I have struggled with (my own) pedantry since I was a young child. It's like a biological urge to socially mutilate oneself
Why would nature give us these urges when they are so clearly bad for us in all ways nature cares about?
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@literalbanana pedantry, functional definition—assertion by listener that a teller has mis-assessed their inferential difference? -
@blue_traveler that's the hostile form maybe - often it's just object-level disagreement - 3 more replies
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@literalbanana Thoth is riding you -
@St_Rev thoth/sloth the universal dichotomy
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@literalbanana my instinct is to say that pedantry is programmed status play, but that doesn't survive introspection -
@literalbanana does pedantry feel like anhedonic addiction to you, or is it more guilty pleasure? - 4 more replies
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@literalbanana Actually, nature isn't an agent and can't "give" you anythingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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