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  • AstralPath@lemmy.catoMemes@sopuli.xyzI'm intrigued
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    2 days ago

    It seems like you don’t know the definition of the word truth or you’ve been taught an inaccurate version of it. They way you write makes me think that you read a lot online and I’ve noticed in the last five or so years that there seems to be a push by some people (typically with ulterior motives from what I’ve seen) to dilute the definition of truth to accomodate the propagation of their worldview.

    Image of the definition of the word "truth" from the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

    The truth of the conversation is that the guy was wrong. Calamari is not caviar = True.

    This idea of adapting the word “true” to conveniently dodge outright wrongness on a topic is a problem. You’re using the wrong word if you’re saying things like “my truth” or “your truth”. It would be more accurate to say “my/your understanding”.

    As I mentioned before, the truth is something that exists outside of you. You refer to facts to describe the truth to the best of your ability. No one expects anyone to have a complete understanding about everything. Incomplete knowledge is just fine so long as you accept when others fill in the gaps or correct you.

    Its OK to be wrong. If people accept their own fallibility, they grow with every conversation they have.



  • AstralPath@lemmy.catoMemes@sopuli.xyzI'm intrigued
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    3 days ago

    How did you get that from what I said?

    Here lemme flip the script on you. If you can’t listen to someone and absorb information without immediately conjuring negative assumptions about them, you might not be fun to be with either.

    The point was that facts are facts. The fact that calamari is not caviar is not malleable (unless you’re in Estonia I suppose lol). It’s just a cold hard fact that outside of Estonia they’re two completely different things. In this situation there is no spectrum of rightness. You’re just either right or you’re wrong.

    I’m not saying that its worth dying on the calamari hill in public. Handle that debate however you see fit.


  • AstralPath@lemmy.catoMemes@sopuli.xyzI'm intrigued
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    Facts exist outside of you. Facts are already confirmed/researched and we just call upon them in conversation.

    If an argument is based around a fact, there is indeed a right and wrong side. The accuracy of your recall of a given fact is the meaure of rightness in the argument.




  • To the tune of Industry Baby:

    He is a Babyman A stimkin man And sometimes he’s a chimkin man. He’s begging on his knees Mommy please Won’t you give me zoppity"

    He’s a Sphynx. His name is Babyman, he’s stinky, and when he acts a fool we call him Chimkin Man because he looks like an uncooked chicken flailing around the house.

    Zoppity is his freeze-dried venison food, named after a reference from The Office. “Bippity boppity, give me the zoppity.”










  • I really do wish that more packages on Linux had installation paths clearly noted in a readme.

    I’ve been using Linux daily for over a year now and I still have a hard time tracking down config files and install paths. Its just not one of those tasks I do regularly so I always forget best practices when trying to find stuff. The CLI always gives me the best results but getting the commands right can be tedious.

    I’ve started saving useful commands in a note on my desktop.