ethomaz said:
Every word can be a insult if used in a wrong way... I can be a fanboy and don't insult you in any way. BTW I think the word troll is oversensitive here too... it's funny and can make a lot of jokes is used in the right way. |
I did not take insult from you because you obviously didn't mean it as an insult. If you call yourself a fanboy it's not really an insult for you to call someon else a fan. I consider myself a fan of many things, but I do not consider myself a fanboy. Others may consider me a fanboy, but they probably just don't like my opinion and assume that I have some kind of agenda. That's how fanboys think. The world is black and white. If you don't like what they like you must be the enemy. Like I said I didn't take offense to what you said, because from your words you don't think the work Fanboy is bad. I think you are mistaken, but you clearly didn't mean to offend.
HOWEVER
It is against the rules and it's against the rules for a reason. Calling others Fanboy or Troll is against the rules because they the words are offensive to the majority. You may not take offence, but most do and for good reason. Calling someone a fanboy is the same as saying that anything they say is without merrit. It infers that they are not worth talking to. To call someone a fanboy is to call them worthless. That's how people take it and that's why it is against the rules.