Talk:are you threatening me

RFD discussion: June 2019–April 2020
Not a useful phrasebook entry; no translations. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 03:35, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Can you explain any reasons? --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 04:41, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, maybe the phrase could be used for the sake of one's personal safety. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 05:25, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Metaknowledge's two reasons: Not a useful phrasebook entry; no translations. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 05:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Canonicalization (talk) 15:59, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem to be a useful phrasebook entry - delete SemperBlotto (talk) 16:01, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Note: Published phrasebooks do not find this inclusion worthy: . --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:00, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete – how can one use it for one’s personal safety? If one is threatened, or possibly not threatened, one does not become safer by asking that. Fay Freak (talk) 12:54, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Just a note that I added a translation because I went through the phrasebook entries indiscriminately, and me adding the translation isn't any kind of endorsement by me to keep the entry. &mdash; surjection &lang;?&rang; 10:36, 11 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I don't like the fact that we are presenting this as a neutral "phrase" whereas in reality saying this would often escalate a potential conflict. Equinox ◑ 19:32, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I can imagine a situation where raising the stakes from a low-level, but potentially deteriorating conflict by asking this question can actually cool down the aggressor, as it makes clear that the interlocutor isn't afraid of confrontation, but is ready to skip directly to the open conflict part! Ketiga123 (talk) 21:48, 7 July 2019 (UTC)


 * And you think that translates cleanly into every language? How do we distinguish the two meanings (raising and lowering aggression)? That's going to be one mother of a usage note. Equinox ◑ 06:44, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, there do not seem to be any hits for this in phrase books and it doesn't seem very useful. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:31, 10 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I suspect that this phrase is derived from a catchphrase of the character of "Cornholio" from the 90s TV series, Beavis and Butt-Head. See, for example, this video, beginning at 1:14. Ah, the classics. bd2412 T 02:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted - TheDaveRoss  16:57, 2 April 2020 (UTC)