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I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.

Not even atheists? :p

Get out of my thread! :p

LOL. It's my thread now. :D



To answer your question, I look down on anyone that puts too much importance on themselves, and anyone that doesn't listen to good advice from people that have more experience than themselves.

Are you taller than average. If so, do you sometimes find it hard to fit in? Poll coming soon.



Blatant threadsteal. >:-)


Get out of my thread! :p

Not even atheists? :p

Nope. Why would I want to think I am better than people now? If I do that, then I lose the whole purpose of my faith, which is to serve, losing all pride and self desire, in order to help others.

I have a problem with humility, and thus a consequent problem of looking down on quite a few people. The list is too long to properly itemise, however it is easy to sum up. I look down on those I deem to be 'underdeveloped'. It's not specifically intelligence, like many people base their bigotry upon (though it often can be), this misses the point. People can lack intelligence but possess great internal development in other areas. I suppose it comes to reflective lucidity, rationality, and perspective. People who lack these I find utterly insufferable.

I can like an idiot, but fools I cannot bear. I can suffer the ignorant, but not the close minded and bigoted.

As much as I try not to since I have a certain affinity for determinism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinism) I usually can't help but launch into tirades against what I see as stupid or unethical, whether on the net or in real life. I'm trying to be more understanding though, and I like to think I'm not as bad (in real life) than most people. On the net I'm probably just as "bad" as most people.

I do.

In fact, some might say I look down on the majority of mankind as it exists right now.

I look down on women. Having to be so much lesser than me and everything.

KIDDING

I look down on the stupidity and the apathy of most of today's youth.

Individuals, no. I don't look down or look up to any particular person.

Ideologies, religions, identities, causes, missions, the future, the past: Yeah, I hate them all.

I look down on people different themself, so about 99.999%, as the only people whom I consider normal are those of NSG.:D

Of course I do, I'm Ruffy.

I look down on bigots, the overly religious, and annoying people.

I try not to "look down" on people, generally speaking. That is to say, that if after dealing with a person I find that either I don't trust them or don't respect their ethics, I'll be wary of them in the future and might not speak with or work with them; however, distancing oneself from another person and 'looking down' on them are different things, I think. We all have the power to change ourselves and reform our habits, which is why I believe in forgiveness and might allow someone to regain my trust even if they've abused it.

So I guess I don't really look down on people exactly, except perhaps rapists and Democrats. ;)

I look down on anyone who isn't a Spartan.

Damn that movie

Well, stupid people make me cringe and wish them discomfort proportional to their stupidity. Does that count? :D

Unfortunately, yes. I look down on the nigg-:mad: Haha! Just kiddin'!

Seriously, though. I can't help but feel that persons of a fundamentalist faith---as well as die-hard atheists---are close-minded and disrespectful toward one another. I'm an irreligious Taoist, so their approaches to duality (i.e., cutting one side off from the other in the former's case; denying the interdependent duality and worshipping at the altar of the Holy Test Tube in the case of the latter). But, hey, we're all close-minded to some extent, right? I mean, we all have certain worldviews that are change-proof even in the face the most damning evidence. That's what makes humans human.

Now hurry up and get here, ubermensch! :headbang:

I look down on women. Having to be so much lesser than me and everything.

KIDDING

Ruffy! Stop impersonating other posters again if you won't provide pix!
*slaps knuckles*

Democrats. ;)

Since Republicans, in the shattered illusion of being some sort of moral authority and overall superior something-or-other to everyone else, have their collective heads up their collective asses or in the sand, when they would look down while their head was at that peculiar angle, they might think democrats were beneath them.
Not that you're a republican or anything, since you come across as smarter than that.

Unfortunately, yes. I look down on the nigg-:mad: Haha! Just kiddin'!

