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by sethjr5rtfgh 1415 days ago
> Pedantry and insight are the same thing

Never met any academic who believed that pedantry and insight are the same thing.
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stocknoob 1415 days ago
Pedants don't think they're pedants. Like Carlin said, anyone driving faster than you is a maniac, anyone driving slower is a moron. (Anyone less rigorous than you is sloppy, anyone more is a pedant.)
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jahewson 1415 days ago
Thank you for this insight.
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