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Old 04-03-2014, 04:42 PM   #263 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus View Post
What's the worst case scenario

Here's an example of the term "noob" being said with high respect, and a couple posts later being received with that understanding.
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Urban Dictionary: noob


Contrary to the belief of many, a noob/n00b and a newbie/newb are not the same thing. Newbs are those who are new to some task* and are very beginner at it, possibly a little overconfident about it, but they are willing to learn and fix their errors to move out of that stage. n00bs, on the other hand, know little and have no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it, and make up a unique species of their own. It is the latter we will study in this guide so that the reader is prepared to encounter them in the wild if needed.

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You're basically arguing against statistics using a personal situation, which by the way is an anecdotal fallacy.
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