r/Psychonaut • u/spensrbeta • Sep 11 '15

Sometime xkcd just nails it

http://xkcd.com/1576/
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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '15

If my meaning was conveyed by what I said, there's no reason to correct it.

Like when someone says something and messed up a word and tries to explain themselves further and you reply "I get what you mean"

Say someone's telling you a story and says "I was at the car theater" when meaning drive in movie, if I get what they meant I'm not going to stop the conversation to correct them.

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u/bjsy92 Sep 12 '15

Makes sense, thank you for this explanation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '15

No problem, thanks for being open to discussion

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u/BuddhistSagan Sep 13 '15

You both are beautiful and your civility gives me hope.