my least favourite "well actually"

@LinusBoman 14 days ago

Greetings pedants! Yes, vegetable is not a botanical classification. As for fonts, you can read the bottom of this page for a clear written argument (not mine) - practicaltypography.com/font-basics.html or a nuanced and technical discussion among type experts here about the terms in a professional context web.archive.org/web/20170731194203/http://fontfeed…

@RaymondTheThird 14 days ago

Well actually my ego is tied up with correcting anonymous people online.

@sevware 14 days ago

"weaponized trivia" is such a great term, next time someone does that to me I'm gonna say "uuuhmm akshually you are not being helpful, you are just weaponizing trivia 🤓"

@AnInnocuousBlueCube 14 days ago

"Well actually Gran-Gran, you didn't send me a letter, you sent me many letters, and punctuation, which made up a message that you posted me."

@ulture 14 days ago

actually a typeface is how letters look, a font is a magic bird bath

@Azeria 14 days ago

at the very least: if you’re going to be pedantic, be right.

@kezia8027 14 days ago

"An underrated life skill, is learning when to shut the F up" Amen. Best lesson I ever learned. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.

@isomeme 14 days ago

"An underrated life skill is knowing when to STFU." Amen! That was a hard-won skill for me, and my life improved significantly once I mastered it.

@KarlBunker 14 days ago

"Weaponizing trivia" is a great term.

@Glidus 14 days ago

"Weaponising trivia" is such a precise way of describing this phenomenon. I'm so sick of it. Thanks Linus.

@quasiotter 14 days ago

i require my art appreciation students know the difference between "achromatic" and "monochromatic", but i teach them to not be cops about it

@ianumathews5922 14 days ago

THANK YOU omg the amount of ppl in my design class who would pull this out just to seem smart is insane

@fqwgads 14 days ago

I wonder if all this came about because "Font" was easier to fit in the Microsoft Word toolbar than "Typeface"

@benwaardenburg 14 days ago

I am a massive fan of the ratio change! I find mself really drawn to less widescreen formats and more closer to 4:3 and square.

@justforplaylists 14 days ago

This video was a typeface of knowledge.

@strayiggytv 14 days ago

The perfect response to someone correcting a word you used just to be petty is: "Well you knew what I meant right? Cause otherwise how did you correct me?" Gets em every time.

@leleo53000 14 days ago

I also feel like nowadays, in part due to web, a lot of people might make a distinction between a font and a font family, with the word "typeface" being mostly lost to history

@aksela6912 14 days ago

Well actually, there's nothing (biologically speaking) stopping a tomato from being both a fruit and a vegetable, at the same time.

@NuncNuncNuncNunc 14 days ago

I bet every field has its own best "well actually" hairsplitting. Well actually, mass and weight are different. Well actually simmer and stew are different...

@IanZainea1990 14 days ago

1:22 I used to do this too. I think it's a form of insecurity. If you aren't secure in your own knowledge you have to put it out there for others to see. Or if you feel you have nothing else to offer (also insecure) then you have to share what you can offer in order to feel valuable. Once I began to develop security/confidence in general. I found it far less important to do this. Unless someone is REALLY off base, then I'll still (hopefully gently) correct them.