Getting Rid of Flippant Language : Check Yourselves Here

Reach *BANNED* · 06-08-2018, 07:50 PM

After reading all of these posts my word does not seem as hurtful but more dismissive. I do not like the word whatever because it feels dismissive. I think that it could be used in a flippant manner as well which leads to that dismissive feeling.

A lot of where I have been around this word is when you are trying to have a discussion with someone very important to you and say you have given a good 3 minutes of dialogue only to have this person say "whatever" or "whatever you want", etc.

It really feels dismissive to me as though everything I just said was not taken in at all by the other person, where they have digested it, mulled it over, and come up with a thoughtful and constructive response.

(Hopefully I have stayed with the vein of this thread- but again that is what came to mind when I read all of the posts)

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06-08-2018, 07:50 PM	#30
Reach BANNED Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Scammer. Preferred Pronoun?: Hy Relationship Status: Moratorium Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Where the horses roam.. Posts: 1,369 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,019 Thanked 3,274 Times in 1,018 Posts Rep Power: 0	After reading all of these posts my word does not seem as hurtful but more dismissive. I do not like the word whatever because it feels dismissive. I think that it could be used in a flippant manner as well which leads to that dismissive feeling. A lot of where I have been around this word is when you are trying to have a discussion with someone very important to you and say you have given a good 3 minutes of dialogue only to have this person say "whatever" or "whatever you want", etc. It really feels dismissive to me as though everything I just said was not taken in at all by the other person, where they have digested it, mulled it over, and come up with a thoughtful and constructive response. (Hopefully I have stayed with the vein of this thread- but again that is what came to mind when I read all of the posts)