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Meh. This argument could be continued in PM. So do so.
After all, parentheses and brackets have very little to do with weird habits, unless of course, your weird habit is arguing over punctuation.  |
Yes, yes my wierd habit is arguing over punctuation. My wierd habit is arguing over anything irrational, illogical, or just a demonstration of pure apathy. Like someone who can't be bothered to give a simple punctuation mark it's correct name so that people who actually took the time to learn about and understand the English language don't get confused by poor terminology.
I mean, is it really that much effort to be correct? Or do you just find it more convenient to make it perpetually seem like you're an imbocile? Perhaps appearing to have been educated to the degree that you can tell the difference between a bracket and a parenthesis wouldn't give Nate the level of "street cred" that he likes to maintain? So maybe he just hides it in the hope that he doesn't come across as having too much of that intimidating intelligence.
I mean... It's fine to be wrong, find out that you are wrong, admit your mistake, and do some learning to make sure you get the correct information. That's all part of the learning process. But I just can't understand the mentality of someone who upon encountering a correction on something that they have said, just points out that they know that they're wrong, but find it easier to be incorrect. My systems just cannot compute this illogical reasoning. I don't see any advantage to being incorrect... parenthesis is only three letters longer than brackets. So what the hell is the deal?
I mean you go to the effort to define George W Bush rather than just "president". You'd say Ford or Chevy rather than "Car". So why not Parenthesis instead of "bracket"?
I don't get it.