Public Service Announcement

This is a public service announcement:

Gay does not mean "any sort of sexual deviance" or "not fitting into gender norms".

Fag is a slur referring to a homosexual. It does not mean "bad" or "stupid" or "n00b at Battlefield 3". Calling others this means you can either tell other people's sexual orientation across the internet or you're just being a bigot who doesn't know how to insult somebody with any level of creativity.

Ignorance is not stupidity. Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. We are all ignorant of countless things. The issue comes when you are presented with the answer and the evidence and you cannot tell what is right from what is wrong. The road to knowledge starts by admitting you don't know something. If one is willing and able to learn, there is no need to dock somebody for being ignorant.

Newbie isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'd take a newbie who is responsive to feedback compared to an arrogant asshole. Beating you in a game does not make the other person a newbie or a n00b necessarily and in fact often means the exact opposite.

Asking "Can I ask you a question?" is a complete waste of breath. Because you just asked one without permission. So what the hell are you getting at? Yes, you may. Anybody is 'allowed' to ask a question. It's called free speech. The problem is whether I am willing and able to answer or whether I will be offended by your question. Which I won't know until YOU ASK ME.

That is all.