• candyman337
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    52 years ago

    Knowledge is knowing that a few drops of gasoline contains all the calories you’d need in a day

    Wisdom is knowing that it isn’t a good idea to drink gas

    • MxM111
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      12 years ago

      Knowledge that gasoline is poisonous is… knowledge to.

    • esc27
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      32 years 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.

        • Neon
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          22 years ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            32 years ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      2 years ago

      I also like the version: “knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing that you shouldn’t put it in a fruit salad”

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        The full version is:

        Strength is being able to crush a tomato.
        Dexterity is being able to dodge a thrown tomato.
        Constitution is being able to eat a poisoned tomato and live.
        Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
        Wisdom is knowing not to use a tomato in a fruit salad.
        Charisma is being able to sell someone on a tomato-based fruit salad.

        “Hey, isn’t salsa technically a tomato-based fruit salad?”

        “Found the bard!”