'House' episode offends asexuals

Complexity said:
Don't be ridiculous.

Every House fan has the House-sexual-interlude episodes etched into their memories (and there have been a few, blasphemer!).

The dude likes to party, albeit in his inimitable, sarcastic, and curmudgeonly way.
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Beards, the lot of 'em.
 
Checkmite said:
The conversation is about the word; which makes using the word somewhat unavoidable. You're really reaching now, Kevin.
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On the contrary, I'm pointing out that you need to have a positive argument for your position. Just repeating your conclusion over and over again with no argument for it doesn't get you any points.

Checkmite said:
It is interesting how a line on Wikipedia about how "some may masturbate" has become "they masturbate constantly" and the basis for attacking use of the word for the group in general.
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It's to head you off before you start with "What if they only masturbated once a year, huh, what about that, would you call them asexual then?".
 
What argument is needed? Sexual orientations refer to sexual attraction and end in -sexual, the a- prefix means 'lack of', together they make asexual as a sexual orientation lacking sexual attraction to any sex.

You refuse to argue, and say our arguments are lacking?
 
Indeed; and it's hardly verboten for words to have several related but distinct meanings (check out how many similar yet different definitions a dictionary lists for the word "run"). A single word can even have related but contrary meanings (as with "sanction" for instance).
 
Checkmite said:
Indeed; and it's hardly verboten for words to have several related but distinct meanings (check out how many similar yet different definitions a dictionary lists for the word "run"). A single word can even have related but contrary meanings (as with "sanction" for instance).
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Or calling someone a bisexual I can be referring to their orientation, their identity or their practices.
 
I thought humourless bigots wouldn't watch House because they use a lot of big words in there
 
It's main character is a humorless bigot. The show's website has a section that explains the big words, so that's not really a problem.
 
Checkmite said:
It's main character is a humorless bigot. The show's website has a section that explains the big words, so that's not really a problem.
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You assume when he says certain things he's being bigoted rather than just mocking the silly dance humans do being politically correct.
 
Beerina said:
You assume when he says certain things he's being bigoted rather than just mocking the silly dance humans do being politically correct.
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Characters having severe flaws like drug addiction and bigoted attitudes is "edgy".
 
Complexity said:
And yet I think he'd be much more fun to have a beer with than Some Who Will Be Left Unnamed.
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Considering the bland characters that populate prime time TV, that isn't saying much.

On the topic at hand, no I don't think getting upset about the rantings of a fictional character (especially one that has been established as being a first class a******) is something rational adults ought to be doing. House is the modern medical version of Sherlock Holmes (House == Holmes, get it?). You are supposed to marvel at his intellect and laugh at his misanthropy. What you aren't supposed to do is take him as a role model.
 
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