• candyman337@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    Knowledge is knowing that a few drops of gasoline contains all the calories you’d need in a day

    Wisdom is knowing that it isn’t a good idea to drink gas

    • esc27@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      Pedantry is fact checking a comment, figuring out it would actually take around a cup (or 1/4 liter) of gasoline, then figuring out how to convert that to drops and pointing out it would actually take close to 4,700 drops, not just a few.

      • rtxn@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Smart-assery is replying how it can still be consumed as just a single, very large drop.

        • Neon@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          Smart-assery is replying that gasoline doesn’t have enough surface tension to form such a large drop.

          • TheYear2525@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 year ago

            Lemmy-ing is recreating a typical Reddit thread but making sure every comment points out that they’re self-aware.