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by jlgaddis 4725 days ago
Oh geez, can we get any more off-topic?

Stop being so damn pedantic and nitpicky, both of you. All of you.

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Pedantic? Nitpicky?

A comment was made about a lawyer making an argument which, in my opinion, is a bad argument. I pointed that out. I'm not being "pedantic" nor am I "nitpicking" when I point out that a potato cannon is, in fact, a deadly weapon and the lawyer's argument against it is stupid.

Now, I agree that the comment, and therefore the whole thread that followed it, was not really on-topic. But I'm not seeing this whole "pedantic and nitpicky" thing.