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Originally Posted by McDuffie
Here is the problem with that. I didn't make a mistake.
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Translation: I can't be wrong.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
If I failed to understand your sentence, it was far less likely that it was my reading comprehension skills and far more likely that it was your inability to communicate effectively.
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Translation: Even if I was wrong, it was your fault.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
So, I made no mistake for which I must admit error. What could I possibly admit to? Misunderstanding what you wrote? I misunderstood your brutalizations of the english language. How does that sound?
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People misunderstand people all the time. I misunderstand people, you misunderstand people. The difference is: most people ask for clairification. You didn't. You assumed I was wrong, and then tried to correct me. The "erronius information is erronius information" thing is what told me
this guy isn't seeking clairification, he's condescending. You simply don't understand what a simile is. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm a product of the California school system, so I'm well aware of how little people can understand simple schoolastic information. I'm sure some people that graduated with me from high school still don't know what a preposition is or how to use it.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
But that's an exaggeration, isn't it? Your grammar, syntax etc are pretty darned good. Most people online can barely put together a sentence into a coherent statement. You're pretty doggone good at writing. But that doesn't mean that I should have necessarily gotten that you were using simile and if I didn't get it that it could have only been my fault.
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All you had to do was ask. I would have said, "Oh yes, I didn't intend to communicate that your hypothetical cousin and half sibling share the exact same relation to you, what I meant is that they are both of close relations to you," or something. I probably still would have used the word 'simile' in there, because it does have everything to do with the misunderstanding, bit I wouldn't have condescended at all. I'm actually freakishly easy to get along with 99.999% of the time.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
And it goddamned sure doesn't mean that I didn't know what a simile was before you quoted that ridiculous fucking dictionary.com for fuck's sake.
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Everyone else here seems to understand it was used as a simile. I don't know how old they are compared to you, and thus their opinions might be equally as invalid as mine because they're younger than you, but that does mean something.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
So no, I won't admit to making a mistake. I made no mistake. But you made a mistake in presuming that I didn't know what a simile was. I don't expect you to admit to that anytime soon.
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Actually, I didn't really expect you to apologize or admist your mistake or anything. I just expected it to dwindle into nothing in a few posts, then we could move back to cousins and such. That didn't happen. You got mad (or at the very, very least rude, whatever).
I still am not sure you know what a simile is, but is that really something so important? Nope. If I went around the internet correcting people's grammar, I'd be an asshole, and I do have a job and a family and a beagle.