chiefly British spellings of skeptic, skeptical, skepticism
vs.
septic
adjective
sep·tic ˈsep-tik
1
: of, relating to, or causing putrefaction
2
: relating to, involving, caused by, or affected with sepsis
septic patients
3
: used for sewage treatment and disposal
a septic system
also : of or relating to a septic system
septic effluents
in my defense. English is not my first language and I made a false friend here, because the German "skeptisch" (adjective, meaning "sceptical") is close to the English substantive "sceptic"/"skeptic". :)
Honestly, most of them aren't very skeptical either. The number of times I've seen a top comment plastered with awards that's just blatantly wrong it's quite high.
No one reads past the headline, and the ones who do never read past the top comments. And none of them ever verify the information in the comments as correct.
Redditors are just as easy to fool as anyone else.
16 Comments
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 60d
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 60d
Spez wants to sell advertising to bots I guess?
deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 2 pts · 60d
Skeptic. Reddit users might be an infection on the earth to some but they arent sceptic to my knowledge.
eleijeep@piefed.social · 5 pts · 60d
vs.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 1 pts · 60d
I want you to think about whether or not in the context of the post they meant skeptical, because they did indeed mean skeptical.
I also want you to think about whether it's likely that I did indeed know the definition of both words before I made my comment.
And then you have a nice day, ya hear.
eleijeep@piefed.social · 4 pts · 60d
"Septic" is not spelt "sceptic" in any variant of English.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 60d
Yeah except you're wrong, so...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sceptic
aaaa@piefed.world · 3 pts · 60d
You misread the comment, and you agree with them
Skeptic is spelled sceptic in Britain, but septic is not.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 60d
bruh not everyone's native language is english
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 60d
FYI, that person is wrong, they do spell it that way in the UK.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sceptic
eleijeep@piefed.social · 1 pts · 60d
You’re repeating what I said while saying that I’m wrong which suggests you misunderstood the comment chain.
kungfuratte@feddit.org · 2 pts · 55d
in my defense. English is not my first language and I made a false friend here, because the German "skeptisch" (adjective, meaning "sceptical") is close to the English substantive "sceptic"/"skeptic". :)
deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 1 pts · 55d
Yeah. Someone else already corrected me on the European spelling so I learned something new, I guess.
Edit: My responses were a bit harsh and unreasonable and I'm sorry for that.
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Honestly, most of them aren't very skeptical either. The number of times I've seen a top comment plastered with awards that's just blatantly wrong it's quite high.
No one reads past the headline, and the ones who do never read past the top comments. And none of them ever verify the information in the comments as correct.
Redditors are just as easy to fool as anyone else.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 60d
They spell it "sceptic" in the UK.
Which I always found strange... Given how they pronounce "sceptre", I dunno why they wouldn't just use a 'k' for "sceptic."
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 60d
Septic. It’s a shitshow.
Eat the fucking rich. Burn the data centers. Dismantle the stock market and billionaires and oligarchy.