[Pollito]

Actual footage of me deciding on an intellectual insult to inflict optimal psychological damage for a given situation:

[wi30]

I call them a killjoy.

[cascadecombo]

Yall must be related.

[SamuelBRoberts]

(05-10-2017 04:51 PM)killjoy Wrote:  

If someone says something ignorant related to the arts, i'll call them a "philistine"

I also like calling people or things degenerate, whether they are or not

I agree that degenerate is a great word, and it's one I think our culture needs. (Calling Miley Cyrus a 'slut' or a 'ho' are both accurate, for instance, but referring to her as degenerate implies something that the other two do not.) It perfectly describes my feelings towards torture porn like the "Saw" movies or Game of Thrones.

I am skeptical that it's possible to call someone a philistine and not come across like you had to take a cock out of your mouth to speak the word.

I would love to hear the story of the last time you called someone a "philistine".

[Vicious]

Ha, this has been part of my corporate life for the last 10 years.

"That shirt, is it Italian? It's rather... effeminate"

"Your opinion is duly noted, now let's move on to matters of gravity"

"I'm sure that's a perfectly viable local method, the global community has however moved on to more optimized practices"

Etc the point is you can't really say outright in this environment that someone is being a dolt.

[Wreckingball]

intellectually bankrupt.
-All credits to Samseau

[polar]

"Gamma"

[blck]

Nothing more

[heavy]

I don't care what everybody else says, I don't think you're fat (ugly, vain, selfish, ad infinitum)

[Sombro]

"I hear they're hiring at Buzzfeed."

I used this successfully on a female typist.

[Guitarman]

Insult them in such a subtle and intelligent way that they don't understand the insult and at the same time are wondering why everyone else around is laughing.

Having said that I'm not good enough at that sort of thing to think of a good example right now.

[Phoenix]

(05-10-2017 06:32 PM)RIslander Wrote:  

(05-10-2017 05:41 PM)killjoy Wrote:  

I find "cunt" sounds especially harsh with an American accent.

It doesn't sound as bad with a British accent. Brits could probably slide it into conversation a lot more casually.

With an American accent it always gonna cut through bone.

With an Aussie accent "cunt" just sounds hilarious.

Interesting thought experiment: imagine Australian people don't exist, and that was a lone individual talking and behaving like that. Without being able to refer to it as a cultural behaviour, what would people in general say?

Probably adjectives like "simple", "slow", "obnoxious", "vulgar" and so on.

Overseas I've notice people think the following 2 things of me: I do daily battle with dangerous animals, and I probably have more money than them. Those are literally the only things the world knows about Aussies: nothing about them, only about their animals and their money.

"Name one cultural product of the Australians?"

"Name one invention of the Australians?"

"Name one war or conquest or successful battle Australians lead?"

"Name one revolution or social upheaval that marked Australian history?"

"Name a famous Australian actor who didn't become famous in Hollywood?"

"Name one tribe of the native race?" (by contrast, I'm guessing you all knew Apache & Navajo, Zulu & Masai, Aztec etc)

"Name the current Australian head of government or head of state?" (trick question, the latter is "the queen")

"Name an Australian animal?"
Kangaroo!!!!!!! Koala!!!!! So cute! And so many poisonous spiders and dangerous snakes! And sharks and crocodiles too! So scary!

So basically if it wasn't for the high Australian price index, and the dangerous/unique animals, nobody would have anything good to say about Australians, if anything at all. "Those are white prison rejects who live on a big island somewhere, right?"

And there's an example for you, OP. If you want to criticize effectively, you have to explain their shortcomings in an illustrative and clear way. Three-word one-liners are very Aussie. The harsh stuff is clear, irrefutable, and goes for a paragraph.

[Engineer]

nekulturny

Slavs help me out on pronunciation here, I think you roll the r a bit and pronounce it "nyekulturni"; the meaning is uncultured, white trash.

[Mikan]

I've always liked Catamite. Onanist is good too. Also Cacophage.

[Vill@in]

Simpleton

[BortimusPrime]

(05-10-2017 11:08 PM)SamuelBRoberts Wrote:  

I am skeptical that it's possible to call someone a philistine and not come across like you had to take a cock out of your mouth to speak the word.

You're thinking of a phallustine.

[Tactician]

Doesn't deadlift

[CleanSlate]

Surprised no one said this.

"Do you even lift?"

[Engineer]

(05-12-2017 05:53 AM)CleanSlate Wrote:  

Surprised no one said this.

"Do you even lift?"

That's a great one, just not super intellectual like the OP requested in the thread title.

[Geomann180]

^Allow me to intellectualize it for you:

"Say, villein, dost thou even hoist?"

G

[YoungBlade]

(05-12-2017 02:13 PM)Geomann180 Wrote:  

^Allow me to intellectualize it for you:

"Say, villein, dost thou even hoist?"

G

[Aurini]

I like using the term "Democrat" in the same tone of voice that's used for ethnic slurs.

[CynicalContrarian]

"Petty child."

Most likely, that sentiment will have an element of truth to it when talking to a modern day adult.

[Lucky]

(05-12-2017 02:30 PM)Aurini Wrote:  

I like using the term "Democrat" in the same tone of voice that's used for ethnic slurs.

This is good. I've used "socialist" as a synonym for pussy/weakling.

[DarkTriad]

Not completely on point, but telling someone to "Read a book!" after you intellectually own them is highly effective.
Nobody like to be perceived as ignorant.

Also "Have you ever seen a bookstore? From the inside?"