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There is a related phenomena called 'well actually'.

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html



Heh. Some people I follow on twitter often get people responding to their jokes and intentionally non-factual tweets with "Well, actually…". Which led to their labeling this practice "#ACTUALLY" and the people who do it "#ACTUALLY twitter".

I really dig how people are starting to nail the social tone-deafness and misplaced pride in trivial knowledge this involves. It doesn't mean you're smart, it means you're dumb in a way you probably don't even grasp.


also known as Oppositional Conversation Style http://www.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2013/09/ever-...




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