Seriously, though. I can't help but feel that persons of a fundamentalist faith---as well as die-hard atheists---are close-minded and disrespectful toward one another. I'm an irreligious Taoist, so their approaches to duality (i.e., cutting one side off from the other in the former's case; denying the interdependent duality and worshipping at the altar of the Holy Test Tube in the case of the latter). But, hey, we're all close-minded to some extent, right? I mean, we all have certain worldviews that are change-proof even in the face the most damning evidence. That's what makes humans human.

Now hurry up and get here, ubermensch! :headbang:

Aren't all taoists irreligious?

I'm 6'4 ... I look down on most people.

Okay, the baseball cap thing. When I was a kid, if you wore your cap with a flat bill or crooked or lopsided, people thought you were a dork, nerd, dweeb or retard.

Today, when I see young people wearing their hats lopsided or with the bills flat, I automatically think, "dork". I swear I think that rappers or whatever urban rolemodels they get these fashion ideas from are just fucking with their fanbase. "Let's see if we can get them to show their skidmarks off!" :p

I think everyone are idiots. 'nuff said.

Okay, the baseball cap thing. When I was a kid, if you wore your cap with a flat bill or crooked or lopsided, people thought you were a dork, nerd, dweeb or retard.

Today, when I see young people wearing their hats lopsided or with the bills flat, I automatically think, "dork". I swear I think that rappers or whatever urban rolemodels they get these fashion ideas from are just fucking with their fanbase. "Let's see if we can get them to show their skidmarks off!" :p

I would actually see if the guys would wear women panties on the outside.

But I guess the joke would have to be subtle enough for them to swallow it, but loud enough for everyone else to laugh about it.

I'm, drunk and if your not, Hell yea I look down an you (and down your shirt if your female.... sorry but I might as well be honest here).

I would actually see if the guys would wear women panties on the outside.

But I guess the joke would have to be subtle enough for them to swallow it, but loud enough for everyone else to laugh about it.

Elective amputations. I bet we could get kids to have the last joint of their littlest finger of their off-hand chopped off and a gold stud embedded in the bone so that when it heals over, they have a gold nub where the end of their pinky used to be.

*plots*

Elective amputations. I bet we could get kids to have the last joint of their littlest finger of their off-hand chopped off and a gold stud embedded in the bone so that when it heals over, they have a gold nub where the end of their pinky used to be.

*plots*

I like the way you think Mr. LG. *plots with you*

There are people here who would pay to see Lunatic Goofballs in a lacey thong.

The photos exist. :(

I would actually see if the guys would wear women panties on the outside.

There are people here who would pay to see Lunatic Goofballs in a lacey thong.

I look down on those I deem to be 'underdeveloped'. It's not specifically intelligence, like many people base their bigotry upon (though it often can be), this misses the point. People can lack intelligence but possess great internal development in other areas. I suppose it comes to reflective lucidity, rationality, and perspective. People who lack these I find utterly insufferable.

I can like an idiot, but fools I cannot bear. I can suffer the ignorant, but not the close minded and bigoted.

That basically sums it up for me too.

I particularly dislike those who revel in their own closed-minded ignorance, and are assertive about it.

I look down on the stupidity and the apathy of most of today's youth.

QFT

Basically, bigots get me very annoyed and I look down on them for being so close-minded, but i also feel sorry for them in a way, because it must be a very scary world for a bigot (That person isn't like me... enemy!)

I look down on people who spend all day listening to the radio and shout "OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!" every ten seconds. Please, just make the stupid people shut up. :headbang:

People who listen to Britney Spears and co. have their own special category, below being looked down on lol.

I try to look down on the person's problem instead of the person. For example I'm tempted to look down on thieves and other criminals who can't do a real job and actually earn their money. But I try to instead look down on the human nature of greed and egoism that corrupted them, the education system that failed to make something out of them, the prisons that failed to get them back on the right track or society that failed to provide meaningful roles for all it's members.

I am not sure rather I look down at those self righteous liberals or just really hated them. It's not even their standpoint that I have problems with. Just when they start telling me how it morally "wrong" to do this and that, like they have the authority or the legitimacy to define what morally "right" means or something, I can't stop thinking that they are morons.

