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> I was going to downvote you for a snarky response (I felt the reply explaining that Rust also has iron/oxidation references was a better response)... 100% of
by coldpie 10y ago
> I was going to downvote you for a snarky response (I felt the reply explaining that Rust also has iron/oxidation references was a better response)...
100% of English speakers who hear the word "rust" will first think of metal oxidation. "Correcting" people who make that "mistake" adds nothing of value to the conversation and just expresses "I know more than you" because you know some obscure minutia that was mentioned in an IRC channel once. Nerds love doing this "I'm smarter than you" kind of shit, so much so that it is developing its own noun, "well actually". It's obnoxious and distracting and contributes nothing, so I called it out.