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[AnonymousXYZ]

i like how you call someone whos been on this site for 6 months an elitist. you realize that's not a compliment right? elitist can be considered a synonym for "arrogant prick", which in this case probably isnt that wrong, but feels out of place

Did you also see how I said that people who have been on here for over 1 year OMG GET A LIFE. I doubt that's a compliment too. Also this is half satire.

He's arguing for semantics of the term "elitist" rather than arguing if it's a compliment for someone or not.

Elite people (in the term of high status) + ist =/= elitists (term for people who are hypocritical towards things that aren't ___.)


Anyone can get the joke that someone has no life, but elitist needs to be a properly used term since throwing it around can cause a lot of misunderstandings.

Anyway, the purpose of my posts of the definitions of the words "elite" and "elitism" was to provide clarity between the meanings of the 2 words, and as a reference for my next comment/s.
LucentTear provided a basic explanation of the word "elitists"; it is incorrect.
The proper definition of it is what I already posted in this thread.
As LucentTear stated in her post, "but elitist needs to be a properly used term since throwing it around can cause a lot of misunderstandings."
The purpose of my post is to reduce misunderstandings, as was the intended purpose of the post by LucentTear.