I also look down at the atheists who take every opportunity to say shit about religion. I don't care what they believe in but if they start saying shit like they know how everything in the universe works to the point that they can claim God doesn't exist, I can't stop thinking that they are retarded. There's no science that prove one way or another, get over it. Stop bringing in science like it discredit the existence of intelligent design.

Basically, bigots get me very annoyed and I look down on them for being so close-minded, but i also feel sorry for them in a way, because it must be a very scary world for a bigot (That person isn't like me... enemy!)


I don't know... They seem to derive a certain perverse comfort from it.

Yes, sometimes I look down on stupid people or people who listen to really bad music or that think that they're grown up while they obviously are only 16 years old. It's not a really "strong looking down" though, meh.

I am not sure rather I look down at those self righteous liberals or just really hated them. It's not even their standpoint that I have problems with. Just when they start telling me how it morally "wrong" to do this and that, like they have the authority or the legitimacy to define what morally "right" means or something, I can't stop thinking that they are morons.

I also look down at the atheists who take every opportunity to say shit about religion. I don't care what they believe in but if they start saying shit like they know how everything in the universe works to the point that they can claim God doesn't exist, I can't stop thinking that they are retarded. There's no science that prove one way or another, get over it. Stop bringing in science like it discredit the existence of intelligent design.

Why bother discrediting intelligent design? It existence serves to allow us to look down on those who believe in it as credulous, anachronistic fuckwits.

Why bother discrediting intelligent design? It existence serves to allow us to look down on those who believe in it as credulous, anachronistic fuckwits.

See why do I always have to deal with people who always want to turn a general ranting topic into a personalized flame war?

See why do I always have to deal with people who always want to turn a general ranting topic into a personalized flame war?

I did not personalise it. At no point did I explicitly insult you; if you are offended by my post, however, I suggest you find somebody who cares.

I did not personalise it. At no point did I explicitly insult you; if you are offended by my post, however, I suggest you find somebody who cares.

I guess in that case I also look down at people who have no balls to admit something they did. Notice this too is a general statement.

Meh. People are people. I don't agree with everything a person believes, but I try to, and usually can, find something in a person to relate to, and it's hard to look down on someone who you relate to. So, no, I don't think so. I certainly don't look down on someone based on any group they affiliate with.

Unless they are Yankee fans, of course.

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.I look down on folks who lie. That includes people of certain political leanings but especially all devout followers of the abrahamic religions and their various offshoots. I view such pursuit as a waste of life time that is better used to further humanity.
And I have always looked down on people who achieve their goals through hard work instead of talent and intelligence.

Most people look down on someone eve if it's without trying. Giving to charity is a way of helping those not as fortunate as ourselves and can seem a bit condasending . So sadly we all look down on someone.

I look down on those who look down on other people thinking they're any better.

I also look down on people who actually think and proclaim they're 'good' (as in opposite of 'evil').



In other words: We all suck, get over it. :p

I guess in that case I also look down at people who have no balls to admit something they did. Notice this too is a general statement.

Interesting style, and quite how you fashion this from my post is beyond me. At no point have I explicitly attacked you personally; you seem unable to illustate how an insult can be inferred from my post.

However, you also omit to counter the notion that intelligent design is twaddle; any scientist or academic of repute will affirm this.

i look down on the pretention that symbolic value is a default condition of anything.

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I look down on idiots, people who treat other people badly, people who always think they're right, people who form opinions without even thinking about it, people who lack respect, people who are just plain stupid aso. The list can be made long.

I look down on folks who lie. That includes people of certain political leanings but especially all devout followers of the abrahamic religions and their various offshoots. I view such pursuit as a waste of life time that is better used to further humanity.
And I have always looked down on people who achieve their goals through hard work instead of talent and intelligence.

Why?

I'm 6'4 ... I look down on most people.

I would technically look up to you but down on most people as well.

