Unfortunately in the context it ' s normally used in , it is derogatory . <| sep |> And yet , we don ' t have millions of people just quitting their jobs en mass to go on welfare programs across the country . <| sep |> That ' s a full grown opposum riding around like a baby on a fucking dingo . <| sep |> I get it . What ' s funny is that there haven ' t been as many topics about the sylvari and literally their whole race was in discussion . In this case you ' re basing your assumptions on 1 character who is grieving the loss of his mother . Regarding of the race and culture , a loss of a mother is not something to cherish and laugh about . Clearly he ' s going through a lot of emotions and he doesn ' t know how to cope with them in any other way than , well , inflicting pain . Eir ' s memorial wasn ' t as sad . It ' s only sad because we , as humans have our personal emotions behind it . If you look at it as it was , then you ' ll notice that it actually wasn ' t sad at all . The npcs were telling her stories , making the ice sculptures and literally noone was sniffing or crying not hard to make that sound in game which was actually used in the past in other events involving sadness . All in all , the memorial wasn ' t sad . It just wasn ' t a happy thing . I think norn in general , are supposed to be bold , direct which they are . They are not good plan makers , they are good action makers which was depicted pretty well both in gw 1 , 2 and the current LS .