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[encoreinthedeep]

Type: Text
Sender ID: encoreinthedeep (Ulpianus)
To: Public
Subject: Query
Warnings: a very stupid situation

Requesting definition and usage examples of the phrase "pissing contest".

Comments

text | un:refantasma

[refantasma]

why is English such a weird language? who comes up with these phrases?

text | un: encoreinthedeep

[encoreinthedeep]

Colloquial expressions originate and become widely used spontaneously. There is no one person responsible for coining new phrases.

[ Whoosh goes the point over his head... ]

text | un: refantasma

[refantasma]

well there's your answer.

I can't say I've heard it used but if I had to guess, a pointless fight with egos on the line.

[encoreinthedeep]

[ He can see the "pointless" part, but... ]

What connection does the ego have with urination?

[refantasma]

Men's egos are attached to their privates?

[encoreinthedeep]

[ ... ]

That statement is biologically inaccurate.

[refantasma]

who said anything about biology. it's all mental. from gods to mortals.

[encoreinthedeep]

A baseless claim.

[refantasma]

and whys that?

[encoreinthedeep]

[ Why is he having to talk about this. How did he get himself in this situation. ]

I am a mortal man, but I have no need to tie my pride to my physical features.

And if all gods possessed egos and required sexual organs to reproduce, they would be much easier to deal with.

[refantasma]

that makes you smarter than most.

the gods of my world do. Have egos and genitals. and both get them into trouble all the time

[encoreinthedeep]

That is not hard with land-dwellers.

[ He is SUCH a snob. ]

A focus on sexual reproduction is in the nature of underdeveloped civilizations that are concerned with physical survival. One would have expected beings hailed as gods to have no need for such things.

[refantasma]

too bad Percy's not here anymore you'd change your mind about sea-dwellers being smart.

[... Percy's actually smarter than he gives himself credit, but Nico's not going to defend him when he's not here, and Percy does have a tendency to turn his brain off.]

gods are born from mortal beliefs, of course they have things in common.

[encoreinthedeep]

Your friend is a sea-dweller?

[ That's curious. This is only the second time he learned about someone who lives in the sea, and Wriothesley doesn't exactly count, given that he just lives in an undersea facility. ]

The 'gods' of my world require no worship to exist. They are but creatures that humanity, in its folly, dubs divine.

[ ... but the idea of being born from belief is interesting. He'll need to think about the possibility of the Seaborn sustaining their own 'gods' in a similar way. ]

[refantasma]

eh, half and half. his father's the god of the sea. he spends more time on land 'cause his girlfriend can't breath underwater.

he's besotted. its kinda gross.

[As if he has room to judge because he was head over heels for Percy even if tried his hardest to hide it.]

that's weird.

[encoreinthedeep]

[ Romance is gross, he totally gets you, Nico. Ulpianus still hasn't quite recovered from the mental damage he took from Kaveh's infatuation with Alhaitham. ]

I want to clarify. Is your definition of "father" biological or social?

[ He knows land cultures usually use it to mean a biological father, but... ]

text; perfpilot

[sos_pilot]

[ not seen - della laughing her tailfeathers off. ]

basically a really crude way of saying some guys are trying to one up each other

text | un: encoreinthedeep

[encoreinthedeep]

[ Well, at least SOMEONE is having fun here. Ulpianus is just suffering. ]

Understood. Thank you.

[ It's bad enough that he's even saying "thank you", instead of being rude as usual. ]