• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

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

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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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        1 year 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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      1 year 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.