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I have absolutely seen this, and love to read out it's quotes to my wife. Things like "You're right, but for a stronger reason than you said:" and crap like th

• knollimar 12d ago
  Or it'll strawman your point in the most bad faith way possible and correct you by handing you back the words you meant...
• nearbuy 12d ago
  > Things like "You're right, but for a stronger reason than you said:" I also get this a lot, but almost always with "and for a stronger reason than you said", which makes it sound more like it's reinforcing me than one-upping me. Looking through my recent transcripts, I found this pattern 12 times, with every time using "and" instead of "but". Eg: - "Confirmed, and it's worse than a pause quirk." - "I think the ban is right, and it's a stronger idea than what I'd proposed." I did find one instance with "but", but it was a genuine disagreement rather than 1-upping or presenting strengthening evidence: "I would cap it, but for a different reason than fairness."
  • wccrawford 12d ago
    It probably is "and", and I agree it sounds better than "but". That was probably just me misremembering because it was about the feeling and not the exact words. But if it were a person, I'd still definitely think they were trying to show they were smarter than me.
    • knollimar 12d ago
      You're too dumb to get your own point. Let me spoonfeed it back to you