*by 'technically' I mean 'actually' but I reserve the right to retain a slight defiance

Fact 1.

At 6.3" the question most asked to me is:

Do you play basketball?

No.

I don't.

i wouldn't say i look down so much as sneer inwardly at certain groups who i am glad not to be a part of. like the grey stoney-faced suits marching out of the train station in the morning, or the try-hard indy kids with their anorexic limbs, skinny jeans and big hair. i would look down, but most of them are probably smarter and/or more successful than me so i can't really consider myelf to be superior to them.

I tend to find it very hard to forgive ignorance. Even worse, willfull and deliberate ignorance. I look down on attitudes like that, and I can't even say I'm sorry about it....

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.

I look down on people who emulate that kind of lifestyle. They, of course, look down on me too.

I would technically look up to you but down on most people as well.

*by 'technically' I mean 'actually' but I reserve the right to retain a slight defiance

Fact 1.

At 6.3" the question most asked to me is:

Do you play basketball?

No.

I don't.

Which shows how uninformed most people are anyway. 6' 5" is considered short for a basketball player not still in high school or some colleges. Until you've been on a pro basketball court as I have (don't get excited, I've had choirs who've sung the national anthem at a couple of games), the TV makes regular people out of basketball players. Once you're on the court with them, though, they are bleeding well TALL. Even most coaches (some of whom are former players). I felt like I was walking in a forest.

So now you have another reason to loathe those who ask you that question.

At least they could get creative: "do you change a lot of light bulbs?" But no, it's always basketball or "how's the weather up there?"

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As for who I look down on, it's usually those willing, in the face of all reason, to wallow in ignorance because it makes them feel good. I don't advocate walking around feeling depressed, but the blithe state of complacency (especially in my country) can be appalling. It allows for behavior like littering, absence of turn signals, and general not-givin'-a-shit about anyone but themselves.

And this is not intended as a slam on anything but I said -- I don't want people misconstruing it as an attack on religion. Some of the people I respect most in the world are steeped in their chosen faith. Religion doesn't make people unreasonable, unreasonable people use religion to shield themselves from reason whenever it contradicts what keeps their insular lives humming.

I'm 6'4 ... I look down on most people.
I have at least two friends who can look down on you.

I somewhat look down on people who are willfully ignorant or unnecessarily bitchy. This is probably about it.

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.

Of course you don't see yourself looking down at people. Your religion makes you feel better than that. However, I'll wager you still do. I try not to, and God knows I still do, too. We're flawed creatures, and that's the name of that tune.

I see, so you spoke "real" hood lingo and that somehow made you better despite still being white? For the most part, the rich white kids get over that phase. I would look down on someone who was 25 and still trying to make that look work. You can't fault a teenager for looking for an identity or a rebellion -- it's what they do.

I think everyone are idiots. 'nuff said.

So long as that includes you as well as me in your "everyone", I'm fine with that.

I am not sure whether I look down at those self righteous liberals or just really hate them. It's not even their standpoint that I dislike. Rather, it's when they start telling me how it's morally "wrong" to do this and that, like they have the authority or the legitimacy to define what morally "right" means or something. I can't stop thinking that they are morons.

I also look down at the atheists who take every opportunity to say shit about religion. I don't care what they believe in but if they start saying that they know how everything in the universe works to the point that they can claim God doesn't exist, I can't stop thinking that they are retarded. There's no science that can prove this one way or another, get over it. Stop bringing in science like it discredits the existence of intelligent design.

I look down on those trying to elevate their argument without the benefit of the intelligence they're decrying. Intelligent design discredits itself because it was crafted in response to a scientific theory and tries to pass itself off as one.

To be fair, I do not have faith in science to the degree that I think the Divine doesn't exist. However, I will say that science has obviated the need for the more superstitious aspects of religion. If intelligent design would say that what science discovers, God set in motion at the Creation, I'd have a lot more respect for it. That way, we would stop hearing about how old the world is based on the ages of people written in a book created by men.

