Pedantry is like American football. You have to be smart enough to play, but stupid enough to think it worth playing.
Or, pedantry is like bling. To poor people, bling makes you look rich, but to rich people, bling makes you look poor. Even so, to stupid people, pedantry makes you look smart, and to smart people, pedantry makes you look stupid.
Rule of thumb: your grandma is always smart enough to know when you’re being stupid.
Pedantry is like American football. You have to be smart enough to play, but stupid enough to think it worth playing.
Or, pedantry is like bling. To poor people, bling makes you look rich, but to rich people, bling makes you look poor. Even so, to stupid people, pedantry makes you look smart, and to smart people, pedantry makes you look stupid.
Rule of thumb: your grandma is always smart enough to know when you’re being stupid.