realitista@lemmy.world to FunnyEnglish · 2 years agoDevil's advocatelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFlagonOfMelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.
I’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
I’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.