Bitesfromedwin proudly announces a new & observant reader -- the "Ph of Ph" [the Philosopher of Philadelphia]. Please relish his take on an important taxonomy, to help us navigate our
everyday lives:
I feel that its worse to be an asshole. Assholes have objectionable deep seated personal traits that are maintained for their entire lives. Their actions are often hurtful and always annoying.
Douchebags on the other hand are merely pathetic and they do not necessarily impose costs on everyone they encounter. In fact douchebags can overcome their defect, whereas assholes cannot. As one anedotal example, virtually all the boys Abby and Sara knew in 9th and 10th grade were considered by my girls to be douchbags. Yet years later some of them were elevated to a more tolerable status, and even became friends. The asshole does not make this progress.
That being said, the sound of the word "douchebag" can be more degrading than the sound of "asshole".
And then there are some cases of assholes being douchebags, and even at least one very extreme case of a douchebag who is also an Undisappeared Asshole.
Thems my thoughts on this weighty matter.
Dave [K--------]
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