I think that this is a tough question. Assume that you're being called this by someone who's opinion you value.
2006-08-25 10:34:19 · 23 answers · asked by doubled254 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Pathetic
2006-08-25 10:39:36 · answer #1 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pathetic.
Mainly because, I can handle being called Pathetic, but I don't really want to be ignorant. I'd rather be pathetic than ignorant.
2006-08-25 17:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Pixie-elf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorant. That can easily be fixed. But pathetic is more of a general, permanent personality trait. Ignorant is just a present lack of knowledge about something. Pathetic is more who you are for some reason, and people are usually less inclined to forgive that.
2006-08-28 21:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would prefer to be called pathetic, I know I'm not ignorant and being pathetic is something that is quickly changed. Also you can be smart and be pathetic, but being ignorant and pathetic is just sad.
2006-08-25 22:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by chulita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be called ignorant, because I think that we all are ignorant about something. I think that there is no person that knows everything about everything.
Pathetic on the other hand.....
2006-08-25 17:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by Miladi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PATHETIC
1 : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2 : marked by sorrow or melancholy : SAD
3 : pitifully inferior or inadequate
4 : ABSURD, LAUGHABLE
IGNORANT
1 a : destitute of knowledge or education
2 : UNAWARE, UNINFORMED
- ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- ig·no·rant·ness noun
based from these meanings from miriam-webster, you should know where i want to stand...
being pathetic is good, but then a simpler life in the ignorant side is kinda much better.
full ignorance doesnt mean stupid, its a kind of state of MINIMAL/BASIC knowlege, and i beleive its much simpler.
but lets be frank, i choose pathetic
2006-08-25 17:45:24 · answer #6 · answered by arelente2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pathetic. it's more of an opinion then ignorant is anyway. if someone calls me pathetic i can say ok then and i wouldn't care as much if someone called me ignorant.
2006-08-25 17:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by wherevertheanswerlies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be called "ignorant" -- that can be overcome since it only means I don't know the facts.
"Pathetic" on the other hand is a personality flaw.
2006-08-25 17:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean i have a choice? pathetic indicates he feels sorry for me. ignorant means i don't have knowledge. one is (supposedly) an objective assessment and the other is a value statement. I think if I cared for his opinion, i would prefer ignorant because he could give me the information i lack.
2006-08-25 17:37:53 · answer #9 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pathetic because it is only an opinion where as ignorant is a fact
2006-08-25 17:39:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