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Today, on a conference call, someone said, "it's always darkest before the dawn."

I couldn't help myself. I said, "No it isn't. It's darkest in the middle of the night, equidistant between sunset and sunrise." That got quite a few laughs.

Today, on a conference call, someone said, "it's always darkest before the dawn." I couldn't help myself. I said, "No it isn't. It's darkest in the middle of the night, equidistant between sunset and sunrise." That got quite a few laughs.

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[–] • 0 pt

Ah, classic. Thanks for admitting defeat. Enjoy the rest of your night.

[–] • 1 pt

When someone starts getting insulting, the conversation is over. You started getting insulting and, did to boot, start doing the exact thing you accused me of. Being autistic about something.

I simply pointed out that the statement, as presented, is self cancelling. You're taking it places that I never even cared to go. You are right, I can't increase your IQ points, but you've certainly decreased mine.

[–] • 1 pt

You're right, I got annoyed. But that word was simply a placeholder over something like "arrogantly," which is a descriptor. Replace "autistically" with any other word, and there is still a valid point to be made in what I said. You just dropped a side of ad-hominem with no meat on the plate.

We're literally arguing two different things, which is why this conversation will never go anywhere. You're arguing about the semantics of grammatical structure: I'm saying that despite this, the statement still holds enough wisdom to not simply write-it-off altogether. Or am I misreading the situation?

[–] • 2 pts

Yes. You are misreading it.

As I said. The statement, as presented, is self-cancelling. That's why I hate it.

For the purposes of this argument, the fact that it does mean something that doesn't reflect the grammatical structure of the sentence isn't important - it's not what I'm attempting to point out. I understand what it means, and what it's supposed to convey, it's just one of those things I read and go ugh because my mind wants to see it's absolute meaning instead of it's intended meaning.