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Originally Posted by Cartuni
I hate it when I’m introduced to someone (at a party, for example) and they proceed to insert my first name into every sentence they say to me.
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This kind of bugs me too - I get this feeling like I'm being softened up by a salesperson or something. Too bad the sales and marketing people have had such an impact on our society.
Supple Cow, I respect what you're saying but I believe words are very powerful and can shape the world we live in. They carry meaning, which is why they exist in the first place. Good for you if things like this don't bother you, but they do bother a lot of people. Like for example, someone who habitually refers to women as "hos" - it seems to me there's no way this person could respect women. Maybe I'm wrong but if someone addressed me in those kind of terms I certainly wouldn't answer. I once had a group of guys try to call me up on their porch by whistling like how you'd whistle for a dog - I don't respond to that either.