Calling People Sheeple

[22-rimfire]

...Of course, I don't yell "Wooshaw!!!" and spin it around before making the cut.

Darn. I thought everyone did that with them.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Of course, I don't yell "Wooshaw!!!" and spin it around before making the cut.

Have you tried? It might cut better.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Well, as one of the knives I always carry is a karambit, I use it as a tool when a curved blade would work better.
As I live in a city, most of those times are in a city...around people...
And no one cares! All they see is a small knife being used as a tool.

Of course, I don't yell "Wooshaw!!!" and spin it around before making the cut.

I do that when I use my Spyderco Urban and everyone just ignores me.

 

[PirateSeulb]

stabman I do like it for cutting boxes that curved shape make for a good point to hook in and then pull down but I can do just as well without and I also do wiring and a karambit would actually be a poor choice to strip wires I think though have never tried but I will when I own my own

 

[stabman]

stabman I do like it for cutting boxes that curved shape make for a good point to hook in and then pull down but I can do just as well without and I also do wiring and a karambit would actually be a poor choice to strip wires I think though have never tried but I will when I own my own

Stripping wires would work, but you'd want to be used to the knife...you don't want the tip stuck in your hand.
I found it works great for zip ties and the things they use to strap gloves and other clothing together when you buy it.

One time I was at Devonshire Mall, and had bought new winter gloves.
It was cold, so I wanted to wear them, but they were strapped together really well (maybe so someone wouldn't just steal one glove? ).
So I cut them apart in the Tim Horton's after buying my coffee. The table full of people at the next table looked over, didn't care, and continued their conversation.
But I did it like this; open knife, cut strapping, put knife away. If I had lingered, leaving the knife open longer than was needed to get the task done, they most likely would have started feeling like something was weird.

 

[22-rimfire]

Weird? Situational and practical use of a knife and what you happen to have on ya. Would a BK-2 gotten a different look?

 

[sabre cat]

....Of course, I don't yell "Wooshaw!!!" and spin it around before making the cut.

You know, it cuts better with sound effects!

 

[jill jackson]

I don't call them anything, I just avoid them.

 

[jbmonkey]

Stripping wires would work, but you'd want to be used to the knife...you don't want the tip stuck in your hand.
I found it works great for zip ties and the things they use to strap gloves and other clothing together when you buy it.

One time I was at Devonshire Mall, and had bought new winter gloves.
It was cold, so I wanted to wear them, but they were strapped together really well (maybe so someone wouldn't just steal one glove? ).
So I cut them apart in the Tim Horton's after buying my coffee. The table full of people at the next table looked over, didn't care, and continued their conversation.
But I did it like this; open knife, cut strapping, put knife away. If I had lingered, leaving the knife open longer than was needed to get the task done, they most likely would have started feeling like something was weird.

huh? ya just used like a tool? you didnt put on a little knife spinning show to attract attention first? unbelievable.

got a co-worker that when no one is paying any attention to him he does little kung fu like moves and flips his bali and does things almost like a circus performer to get attention. ironically we pay less attention when he starts his kung fu foot moves. he reminds me of dirk diggler doing really bad pretend kung fu in boogie nights.

 

[Ratman79]

I avoid people who are unable to stand alone, or to make their own decisions, stick to their position/belief when it may be unpopular etc. Such folks are weak of character and lacking of courage.

Too often--especially these days--we see the "groupthink" mentality take hold. Everyone is so afraid not to offend for the tiniest of issues. That, to me, is what the term "sheeple" embodies. People who follow a certain mindset of belief just b/c a lot of other folks do. They are unwilling or unable to judge based on merit. Forget political correctness. What happened to believing in or doing something b/c it is the right thing to do? Forget who gets offended in the process--they'll get over it; if they don't then tough luck.

We need to have common sense. Some things are right and some are wrong. Period. Some behaviors are fine and others are deviant/criminal. The same with lifestyles and many other aspects of being a responsible, contributing member of society. It seems that with every year that passes, the grey area of "well I guess that's okay" gets wider and wider. Soon we will have no standards at all b/c we will be too pre-occupied with worrying about the "feelings" of the criminal. Pathetic.

Those who cannot readily identify the issues presented above (and agree that we have serious problems facing us)---either through ignorance or sheer stupidity--are society's "sheeple" and they do not get the time of day from me.

 

[120 Acres]

 

[stabman]

People who follow a certain mindset of belief just b/c a lot of other folks do. They are unwilling or unable to judge based on merit.

Like how some folks call others "sheeple" mainly due to the fact that other people are doing it...
So, those crying sheeple the loudest, are in fact sheeple.
Interesting.

 

[22-rimfire]

I avoid people who are unable to stand alone, or to make their own decisions, stick to their position/belief when it may be unpopular etc. Such folks are weak of character and lacking of courage.

Are you saying that those that stand alone regardless of something being unpopular are the folks that you gravitate to or is it just the opposite? I have read this a couple times and I'm a little confused. Or it may simply be my bias.

