• cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    Not to correct orther people if it’s not absolutely necessary or being asked to.

    ie, I would correct someone who said “drinking bleach can cure covid”. But I wouldn’t if they said “the earth is flat”.

    Decade ago, a friend of a friend was building a computer. I suggest they get a SSD for the OS. They said SSDs are a scam and don’t have any advantages over HDDs, and the durability is worse. So I’m like “alright, it’s your money” and stop involved with the matter.

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      8 months ago

      None of your examples would make me think you would be a “know it all” by responding to such idiotic opinions. That would depend on how you challenged the dumb thing they just said

      "Oh? Why’s that? " (Said genuinely asking why they hold that opinion) is a perfectly fine response to that kind of idiocy.

      Though perhaps we have her different ideas of what a know it all is. “Mansplaining” to me is iconic know it all behavior