Originally Posted by
JustInFacts
So when you called me a lazy bum, or pedantic, you weren't insulting me? Websters defines pedantic as an insulting word.
So, you are saying that only that one sentence was hyperbole?
Common Sense
How did you differentiate that from the other sentences?
Common Sense
How does anyone who doesn't work at Fedex know that what he said wasn't true.
I’m not in debate with those people.
The fact that you won't admit that you tried to defend the statement, and then failed and resorted to insults tells me that you didn't think it was hyperbole either. If that was the case, then why not just state that rather than use your time trying to find pairings that fit the statement?
Answered below. If you’re debating if we have 15 hour trips, that’s a debate between yourself.
You couldn't differentiate the nuance in my post either.
Wondering how you are going to say that your insults really weren't insults.
If you took “lazy bum” as an offense, my apologies. I intended it as good natured collegial ribbing. I meant it only to say that if you were being genuine in your debate, you could’ve easily looked up the pairings that easily show our disparity with our peers. But instead you wanted others to do the digging. Lazy? Yes. But maybe not worth the “bum”. Apologies.
Pedantic? That’s just an adjective. Definitions have multiple meanings. An Insult from your research is over broad and not my intended use.
My usage was one who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge. I think that definition was on point. Your intention was not to debate the point about the disparity in our rigs from the industry. It was to nullify his whole argument by finding one meaningless flaw in the argument. Which I think is disingenuous.
The examples I gave of a 17 hour 4-day and an 11 hour 3-day are egregious enough to prove the point.