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Re:Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their V... by _jal on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:50AM (#16658715)
This. Non-nerds don't, as a rule, understand the distinction.

I have had to explain why it is a category error so many times that I have it down to a quick patter now, in a couple of forms - one for quick explanation, one as a socratic QA. The latter seems to work better for people who shout loudly about their Constitutional rights.

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Re:Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their V... by bcoates on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:05AM (#16658861)
The non-nerds are right and the nerds are being weird pedants.

Going all well-actually and giving people the verbal equivalent of xkcd 1357 lets everyone know you're one of those people.

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Re:Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their V... by _jal on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:16AM (#16658995)
Law is a pedantic field.

If I'm bullshitting over a beer, no I don't do that. If I'm having a serious conversation about real things, yes; I prefer to talk about reality. I take it you don't?

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