SomeoneElse@lemmy.caM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.lemmy.caimagemessage-square283fedilinkarrow-up11.79Karrow-down146
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minus-squaremindbleach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIdiot on Facebook: “The sun goes around the Earth!” You: “Well he’s not entirely wrong, because bodies orbit the centroid between blah blah blah–” One hundred people of varying politeness: “That’s not what he meant and you fucking know it.” You: “Well here’s a really smart guy talking about centroids–” Ten exasperated follow-ons: “That’s not what he meant, and you fucking know it.” You: “Point to where I agreed with anything he said.” A few diehard troll-hunters: “Where you said ‘he’s not entirely wrong.’” You: “… yeah but what do words really mean, anyway?” Stop talking.
Idiot on Facebook: “The sun goes around the Earth!”
You: “Well he’s not entirely wrong, because bodies orbit the centroid between blah blah blah–”
One hundred people of varying politeness: “That’s not what he meant and you fucking know it.”
You: “Well here’s a really smart guy talking about centroids–”
Ten exasperated follow-ons: “That’s not what he meant, and you fucking know it.”
You: “Point to where I agreed with anything he said.”
A few diehard troll-hunters: “Where you said ‘he’s not entirely wrong.’”
You: “… yeah but what do words really mean, anyway?”
Stop talking.