Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoExplain that, science nerds!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1665arrow-down118
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minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88arrow-down3·8 months agoIt’s pedantry for the sake of being right. They care more about winning than the actual argument.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down6·8 months agoThis 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.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·8 months agoI 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.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 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.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoI 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)_/¯
It’s pedantry for the sake of being right. They care more about winning than the actual argument.
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.
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.
That’s the joke, though.
The character being quoted, from Futurama, is usually insufferable and often miserable.
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)_/¯