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-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.
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.