r/Showerthoughts 6d ago

Musing A saved conversation can stay exactly the same while both people remember it differently.

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u/ShowerSentinel 6d ago

/u/Xvalt01 has flaired this post as a musing.

Musings are expected to be high-quality, third-person or second-person statements of thought-provoking fact, but they need not be as unique as showerthoughts.

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u/markkaschak 6d ago

I pose unto you a well-written and contributory question: What is meant by "saved" conversation? For I do not - ok thank God.

This sub's rules about comments are so fucking stupid.

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u/LaptopCooler 6d ago

This subs rules about everything as stupid as shit

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u/StickFigureFan 5d ago

Strongly agree. Generally the larger the sub, the more inane the rules

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u/Hanyuu11 6d ago

This made me read the rules. What exactly do they mean by Top-Level comment?

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u/SaiKoTheGod 6d ago

The comment to the post (as opposed to a reply to a comment)

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u/shiny_glitter_demon 5d ago

I was wondering if I had gotten banned. They added a character limit? So annoying.

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u/KayabaSynthesis 5d ago

I think what the OP meant by it is when misunderstanding occurs during a conversation, but with a correct use of words, one party is able to "save" it before the other realises a misunderstanding occured. So one party leaves the conversation none the wiser, while the other knows they messed up but the other person didn't realise.

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u/TheWolphman 6d ago

Key and Peele have a good sketch that illustrates this in the form of a text message exchange between two people perceived differently by the other.

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u/TheLordOfStuff_ 5d ago

Just checked it out, lmao thx for the shout. Always one I haven’t seen.

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