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"What wrong? Cant afford the BIG BOY phone?" (And other cheap rebuttals)
- Thread starter Bobby Corwen
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As they say "Be the bigger man"
Sometimes it's difficult but we don't have to make sarcastic or rude comments back to someone, it's harder to respond level headed than with some sharp witted comeback.
Guys with bigger trucks or faster cars can use the same sort of logic as I got the bigger phone because it's better..it's all relative, just do your thing wether its bigger or smaller, try to ignore the negative BS around you and don't drop to ******** status yourself.
Honestly its my self awareness that is the point of why I felt antagonized, oppressed if you will.
Im aware of WHY he said that.
The main source of my "plight" is that I know exactly the 1-2-3/A-B-C conclusion he came to of catastrophically low-brow proportions.
As I was handling the phones, it became clear its gonna be such a theme; Yes the iPhone 6 is immaculately perfect and balanced and is the best phone ever made in the traditional sense. And that the Plus is bigger compared to that balance.
And that the eternal failure on the part of everyone will be to ignore the "ocular pleasure" element as a superior and significant element of why the tradeoff is arguably worth it in most but extreme cases. And it is this, the source of why I snapped in a civilized passive aggressive way.
We aren't animals. And I don't live in the ghetto. Like I said, I said it in a mostly joking manner, whilst staying civilized and only appropriately passive aggressive in proportion to his. Its just that genericness is what got to me. Like yes, we get it, the phone is bigger--It was an aggravating symbol of what the mostly unaware masses are probably also thinking.
Heres the main thing: Its a personal experience to your own self. When you are sitting there alone looking at your phone do you or do you not quantify that significant superiority of the Plus sized screen?
And the answer to this question by these people when they jump to these conclusions is frustratingly 'No'.
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I'd just like to thank you OP for revealing to me the thought process of a moron. Fascinating stuff.
I thought OP might have been talking about me as I started reading the story. I went with my girlfriend yesterday to fondle both new iPhones and order which one we wanted. We both discussed the size and agreed that the 6 Plus is just way too big. We went back today and each got a 6. While we were discussing how the 6 Plus was too big we didn't care who heard our conversation, but thankfully there was no rude comments about not being able to afford the 6 Plus thrown our way. It would have given us a good laugh though that someone would actually say that to a stranger.
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Do do do do, do do do do. To the theme of twighlight zone.
Seriously to the OP. You're lucky you didn't get knocked out. If I would have heard some moron say that to me in front of my wife I would have either made a real fool out of you in front of the whole store or just gave you a quick punch to the teeth.
Seriously to the OP. You're lucky you didn't get knocked out. If I would have heard some moron say that to me in front of my wife I would have either made a real fool out of you in front of the whole store or just gave you a quick punch to the teeth.
Like I said, I don't live in the ghetto.
This person specifically was chatty and inviting a comment from me in particular. He was just waiting and hyped up. I was inspecting only the iPhone 6 at that moment and he thought I was on his side probably when he said that towards me. Don't let the tone of this thread fool you. In the end it all ended with us mostly smiling.
Little did he know that secretly inside I was slightly more annoyed than I let on when I left.
Classy post tho.
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The guy just said he thought the phone was too big. Geez, look at what you are making of his comment. What happens to you when someone is truly mean or insulting to you? You must melt down.
[edit: nevermind. Too personal. I should keep my opinions to myself]
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Well when you can walk on water then you can judge me, until then kindly foff. Hypocritical enough for ya? You do realize your coming off as a bigger joke than the OP?
I wasnt being judgemental at all. You were the one who got on your high horse and it was so high that even you couldnt live up to the standards you have set for others. Resorting to profane language only means you lost the argument because I havent in any way invited that style of discourse into the discussion. Check yourself.
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Clearly people didnt understand the full contrxt of what happened before responding negatively.