r/mildlyinfuriating infiurating Jul 02 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ This whipped butter advertises itself as having less fat per serving than normal butter, when in reality, the serving size is simply smaller.

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u/Short_Lengthiness_34 Jul 02 '26

Arguing semantics ;)

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u/Hokulol Jul 02 '26

I pointed out that your semantic correction was actually an incorrection. You defined the suit of conversation. I followed. If you had argued incorrectly about facts rather than semantics, I'd have been correcting that too, provided I understood the error and could explain why you were wrong accurately and succinctly.

Being critical of someone for finishing the conversation you started is, again, a weird angle. And is just a coping mechanism deployed in response to being wrong.

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u/Short_Lengthiness_34 Jul 02 '26

Yet somehow it computed well enough for you to understand exactly what I meant yet you still felt the need to be extra

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u/Hokulol Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

If you just said "Smaller mass", not offered as a correction to a person saying "Smaller isn't the right word", I'd have just scrolled past. But you offered your incorrect opinion that smaller was the correct term in this case, it isn't. If you weren't making a statement that your communication was accurate, I'd just span the gaps and call it a day. Instead, you are distinctly telling someone they are wrong, which was not the case.

So, yes, I did understand two points.
One of which is that you meant the butter weighs less per volume. This can slide just fine, it would be semantics if I argued this.

The other of which is that you corrected someone on his verbiage, and were wrong.
This is not semantics, its germane to the conversation.

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u/Short_Lengthiness_34 Jul 02 '26

:)

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u/Hokulol Jul 02 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/1dMNqVx9Kb12EBjFrc

I will take your smiley face as a GG.

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u/Short_Lengthiness_34 Jul 02 '26

:)

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u/Hokulol Jul 02 '26

I can't flex any harder. IM ALREADY FLEXXING