincerely sorry. *Claims to not be a racist or homophobe before saying something extremely racist or homophobic. *Believes he can't possibly be defeated in a game or contest unless the other person cheated. *Makes a crappy Sonic recolor comic with blatantly ripped-off characters, which he defends as "parody", while throwing a shit fit over anyone making a genuine parody of his comic. We're making a description of all perpetually juvenile idiots here, not just that Sonichu guy.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 20, 2011 16:23:42 GMT -5
Believes medication is a guv'ment conspiracy. Frequently cites "research" he's done, which turns out to be limited to a few tenuous links and a lot of assumptions. Insults you for only arguing on the internet, while arguing with you, & having a much higher post count. Insists that you get a job in spite of being on that site literally all day. Makes incredibly awkward "jokes" about incest.
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Post by VirtualStranger on Oct 20, 2011 16:31:34 GMT -5
- Uses the phrase "no homo" in an non-ironic fashion. - Thinks "sandwich" and "kitchen" jokes have ever been funny and original.
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Post by Old Viking on Oct 20, 2011 18:30:49 GMT -5
Provokes fist fights at sporting events.
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Post by Radiation on Oct 20, 2011 18:36:01 GMT -5
Believes medication is a guv'ment conspiracy. Frequently cites "research" he's done, which turns out to be limited to a few tenuous links and a lot of assumptions. Insults you for only arguing on the internet, while arguing with you, & having a much higher post count. Insists that you get a job in spite of being on that site literally all day. Makes incredibly awkward "jokes" about incest. Tells you to "do your research" when "research" consists of a spate of copypasta Youtube videos and websites that support his/her theories. Will insult you if you refute so called "evidence" of his/her theories with real science and facts. i.e. "Those aren't 'facts' dumbass! That is just the official 'conspiracy theory!' You don't know what you are talking about, grow up and then come back when you are more intelligent about the world, sheep!" Yeah I'm talking about conspiratards here.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Oct 20, 2011 20:09:26 GMT -5
Wait... THESE are what manchildren are?
Wow. And I thought manchild referred to someone who is an adult but has interests that are considered childish by society.
And no, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely curious.
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Post by Rat Of Steel on Oct 20, 2011 20:49:13 GMT -5
Wait... THESE are what manchildren are? Wow. And I thought manchild referred to someone who is an adult but has interests that are considered childish by society. And no, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely curious. I thought so too, Zach.
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Oct 20, 2011 22:31:36 GMT -5
* Frequently posts "RON PAUL 2012" into comments sections of articles and videos that have nothing to do with politics.
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Post by cagnazzo on Oct 20, 2011 22:47:15 GMT -5
Wait... THESE are what manchildren are? Wow. And I thought manchild referred to someone who is an adult but has interests that are considered childish by society. And no, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely curious. Nah, it's more like, someone you don't like who has those interests and you want to dismiss. So useful!
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 21, 2011 18:41:07 GMT -5
Manchildren are adults who are emotionally at a child level.
None of these are part of the "definition" of manchildren. They are characteristics. A good rule of thumb is that if you're reading a post & thinking, "Wow, I'd expect this from a young child," it'd work.
And I don't mean in terms of interests, I mean in terms of maturity. You can like, for instance, My Little Pony & be perfectly mature. Using it as a catch-all for someone you don't like is actually a misuse, kind of like how people call others Internet Tough Guys when they're drawing no attention to how tough they are.
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Post by Haseen on Oct 22, 2011 3:29:34 GMT -5
*Believes he's winning an argument when everyone else knows he's losing. Hard. *Uses the word "Checkmate" in a non-ironic way in said argument.
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