Intelligent design should be about the merging of faith and science, but, in true religious fashion, it's about the attempt to squash anything that doesn't fit within the bindings of their book. Religion equals control; faith equals freedom.

Are you taller than average. If so, do you sometimes find it hard to fit in? Poll coming soon.



Blatant threadsteal. >:-)

:p

I look down on idiots, a group that is composed of, both generally and specifically, everybody. Including me, you and your mom.

I look down on people who post polls asking obvious and not so useful questions.

Aren't all taoists irreligious?

Nope. There's taoism the philosophy (me) and taoism the religion (not me).

hell yes. Does that make me an asshole? I would like to think it doesn't, but I'm not sure.

I look down on most people, mostly though I contain my animosity for people who can't think for themselves and people who ask stupid questions all the time. One or two stupid questions is one thing, not thinking about what you are about to say or ask is another. I also look down on my girlfriend, but she's only five feet tall.

Chavs.

Terrible, isn't it?

I try to look down on everyone equally. ;)

I look down on people who look down on me.
It's weird how it works, I can bring pictures tomorrow.

I voted without looking lol.

6'1" and still growing, albeit reaaaly slowly.

Yes. I look down on people who lack empathy and those who are self-absorbed. (The two often go hand in hand, but not always.)

I look down on people who look down on me.
It's weird how it works, I can bring pictures tomorrow.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/DrawingHands.jpg

Yes. I look down on people who lack empathy...

It's not me, it's my DNA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_Personality_Disorder).

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.
I only look down on people shorter than me. but that's more because I don't want to be rude and not look at them while conversing with them.

I figure most of us have at one time in our life looked down at certain people, perhaps for during certain things.

For example, I used to look down on rich people, especially rich white kids, in high school, that tried playing the urban thug. You know the type - hat backwards, listens to commercial rap, saying things like word and dawg.
It always pissed me off, because I was a poor, white boy, that listened to "real" hip hop/rap music, and spoke "real" hood lingo. I hated those people for wanting to imitate our lifestyle. They didn't know the bad part, the constant state of hopelessness, poverty, and hostility. The only focused on the "good" parts of it.

Of course, when I became a Christian my outlook changed a bit, and I don't see myself looking down at people.

My old school was crawling with those type....

I look down on idiots. And keeping with the fact that many of my friends enjoy comparing me to Dr. Gregory House, I claim that people are idiots. Thus, I look down on people in general.

I am actually too short to really look down on anyone.

I am actually too short to really look down on anyone.

(psst... children... until you put your head on their level that is.) ;)

Nope. Why would I want to think I am better than people now? If I do that, then I lose the whole purpose of my faith, which is to serve, losing all pride and self desire, in order to help others.

Sounds like a slavemasters dream, you do!

I can't help it if they are a lot shorter than I am, but I do not look down on people as a judgment, Everybody has his or her place which should make us tolerant of everybody, even if you don't understand their thinking.

I look down on short people because I'm tall and ginger people because they're ginger. Marry an asian woman, they don't carry the ginger gene.

I hate smurfs.

I look down The Nouveau riche

This thread needs a Myrth option, mainly because then I could say that I look down on Myrth. ;)

I think the only people I consistently look down on are those who deliberately choose to be stupid.

I hate 'old money'. They are snobbish, they think they are 'special', chosen ones, an example for everyone, noble etc...

Cause the inbreed level is rather high in such environment, the outcome is ugly, retarded, stupid people.

I hope that one day, they blew up the entire aristocracy.

I even hate them more than Smurfs.

(psst... children... until you put your head on their level that is.) ;)

when talking to children I tend to squat or kneel to get to a level where we are face to face.


I guess there are people I look down on, tbh, there is an attitude around my area that being "smart" is wrong, and people hate the "intellectuals" these people are willfully ignorant and I look down on them because I feel like most of them are at best wasting space and at worst making my life harder.