[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You mistake the intention of my jab.

And here - specifically - is why specificity matters.

In colloquial terms (i.e. wrongly defined words), professional means "getting paid to do something," and amateur means "not very good at something." However, in reality, professional indicates membership in a profession, which is a very specific type of job-class that implies expertise, knowledge, skill, and ethics, among other qualities. Amatuer (again this is in reality) refers to someone who does something because they love to do it (e.g. cognac amateur), and implies no such thing as lower skill level or lack of payment for services rendered. In fact, those meanings only came to common usage because of modern sports, and you're a pop culture ninny for not getting this in the first fucking place.

The quotes, Aladerp, were placed because I knew what you meant by professional. They were, in fact, implying colloquial usage.

Which makes all of this kind of ironing.

I don't like to toot my own horn (unless by that you infer masturbation, in which case I like to toot my own horn), but that was a rly masterful post, A+, +1, would read again.