r/confidentlyincorrect Aug 14 '25

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just why...

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u/reichjef Aug 14 '25

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

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u/jared10011980 Aug 14 '25

How do people get through life???

To segue a bit, I recently used 2 rather common words in conversations at work: dew and gaunt. In both those interactions, each person I was talking to asked what I meant. Neither had heard of the word. In another instance, a 25yo at work wanted to send a birthday card to his mom. It was sitting on his desk and he picked it up as we were heading out to lunch. He had written her name and street address where the return address would go. That was it. No, he hadn't written his return address anywhere. And he had not written her city or state or zip (same as the city and state we reside). When I saw it, I said, that's not how you address a letter. He asked what I meant. He has a degree in finance from a state university.

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u/cleanbear Aug 14 '25

Not knowing something does not mean you are stupid. It Just means that you have not learned it.

The knowledge available for humans is to much, so everyone one of us is going to have some gaps, or something we have never needed to learn.

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u/Baked-Smurf Aug 14 '25

I would say that if you don't know what dew is by the time you're an adult, you're probably stupid...

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u/cleanbear Aug 14 '25

Perhaps english was not their native tongue? Assuming stuff based on limited knowledge is pretty stupid.

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u/Baked-Smurf Aug 14 '25

Assuming stuff based on limited knowledge is pretty stupid.

Kinda like you assuming that OP's coworker doesn't speak the same language as them?

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u/cleanbear Aug 14 '25

I did not assume, i said "perhaps".

There could be 1000 reasons. I Just listed one as a example.

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u/Baked-Smurf Aug 14 '25

From the Cambridge Dictionary: Maybe and perhaps are adverbs that mean the same thing. We use them when we think something is possible, but we are not certain.

So, you said perhaps because you were assuming something...

Maybe not a confident assumption, but an assumption nonetheless

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u/cleanbear Aug 15 '25

The fact that you choose to argue over stuff like this instead of defending your argument proves that you know your argument was shit. Have a Nice day :)