I never understood 'tool' as an insult

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MabinogiFan
12/05/2020
08:11 PM
#1
Tools are useful things. They allow you to build stuff and accomplish much more than you could without them.
ScritchOwl
12/05/2020
08:12 PM
#2
They are used and tossed away until needed.
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Mead
12/05/2020
08:36 PM
#3
Theyre useful but theyre also something that exists only to be used by someone else

Thats what calling someone a tool means. That theyre just an empty shell spreading somebody elses message.
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hypnox
12/05/2020
08:40 PM
#4
Apparently its either calling them a fool(being used by other people) or its a slur for male sexual organs.
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funkyfritter
12/05/2020
08:44 PM
#5
It's dehumanizing. The implication when it's used as an insult is that you're less than a person.
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kukukupo
12/05/2020
08:47 PM
#6
I always understood 'tool' to be a drop in replacement for 'dildo'

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tool?s=t

See definition #9
ReggieTheReckless
12/05/2020
08:50 PM
#7
It's a penis slang insult thing

And yes it's stupid
wwinterj25
12/05/2020
09:02 PM
#8
ReggieTheReckless posted...
It's a penis slang insult thing

It can also mean a foolish or unlikable person however both works.
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EclairReturns
12/05/2020
09:10 PM
#9
ReggieTheReckless posted...
stupid


I've always interpreted the insult to mean "someone who is easily used, fooled, or manipulated by others".
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wwinterj25
12/05/2020
09:12 PM
#10
EclairReturns posted...
I've always interpreted the insult to mean "someone who is easily used, fooled, or manipulated by others".
I'd call that person a fool.
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Sahuagin
12/05/2020
09:31 PM
#11
MabinogiFan posted...
Tools are useful things. They allow you to build stuff and accomplish much more than you could without them.
as mentioned, tools do nothing by themselves. they provide ability to someone/something else. they're secondary.

that's the logical answer, but IIRC I don't think uses of it usually fit that description very well, which is why I also find it a confusing term.
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