Why do some people act like they didn't understand a thing you just said just because you misspoke a certain word or spelt a certain word wrong?

[EzraIsShy76028]

I'm referring to both in real life and online here.

Like in a written response online, you can write a whole paragraph, like for example about pets and different types of pets, and in that paragraph you spelt everything correctly but accidentally spelt "kat" instead of "cat," and then the other person is like: "Hmmm what the fuck is a 'kat?" Is that a new animal? Or are you just a delusional retard?"

And in that particular case the "correction" is both extremely condescending and doesn't add anything to the discussion at hand.

For real life it probably won't be quite as condescending as it is online, but lets say for example you know a really weird guy who does nothing but watch sexualized anime (Japanese cartoons) all day, and you say something like: "Man that guy is so weird. I swear, all he does is watch sexualized cartoons all day." And then the other person is like: "Actually they're called ANIME! Not cartoons, you fucking retard!"

And it's like WHO THE FUCK CARES you still understand what I'm trying to say either way!

I don't know about you, but for me in general, as long as I understand what the other person is trying to say their grammar doesn't need to be 100% on point with not even one mistake. And for real life if I know what the person is talking about already there's no need to get super deep into the details and the specifics, cuz I already know what they're trying to say.

So people who do this are basically just being purposefully obtuse just to make themselves look smarter and you look dumber.

[BetaBucks]

Because they didn't have any original thoughts to add or any honest points to debate, so they just run their mouths off. That's standard here.

[EzraIsShy76028]

Ah yeah. Should've figured (right there I actually thought about saying "should of" instead of "should've" just to piss off a grammar nazi on purpose... LOL). It's not just on here, but literally fucking everywhere, both in real life and online.

Kind of reminds me of those annoying teachers in school who when you'd ask "can I go to the bathroom" they'd say "I don't know... CAN you?" in the smuggest tone ever. It's like fuck you, you know what I mean, so stop acting clueless!

[BetaBucks]

Yeah, some of the lamest people on earth pretend like colloquial conversation isn't acceptable. Smugness to cover up their insecurity about their lack of intelligence. Or sometimes just autism and they're trying to be funny.

[EzraIsShy76028]

TL;DR At the bottom.

Yup, exactly! It's like they're trying to compensate for something. They know they're not intelligent or skilled or whatever in any way, so they're desperate to find ways to make themselves look smarter and other people look dumb.

Unless it was a professional paper for school or for work or whatever, THEN it matters. But outside of that, it really doesn't fucking matter!

Almost makes me wanna keep saying "incorrect stuff" just to piss off those people on purpose.

Double negatives are especially fun for this. Like "wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you" or "he/she didn't do nothing."

Not to mention different dialects and AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) that all exist. So sometimes pointless smug corrections can even be borderline culturally insensitive or even racist at times.

Like another example with a teacher, this female White teacher "correcting" a male Black student when she asked him why did he just put a book on the table and he responded "that been there a long time ago!" And she made him "correct" it by making him say "that was already there a long time ago," making a whole scene out of it, not even doing politely.

And what that Black student said was an example of AAVE, so she as a White teacher likely didn't know it or care for it.

TL;DR I agree, pretty much. In the main post (very long obviously) I just sort of gave examples of how ridiculous this sort of thing is. Basically overall they seem to be desperately overcompensating for the intelligence that they lack.