• Fazoo@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    In context it’s pretty obvious I’m talking about the federal government in general. Nit picking that is just an excuse to start something.

      • 1847953620@lemmy.world
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        Nitpicking. Colloquial use can change colloquially. Source: have heard lots of assholes call the federal government “the fed”; similar to how the FBI et al are “the feds”.

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          Let’s be real, it is a valid correction that was prefaced as “Pedantic nitpick”, so it’s odd to see you continue calling it one as it had been established at the onset. Seeing how you take this correction and double down on it shows that it was a good one to make, as it seems that you remain confused as to what “the Fed” refers to for one reason or another.

          You are mistaken, and that’s not such a bad thing. I enjoy being (correctly) corrected because I would rather know the moment I utter something incorrect, than go around being incorrect to everyone I know.

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            Nitpicking as in “pointless”. Making the rest of your pedantry even more pointless. I’m ok with people beginning to call the Federal government “the Fed”, because most of us are intelligent enough to differentiate based on context.

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          The Fed conjures a particular meaning for people aware of the term. So someone referring to The Fed when they mean congress makes me and others take them less seriously. If I made that error and someone pointed it out I would think a simple ‘crap, thanks’ followed by an edit would be appropriate. Nobody is perfect but we get better when we have the humility to accept corrections and learn from them.

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            I am aware of the term. It did not conjure that meaning for me when I read the comment. If someone tried to correct me in such a situation, I would think they’re putting on airs, to put it mildly. Humility involves bypassing needless pedantry over more recent colloquial use of already colloquial terms, particularly if there is no confusion caused to anyone with a 5th-grade reading comprehension level or above, conservatively.

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        Cool, so you’re just looking for an argument. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day for you.

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          He started it as polite as possible because people are going to potentially misunderstand you because nobody ever has used The Fed to refer to anything other than The Federal Reserve. I’ve had feds, with the s explicitly, refer to the whole federal govt more than I’ve heard The Federal ever refer to anything other than The Federal Reserve.

          You went straight into dickhead territory because you can’t handle someone trying to help prevent a misunderstanding that would be your fault.