• esc27@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Pedantry is fact checking a comment, figuring out it would actually take around a cup (or 1/4 liter) of gasoline, then figuring out how to convert that to drops and pointing out it would actually take close to 4,700 drops, not just a few.

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      1 year ago

      Smart-assery is replying how it can still be consumed as just a single, very large drop.

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        1 year ago

        Smart-assery is replying that gasoline doesn’t have enough surface tension to form such a large drop.

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          1 year ago

          Lemmy-ing is recreating a typical Reddit thread but making sure every comment points out that they’re self-aware.