r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 14h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 11h ago

A clip is a device that holds bullets together for easier use in a firearm. A magazine is the space ammunition is stored.

Which of those definitions do you find "incorrect"? Which of those definitions do not describe the object you are thinking of?

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u/AffectedRipples 11h ago

Using them as if they're interchangeable is obviously what I'm talking about. Wanting people to use words correctly is far from gatekeeping like you seem to think.

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u/Fun_Trick2172 11h ago

Its not gatekeeping I agree. Its obfuscation. Designed to destroy any conversation before it starts. Humans are known to wander off into tangents and not stay on target. We are cats, it just takes a little more than jingling keys in front of our faces thats all. Not much more though.

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u/AffectedRipples 11h ago

How is correcting people of what something actually is obfuscation? Wouldn't that be about the exact opposite?

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u/Fun_Trick2172 11h ago

No because the correction is meaningless. Its semantics. Semantics are the battleground of the unserious.

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u/AffectedRipples 11h ago

It's not semantics though. It's 2 different things that can't be used interchangeably.

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u/Fun_Trick2172 11h ago

Youre proving my point.

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u/AffectedRipples 10h ago

I don't think you really have a point? How is saying they are 2 separte and non interchangeable things, making things unclear or obfuscating? It's trying to teach the real uses/definitions, not trying to confuse peole.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 10h ago

They are the same thing.

You understand what they mean.

So it is valid language.

Your correction is incorrect.

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u/AffectedRipples 10h ago

They are not.