Thread: The Pros and Cons of Breathing (And Why I should just Stop)

Trygon said Maybe just... Shut the fuck up about all your opinions about things you have no experience with? Click to expand... Yeah...'cause THAT's constructive, and not at all confrontational. Trygon said Would it be insulting if a white man told his black friend how to deal with the cops? Of course. How about a male telling a female how to avoid being raped? Insanity. These people have no frame of reference, and they have NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE but quiet support. Click to expand... Why would it be insulting for a white man to tell a black man how to deal with cops? Maybe the white guy has been in the slammer before, and is giving his friend some tips and pointers. You don't know. And the man might have been raped himself, so he could have useful advice. Again, you don't know. Trygon said You think being trans is a mental illness. Okay. You're wrong, except in your own highly specialized definition of mental illness used by nobody else, but fine. Why did you feel a need to talk about it? Because you think you found a correlation between post-op and suicide? Brother, how about pre-op? There's just a correlation between being trans and suicide, whichever side of the knife they're on. Click to expand... What makes YOU so qualified to declare the OP wrong and yourself right? Trygon said So here we have a person who's already suicidal in all likelihood, Click to expand... Evidence, please. Trygon said and someone they trusted enough to talk to about all this says 'You shouldn't do this because you're mentally infirm and doing this will make you commit suicide.' The one way they see to feel better about their situation, and you've just got so many opinions on the subject. Remember, with ZERO frame of reference. Click to expand... Or maybe, the OP could have been trying to understand from said point of zero reference. Trygon said Yeah, I'd write you off, too. You're an idiot who's convinced his opinion is worthwhile. Take heart, at least you're in good company these days. Presidential company, according to some. Save the suicide whining. It's trite and childish. If you feel bad about your shitty behavior, don't throw a tantrum, FIX IT. For starters, accept that your shitty fucking 'opinion' is worth less than dogshit, and you pollute the air of everyone you share it with. Unless you have something valid and new to contribute to a conversation, keep your dumb mouth shut. I've watched you post around this site, so trust me, I know you need to do this. Click to expand... And you've just immediately painted yourself as the person with the know-it-all air of superiority, and no-one else's opinions matters but your own. Well done. golf claps Trygon said Next, LISTEN to people that are contributing when you can't, and inform your thoughts with what they say. When your trans friend first got agitated, before you kept pushing the issue like a jackass who thinks his opinion is solid gold and drove them off, you should have IMMEDIATELY apologized for speaking about something you had no knowledge in, and then edited your own thoughts to reflect what someone who actually knows tells you. In this case, your friend. Click to expand... This is the first constructive thing you've said in your entire post. Trygon said This could have been a learning experience about trans people, but you thought you already knew everything relevant. Now it's a learning experience about your personality flaws. You sowed this field, now reap it, instead of crying in a heap. Click to expand... And back to the air-of-superiority BS. Attitudes like yours are just as much part of the problem as those who don't want to understand a different viewpoint.