SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-squaremessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoYou are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
minus-squareNewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoC’mon dude. As a history teacher, I can tell you that it is definitely possible to fire a gun without arms.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not even a gun dude and I’ve heard of those guns that shoot if you look at em funny. Hi points? I don’t remember.
minus-squareTesterJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoJust FYI, factoid has been misused for long enough that it now has an official second, contradictory definition: A briefly stated and usually trivial fact. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid
minus-squaredannoffs@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down7·1 year agoIf you’re a former English teacher you should be aware that language changes and while “factoid” was originally coined to mean a made up fact, the term is currently mostly used to refer to small inconsequential facts.
minus-squaredaisy lazarus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s literally the most ironic thing I’ve read
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoA gunman doesn’t cease to be a gunman if he’s disarmed. Though he can’t be a gunman if he wasn’t armed in the first place.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMost people have at least one arm, so aren’t all gunmen armed?
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You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.
C’mon dude. As a history teacher, I can tell you that it is definitely possible to fire a gun without arms.
I’m not even a gun dude and I’ve heard of those guns that shoot if you look at em funny. Hi points? I don’t remember.
Just FYI, factoid has been misused for long enough that it now has an official second, contradictory definition:
A briefly stated and usually trivial fact.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid
If you’re a former English teacher you should be aware that language changes and while “factoid” was originally coined to mean a made up fact, the term is currently mostly used to refer to small inconsequential facts.
That’s literally the most ironic thing I’ve read
A gunman doesn’t cease to be a gunman if he’s disarmed. Though he can’t be a gunman if he wasn’t armed in the first place.
Most people have at least one arm, so aren’t all gunmen armed?
Nice.