• Transient Punk
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    183 months ago

    Look, let’s be real. Nitpicking over dictionary definitions like a grammar-Republican isn’t making anyone smarter. When you’re that obsessed with splitting hairs over precise definitions, you’re actually creating a fog of confusion. It’s like trying to explain quantum physics with a thesaurus, you end up sounding like a pretentious know-it-all instead of a clear communicator.

      • @[email protected]
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        73 months ago

        There is “I’m trying to open people’s eyes to the truth” focusing on details and definitions.

        Then there’s “I’m a cunt and you’re an idiot” splitting of hairs that add nothing to the conversation or anyone’s thoughts on the matter.

        Guess which group you fall in. (Hint; the votes on your comment)

      • Carighan Maconar
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        53 months ago

        Apparently not you, you seem to be after arguing with people you don’t even know.

        • @[email protected]
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          -13 months ago

          There’s no argument to be had, all soap is anti-bacterial. It’s a fact, not a position.

            • @[email protected]
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              03 months ago

              Loving all the kickback for stating an empirically correct statement. This platform is wild.

              • @laughterlaughter
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                13 months ago

                I’m curious enough to continue the conversation, if only because talking about definitions is interesting. So I’m not being confrontational, I actually want to have a discussion.

                You say that all soaps are antibacterial because the result in the end is that no bacteria remains on the hands. I see what you’re saying there. But anti-bacterial soap kills the bacteria, including the remaining ones that couldn’t be removed.

                That’s like saying that removing a group of humans based on ethnicity from a region, without killing them, amounts to genocide. Would you say that’s genocide too?* (And I know the comparison is extreme.)

                *I think I read somewhere that forcibly removing people from a region amounts to genocide, though. But you know what I mean…