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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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+ | When the word technically is used to start a sentence, the remainder of the sentence tends to follow one of a number of patterns: | ||
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| An explanation which is far more complex than the listener needs/wants. | | An explanation which is far more complex than the listener needs/wants. | ||
− | | "Technically | + | | "Technically an inch is 25.4mm, but historically..." |
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| A justification of a particular (usually unpopular) viewpoint through an unusual technical definition. | | A justification of a particular (usually unpopular) viewpoint through an unusual technical definition. | ||
| "Technically a tomato is a fruit, so there is no reason it shouldn't be used in a fruit salad." | | "Technically a tomato is a fruit, so there is no reason it shouldn't be used in a fruit salad." | ||
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− | | A pedantic overapplication of rules or laws, often to avoid the | + | | A pedantic overapplication of rules or laws, often to avoid the spirit of the law through a technical loophole. |
| [http://factually.gizmodo.com/technically-american-flag-napkins-are-illegal-1599774198 "Technically, American flag napkins are illegal."] | | [http://factually.gizmodo.com/technically-american-flag-napkins-are-illegal-1599774198 "Technically, American flag napkins are illegal."] | ||
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− | | The speaker repeating a 'little known fact', believing that | + | | The speaker repeating a 'little known fact', believing that he/she sounds incredibly knowledgeable, while in reality speaker's statement might be even false, as in the example to the right (see {{w|Ten_percent_of_brain_myth|the 10% of the brain myth}}). |
− | | "Technically we only use 10% of our brains, so imagine what we could do if we used 100%! | + | | "Technically we only use 10% of our brains, so imagine what we could do if we used 100%"! |
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− | [[Cueball]] | + | [[Cueball]] has decided that any sentence beginning with the word "technically" is highly likely to be completely worthless for him to listen to, so he allows himself to be distracted by anything which happens to be around. |
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− | + | The title text starts to pedantically overapply Cueball's rule to the comic panel, nothing that technically [[White Hat]]'s sentence started with the word 'well' instead of the word 'technically', and thus Cueball is wrong to have ignored it. Halfway through the sentence, this argument is cut off by the discovery of a rock with a fossil in, correctly applying the rule to sentences beginning with technically. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[White Hat | + | :[White Hat and Cueball are discussing] |
− | :White Hat: Well, technically, food is a "drug", since it's a substance that alters how your body works, so yes, I' | + | :White Hat: Well, technically, food is a "drug", since it's a substance that alters how your body works, so yes, I'm — |
+ | :[Cueball looks at a flying insect] | ||
:Cueball: Hey, look at that weird bug! | :Cueball: Hey, look at that weird bug! | ||
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:My life improved when I realized I could just ignore any sentence that started with "technically." | :My life improved when I realized I could just ignore any sentence that started with "technically." | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
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