• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    6 months ago

    It’s pedantry for the sake of being right. They care more about winning than the actual argument.

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      6 months ago

      This is why I detest the concept and celebration of “technically correct”. No, it’s not the “best kind of correct”, it’s being an asshole.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I mean, in the example you’re responding to, many of the people aren’t doing the “technically correct” answer of, “microbial life will continue”.

        They’re just morons who heard, “life finds a way” and assume humans will be fine.

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        6 months ago

        No, it’s not the “best kind of correct”, it’s being an asshole.

        That’s the joke, though.

        The character being quoted, from Futurama, is usually insufferable and often miserable.

        Edit: Interestingly, the character is also relatively well liked and generally appreciated by the rest of the Planet Express crew. It’s a pretty nuanced quote, in context. It kind of says “You’re not wrong, and your correction is arguably unnecessary and objectively objectionable, but we love you, anyway.”

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I dunno, maybe. I mean, technically they were right but even when I agreed, and explained how while that’s correct it’s also beside the point, they didn’t like that either.

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • luciferofastora@lemmy.zip
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        6 months ago

        It’s like talking about powers and saying “The square of 4 is 16” and they’ll bleat “Actually, a square is a shape” and you’re trying to find a way to tell them that their contribution is absolutely worthless and irrelevant to the topic.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      6 months ago

      It’s not even pedantic. It’s that same logic you could use to say killing a person does no harm to them because their body still exists afterward.