Is "you have an enormous stick up your ass" offensive?

[DrWeird]

When people use this insult, aren't they worried about offending, oh I don't know, tree fetishists? Is there any reason to believe that people who happen to take pleasure from walking around all day with sticks in their asses are somehow more anal-retentive, puritanical prudes who are afraid of change? I should think not.

And what about "anal retentive"? Do people who use that as an insult have some sort of latent hostility to the chronically constipated? Obviously they do.

And what about "anal fixation?" Is there something somehow wrong with fixating on anuses? Well? Is there?

[CO Liberal]

1. Only If You Have an Enormous Stick Up Your Ass

:-)

[skylarmae]

5. unless, of course, you enjoy that kind of thing!

[CO Liberal]

10. Not That There's Anything WRONG With That....

:-)

[Goldmund]

2. And what about calling Cheney dark?

What kind of a message does that send to our Goth population?

[punpirate]

3. Well, dunno...

... but I have a feeling that popsicles would say, "why, thank you!" :)

[Fridays Child]

4. There you go assuming that the stick is made of wood. Mine is plastic.

(Oh, great. Did I just say that out loud?) x(

[MsTryska]

6. Anal Retentiveness is based on freudian psychology. nt

nt

[DrWeird]

9. And we all know Freud was history's greatest monster.

He set the tree fetishist movement back decades.

[MsTryska]

13. But he made sniffing coke and wanting to bone your mom

mainstream. (not at the same time tho - because that would just be wierd.)

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. It depends upon the context.

:hi:

[lightbulb]

8. Hehe I'm assuming you're postulating these queries

as rhetorical, but here goes:

Having and enormous stick up one's ass is extremely uncomfortable (not speaking from experience, fortunately, and also assuming that by the subjective adjective 'enormous' you mean 'much bigger than would be comfortable in even the most spacious or fetish-worn of asses'), and causes one to behave in a more or less untowardly manner.

And "anal retentive" is likely a reference to the way certain muscles tend to retract when one is pensive or nervous. It's a bit more worrisome when folks abbreviate this to simply "anal"; when somebody says "sorry for being so anal", one is tempted to step back a few paces and hold one's nose.

And lastly, there is nothing wrong with fixating on anuses. This thread is a case in point.

[DrWeird]

11. "This thread is a case in point."

Really? Are you sure?

[lightbulb]

14. No

Just trying to make myself feel better after spending a good chunk of company time analyzing anus lingo! :eyes:

[the Princess]

12. Nah that's not the insult

The insult is "Pull that stick out of your ass" Because there is an assumption that the stick is already there. Saying "You MUST have a stick up your ass" well there is still the question of whether there is one or not.

Obtuse enough for you??? LOL

[LisaLynne]

15. Excellent point.

One does not want to convey a sense of vagueness in discussing the state of wood (or plastic) in another person's rear quarters.

And welcome to DU! :)