• karashta@kbin.social
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    I feel like too many people take being corrected like this as a sign that I’m trying to be condescending when, to me, it’s a simple courtesy I hope other people extend to me as well when I mess up.

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      A lot of people correct others not out of courtesy. Maybe this mom has been burned too many times before.

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      9 months ago

      To be fair, sometimes the timing of correcting someone can play a role. Waiting to correct a spelling error until after the main point has been discussed is usually best, otherwise it can be perceived as condescending.

      Whether that was the case in OP’s message or not I cannot tell from the bit we have.

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      9 months ago

      The human brain really fuckin hates being wrong. To the point it will create false memories to prove it’s right. This is a recorded psychological phenomenon.

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        Yep. Humans arent rational creatures. We’re rationalizing creatures. We don’t actually think critically. Instead, we just convince ourselves that we do.

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    9 months ago

    And now I’m teaching you to spell. It’s the ciiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I talked to a customer the other day at work who kept saying he’d connected his phone to the “wee fee”.

  • drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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    I just had a conversation with my mom where she brought up the spoon thing when I complained I’m just here free IT guy. I told her “yeah, but i fucking learned. That either means I’m way smarter than you or you’re just an old dog that can’t learn new tricks”.

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        In Germany we have a saying

        “Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht”

        Translated: Age (or expetience from age) doesnt save you from being a moron.

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        9 months ago

        And? You don’t know me, my mom, or our relationship. This could have been a situation where my mom is a narcisistic horrible person, or it could have been a situation where my mom and I are giving each other a hard time and cracking jokes. Both of these make my response perfectly reasonable.

        If you must know this was all in good fun. She thought my joke was funny. I frequently talk to her like this and she laughs. Litterally half an hour later she was so thankful I was such a great kid to raise among other things.

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          Fair - it was late and I was tired and over reacted - carry on. I am the asshole here everyone, thank you.

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    9 months ago

    the student becomes the teacher. knowing how to use a spoon does in fact not translate to every other skill.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I love the conspiracy lady who tells everyone that Bill Gates wants you to get vaccinated because he wants you to eat the meat grown in a Peach tree dish