Comment on Someone Is Sending Fake Letters To T-Mobile Customers Shaming Their Browsing History
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago🙄it’s not from T-Mobile, it’s a forgery. And, unless the letters are actually cake, we can infer that “fake” in this case means just that.
Please spare us the reddit pedantry. There are much more intelligent discussions to be had around this topic without avoiding it entirely to inject some grammar nitpicking.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is there a possibility they’re cake? I could go for some cake.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Maybe pedantry is not your cup of tea, but I listen to technology connections.
And the best type of correct is technically correct.
The whole reason to be precise about language is because it is confusing when you read something and go “that does not make sense” and then think about it for a minute and then realize what it means.
We don’t call them “fake emails” for a reason. It’s confusing. Spam email, spurious email, fake sender address, phishing, etc., are less confusing. Same with physical mail. Don’t be mad just because I want to read stuff nice.
BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not imprecise at all and it’s only confusing if you deliberately misinterpret it to be pedantic.
What do you call a fake ID then?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Are you telling me that my confusion was on purpose?
I’m telling you I was confused.
Don’t believe me if you’re so smart. Not going to argue.