jaykrown@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI'm happy that oil prices are going uplockmessage-squaremessage-square162linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down121
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareI'm happy that oil prices are going uplockjaykrown@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square162linkfedilink
minus-squareM137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·2 months ago“No, there aren’t.” Yes, in a lot of the world there are. Your comment disagrees with itself. You can’t say “no, completely wrong” and then say “only in some places.”
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoYou’re just being pedantic. Obviously, the first sentence was meant as a rhetorical refutation. Mimicking poor reading skills to make a point smacks of desperation. And you’re being willfully ignorant when you ignore the main point, that for many drivers there are no good options.
“No, there aren’t.”
Yes, in a lot of the world there are. Your comment disagrees with itself. You can’t say “no, completely wrong” and then say “only in some places.”
You’re just being pedantic.
Obviously, the first sentence was meant as a rhetorical refutation.
Mimicking poor reading skills to make a point smacks of desperation.
And you’re being willfully ignorant when you ignore the main point, that for many drivers there are no good options.