by Mike_Evans
Example of pretentious condescension: Explaining the definitions of two words the person clearly already knows. You may think you're being polite, but what you've managed to be is an arrogant cloud of erudition that rains on people. News Flash! Putting people down is rude no matter what veneer you put over it.You claim I'm being uncouth while you're trying to engage in intelligent conversation. If you were really paying attention, though, you might notice that we HAVE had a problem-free discourse about the topic on hand. The problems stem from me pushing back at both overt and subtle bullying I see here on this thread specifically, and boardgamegeek in general.
Ive come to expect some intellectual posturing from people on forums that discuss mentally stimulating things like board games. I suppose I can put up with that much. So stop talking down to me, and stop telling me how to write my posts, and we'll get along fine otherwise. Deal?