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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Backtrack all you want but you made a blanket statement saying they weren't synonyms for the entirety of the country when it only seems to apply to your personal context.

You then gave me a link to a meaningless definition and an article that clearly stated I was right, and then topped it off with rude sarcasm when I pointed it out.

The terminology seemed very black and white when you thought you were right, bro.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was trying to be clear I wasn't talking about Canada, which the article was about, and that my example was from the US,. Not saying it was literally true throughtout the the entire US.

Apparently I needed a full essay to avoid you reading meaning into things. Congrats, you win the internet.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So it was a simple misunderstanding but you just decided to defend it to the death and be a dick about it instead of explaining what you meant. I don't think I could roll my eyes harder if I tried.

Your comments didn't leave room for interpretation. You willy nilly gave out your own definitions and then literally googled "unhoused vs homeless" and threw the first article at me without even reading it. I'm surprised you can even see me from such a high horse. Please.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So it was a simple misunderstanding but you just decided to defend it to the death and be a dick about it instead of explaining what you meant

I did explain. You treated explaining it as moving goalposts because you wanted to be right.

You were so close to being self aware.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I can literally re read the conversation, you only started explaining with an attitude in the last comment.

The time to explain was before you gave made up definitions, not to mention your explanation is a cop out. An explanation doesn't come with salty sarcasm.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The time to explain was before you gave made up definitions

The time was before the misunderstanding...

Go touch grass.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The time was after I said it wasn't a synonym. You could have explained that you meant only for you in your own little world, instead you debated, gave me useless definitions and an even worse article to try to prove your point.

Maybe if the explanation came before the sarcasm, I wouldn't still be here explaining the situation.

Tell you what, this is my time to stop responding, that way, you can lie to yourself without me bothering you.