Right. So I saw you and Emet-Selch getting into it on Jaskier's post and while I *do* agree with you that Emet was being more than usually condescending tonight and I'm absolutely unsurprised that Dirk has evidently been a condescending ass to you in person, I also think there's something you should know about the two of them (and Hythlodaeus for that matter) that kind of explains why they're like that.
They're gods. They're essentially both gods back in their respective home realities and they have egos to match. Which doesn't mean it isn't as irritating as *hell* to deal with them when they're in full condescension mode, but it also makes it hard for them not to slip into their I'm A God And You're Not habits when dealing with mere mortals such as you or I, never mind that they're stuck in human bodies just like the rest of us.
This doesn't mean they're always *right*. (Dirk in particular has expressed some very retrogressive ideas about sex that I can only assume he picked up before he ascended.) It does mean that they are very stubborn about thinking their viewpoints are objective truth, particularly Dirk. Emet, at least, usually isn't operating from a position of bad faith even though it can come off that way (something it took me far too long to realize.)
Sorry if I'm sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, but as someone who spent most of the last summer in a stupid feud with Emet-Selch and recognizes all too well the frustration he's causing you, I thought I should explain what was going on before anyone comes to blows and Hythlodaeus has to stage another peer mediation.
After the Emet conversation
They're gods. They're essentially both gods back in their respective home realities and they have egos to match. Which doesn't mean it isn't as irritating as *hell* to deal with them when they're in full condescension mode, but it also makes it hard for them not to slip into their I'm A God And You're Not habits when dealing with mere mortals such as you or I, never mind that they're stuck in human bodies just like the rest of us.
This doesn't mean they're always *right*. (Dirk in particular has expressed some very retrogressive ideas about sex that I can only assume he picked up before he ascended.) It does mean that they are very stubborn about thinking their viewpoints are objective truth, particularly Dirk. Emet, at least, usually isn't operating from a position of bad faith even though it can come off that way (something it took me far too long to realize.)
Sorry if I'm sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, but as someone who spent most of the last summer in a stupid feud with Emet-Selch and recognizes all too well the frustration he's causing you, I thought I should explain what was going on before anyone comes to blows and Hythlodaeus has to stage another peer mediation.