Too often--especially these days--we see the "groupthink" mentality take hold. Everyone is so afraid not to offend for the tiniest of issues. That, to me, is what the term "sheeple" embodies. People who follow a certain mindset of belief just b/c a lot of other folks do. They are unwilling or unable to judge based on merit. Forget political correctness. What happened to believing in or doing something b/c it is the right thing to do? Forget who gets offended in the process--they'll get over it; if they don't then tough luck.

I agree, but I really don't like to offend people unless it's important to me.

We need to have common sense. Some things are right and some are wrong. Period. Some behaviors are fine and others are deviant/criminal. The same with lifestyles and many other aspects of being a responsible, contributing member of society. It seems that with every year that passes, the grey area of "well I guess that's okay" gets wider and wider. Soon we will have no standards at all b/c we will be too pre-occupied with worrying about the "feelings" of the criminal. Pathetic.

These are the comments that might raise the most objection as being too encompassing because things that are right are sometimes only right to some people. Yes, to the grey area which is what I have been saying all along (I think). I am not preoccupied with the feelings of criminals generally, but again there is a a grey area in terms of the kinds of crimes are or have been committed or likely committed.

Those who cannot readily identify the issues presented above (and agree that we have serious problems facing us)---either through ignorance or sheer stupidity--are society's "sheeple" and they do not get the time of day from me.

Yes and I think the term fits. It is a fairly gentle criticism from my point of view.

 

[SpySmasher]

I've long thought that the whole "sheeple" thing just comes from lack of confidence in the ability to thoughtfully defend your ideas.

Vast numbers of average people disagree with your opinion? It couldn't be because they have a different perspective based upon their radically different circumstances and personal history. They must be dumb sheeple!

 

[James Y]

Knife people who are militant about it can be as, or more clueless than many of the so-called 'sheeple' they so love to belittle.

I remember some time ago posting in a similar thread somewhere that some people have had negative experiences involving knives, which has affected their view of knives. I mentioned an example I know of a woman who had been victimized in a crime by a man armed with a knife and, as a result, became nervous when people pull out knives, even for normal use. Some guy posted something to the effect of, "Well, that's no excuse. She needs to grow up and get over it."

Total cluelessness, almost to the point of sociopathy. That woman was not immature nor a 'sheeple', she was someone who had been deeply traumatized.

Jim

 

[Yonose]

Ignorant? Me or her? If your talking about me, you may have a point. There's lots of things I have no clue about.
If it's her, I'm not sure I agree with you. True, she may not know the facts on both sides so she could be considered ignorant. However, she knows exactly what she is doing and has an agenda.

You and me both! I was calling her comments ignorant, and if her agenda is to disarm Americans she isn't ignorant but perhaps greedy and might well be working for a foreign government;but what was it Mark Twain said about arguing with a fool? Again talking about these propaganda show hosts, not you! Can a machete be carried in a pocket though? And is a nail clipper a deadly weapon?

 

[22-rimfire]

Just about anything can be used as a weapon including the nail clipper. What was Nancy Grace thinking...?

 

[Yonose]

A black coworker asked me if I was angry about a black man killing 2 white journalists; he said he feared some white people might retaliate, the way media coverage tends to inspire angry young kids to commit murders and name another attack he saw on tv as justification and retaliation.

 

[gonebad395]

A black coworker asked me if I was angry about a black man killing 2 white journalists; he said he feared some white people might retaliate, the way media coverage tends to inspire angry young kids to commit murders and name another attack he saw on tv as justification and retaliation.

And ? He called you sheeple or you called him sheeple?

 

[JohnWE]

I avoid people who are unable to stand alone, or to make their own decisions, stick to their position/belief when it may be unpopular etc. Such folks are weak of character and lacking of courage.

Too often--especially these days--we see the "groupthink" mentality take hold. Everyone is so afraid not to offend for the tiniest of issues. That, to me, is what the term "sheeple" embodies. People who follow a certain mindset of belief just b/c a lot of other folks do. They are unwilling or unable to judge based on merit. Forget political correctness. What happened to believing in or doing something b/c it is the right thing to do? Forget who gets offended in the process--they'll get over it; if they don't then tough luck.

We need to have common sense. Some things are right and some are wrong. Period. Some behaviors are fine and others are deviant/criminal. The same with lifestyles and many other aspects of being a responsible, contributing member of society. It seems that with every year that passes, the grey area of "well I guess that's okay" gets wider and wider. Soon we will have no standards at all b/c we will be too pre-occupied with worrying about the "feelings" of the criminal. Pathetic.

Those who cannot readily identify the issues presented above (and agree that we have serious problems facing us)---either through ignorance or sheer stupidity--are society's "sheeple" and they do not get the time of day from me.

So unless people think as you do, ie group think, they're "sheeple". Your 2nd paragraph is in direct conflict with your 3rd paragraph, carry on sheep dog...