That’s what I say when somebody tells me something I didn’t already know, but I can’t think of anything else to respond with.
Actually maybe I should change that habit. Do you have any suggestions for what to do instead? It sometimes comes off as sarcastic, and other times I get the sort of respond you just gave. Neither outcome seems optimal.
Yeah. You’re right. Funny that I went almost a decade using “interesting” in that context even though it’s clearly not a very good choice, and it takes about 3 seconds of thought to come up with something much better.
Happens to me all. the. fucking. time. (Even in meatspace. Especially in meatspace. 90% of the times I play along with a joke, people think I didn’t get the original joke.)
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I think he was playing along.
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Interesting.
How so? I only remarked because I’m, you know… punctilious.
That’s what I say when somebody tells me something I didn’t already know, but I can’t think of anything else to respond with.
Actually maybe I should change that habit. Do you have any suggestions for what to do instead? It sometimes comes off as sarcastic, and other times I get the sort of respond you just gave. Neither outcome seems optimal.
“Oh, I didn’t know that”
Yeah. You’re right. Funny that I went almost a decade using “interesting” in that context even though it’s clearly not a very good choice, and it takes about 3 seconds of thought to come up with something much better.
Low-hanging fruit. Makes me wonder what I can improve about myself so easily. I bet there’s a lot.
Maybe “oops”? Or “oh, sorry”? If you had edited your comment without remark, I would have just deleted mine.
Oh I see. Yeah you’re right.
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It seems a legitimate question given the notion that your use of terrific would seem to indicate that you are a “pedan” rather than a “pedant”.
I am unfamiliar with this nomenclature.
The term is “portmanteau”.
Would it have helped if I said “I am not errif”?
ETA: I didn’t downvote you, by the way.
It seems that people don’t know how to spot metahumor when they see it. :-(
...oh. Uh, well. Yeah.
Nevermind then.
Happens to me all. the. fucking. time. (Even in meatspace. Especially in meatspace. 90% of the times I play along with a joke, people think I didn’t get the original joke.)
I’m usually the one who thinks you didn’t get the original joke! How am I supposed to know, if you act exactly the same as someone who didn’t get it?