Thread:BadlyBruisedMuse/@comment-4655954-20150607232818/@comment-2253059-20150628213337

I get it. You hate who you are. You hate the way you look. You hate all the discrimination you face. You hate whatever strife has occurred in your family. You hate your financial situation. You hate your struggles with obtaining work and receiving a proper education. You hate being alone. You hate your inability to find a lover. You hate how your broken heart will not heal. Unfortunately, none of these factors excuse your conduct here. Just because you’ve had a hard life doesn’t mean you can always get your way.

Yeah, I lied about saying I was done. But since nobody else is willing to put you in your place and my attempts at handling this right way (or at least a more diplomatic manner) were unsuccessful, it looks like I’m the one who has to do it. This is going to turn into the ugly debacle I wanted to avoid, we are going to conduct ourselves in a disgusting manner again, and I’m probably going to be permanently banned from this site, but them’s the breaks. At least I did all I could to establish why both your word choice and your attitude are wrong.

I know a young woman who is mixed-race and a lesbian. In addition to struggling to understand her racial identity, facing bigotry, and having difficulties with her love life, she’s also experienced other hardships in her life. Her mother died young, she made a number of enemies in high school, she developed anger issues, and she had problems completing college. Is she now picking fights with people on the internet, not accepting responsibility for her actions, refusing to listen to outside opinions, pretending she’s right in arguments just because she says so, and dragging out debates to convince herself that she won? No, she’s in the Navy and making a name for herself. She’s even managed to find love and enter a meaningful relationship. She hasn’t allowed her troubles affect who she is.

Regarding your claim that my “arguments remain woefully inept in their understanding of the said topic,” I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in English. You are a nursing major at a community college. Actions speak louder than words. What I’ve accomplished proves I understand which words to use in sentences written in English and I certainly understand this better than you. You have only completed your high school education, you have yet to obtain an associate’s degree, and English isn’t even your specialty. I know you’re going accuse me of violating your privacy, but this is relevant information that doesn’t compromise your identity. It doesn’t reveal your full name and where you live. What it does reveal is you have no credibility on this topic. When you act as if you’re knowledgeable about a certain subject, your credentials are going to be called into question. You are not an authority on what words should be used in a sentence. Due to your current academic status, you have not demonstrated you are more knowledgeable than me when it comes to the English language. At best, your knowledge is community college level. But without a college degree, you can only confirm you have a high school understanding of this topic.

Even if “dropped” was the better word to use, the sentence still needs to be changed. “Zara was snatched by a Pteranodon and then dropped into the Mosasaurus' containment tank” indicates the Pteranodon that snatched her was the same one that dropped her into the tank. It’s the only thing mentioned that’s performing actions. And that’s not correct; it was a different Pteranodon that dropped Zara in the water. So to keep the sentence the way it is now would go against the purpose of a Wikia, which is to provide accurate information. You could try to make the sentence accurate while still using “dropped,” but it would probably become needlessly repetitive and / or convoluted. Meanwhile, saying “Zara was snatched by a Pteranodon and wound up falling into the Mosasaurus' containment tank” is accurate and gets right to the point. Which is how sentences on a Wikia should be written; concise and clear.

You’re free to disregard what I’ve written and make another condescending response; I can’t force you to listen to me. But considering who you are, your current academic standing, and your inability to contest my specific arguments, it’s become apparent you’re living in a glass house and now it’s a good idea to stop throwing stones. I know you’ll still continue to fight me on this, but I’ll be damned if I don’t try to make you realize the error of your ways.