Why is the term "noob" even used?

I am sort of a returning member to Gamingforce. I was a frequent user about two years ago and now i'm just getting back into it. I have a problem with the term noob. It seems to me that the only use for the word noob is when there is a disagreement. If someone says something that goes against anothers ideals they can be called a noob(by someone of a higher level).That just doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me. What if someone is new to the forum but they are a hell of a lot smarter than you are? Do they get to call YOU a noob? Or is that a privileage that only the higher levels use? It's just that the term noob is used too the point that it now has an obscure definition. It always seemed to me that the word noob should only be used in reference to someone who is new to something and doesn't really know the rules yet, not to try and embarass someone because you think you know what you are talking about and it pisses you off when someone of a lower level is better than you. When people use that term I can't help but think that they are 26 years old and they live in their mother's basement looking at cartoon porn. I also think that the person has no friends and the only place where he has a seat of power is on this website.
So, if the person is new, why can't you just teach him the rules? If you think the person is wrong, then why can't you just attach a counterpoint and not try to rip him/her to shreds by bashing how long they have been a member?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually... I kind of am that big. I kind of went crazy at the gym every day for the past year and a half, and i play sports non-stop.
I think you all have great points, but I haven't been called a noob... yet. But I have seen others insulted in that way. It just bugs me when people do it just to overshadow someone's point or kill a thread.
I get your point Ultima, but still... the majority of the incidents are against fairly intelligent individuals who are just trying to put in their two cents.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by J-Man

You must be new here...

What in the hell is that supposed to mean? j/k. NO seriously though what are you talking about? Yes i am new(sort of) but why are you saying that?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

I swear I remember them using the term in Band of Brothers when I was watching it on the History Channel a few weeks back.

It seems that history itself becomes a blur to directors when they are trying to make a movie or television show, so we can't trust em. Yeah I have actually heard it in real life, again I wasn't called that but i witnessed it. I think Soldiers used the term in Vietnam because they feared for their lives. So we should use the term in no less of a situation.lol.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yes you are right Rasputin. But I think that is really low. For example, I am currently in an argument with A Lurker(she doesn't like me very much). I think I'm right and of course she thinks she is(I am conservative whereas she seems to be liberal), therefore it seems she is trying to impose her... rank? experience? upon me to make me break. It works on the same principle as the noob thing. If you call someone a noob it's just taking the easy way out of something, it's not a fair fight.
Master Thief, I can't certainly agree with you on that, but so far noone has been an asshole on THIS thread. I thought there would be some roughousing going on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh i see. Sorry I misunderstood.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Umm. The camera is covering my face because i don't want anyone to see it. Is that okay with you? Your avatar isn't much to write home about either electric_eye.
BigBlah if i told them that they would start bitching about how i'm going off topic and all that bullshit.
RacinReaver I don't watch much tv so i've never seen that show. I guess if it's fairly accurate more power to em tho.

FELIPE NO

doesn't it tho? I'm not a friggin photographer. Why does everyone have to complain about the smallest things?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?