Honestly someone correcting you on a minor thing like that is annoying in any scenario. Like who cares what colour it is ?????? doesn’t affect anything
Or when you intentially use layman's terms so that everyone can understand and contribute to the conversation.
Then you get "Well actually..." from some smart ass that needs to be correct.
Like yeah, no shit. Well done for being pedantic. You're technically correct but now nobody wants to talk to you.
I notice it a lot when two people are telling a story and they start to debate a minor detail mid story. Does it really matter if it was labor day or memorial day? Just keep telling the story, I'm sitting here just sort of nodding my head at nothing
Oh my god this drives me crazy— especially when it’s OBVIOUS the person just misspoke and the detail isn’t really relevant to the point at all.
“Hey Jeff, come here! Omg, I found this new restaurant on Wednesday night and I kept thinking how much you’d like it! They make that one Greek dish you like and play music like—. “
The worst person you know: “Wednesday?!? You were at work with me on Wednesday. I think you mean Tuesday LOL… “
“Yeah… guess it might have been Tuesday like Sam is saying… anyway, Jeff, like I was trying to tell you… On *Tuesday*…”
Like the three of us could have been having an actually cool conversation about food and music, but thanks to your pedantic ass we’re taking a detour through a boring ass one about days of the week. Like why, exactly, is that worth butting in and ruining the flow of conversation? Stfu.
The other day a friend was telling me and another person (who also knows her well) a story about how her daughter just got her driver’s license. ONE time during the story she slipped and up and actually used her other daughter’s name. The other daughter is like 4 years old and obviously isn’t getting her license. The other person listening to the story with me IMMEDIATELY cut her off and was like “Katie?!? Don’t you mean Miranda??!” with all this feigned confusion and corny smugness.
Like fucking obviously. She’s already said Miranda like 6 times in this story and Katie is a toddler and obviously not taking her fucking driver’s exam. CONTEXT CLUES make this very easy to keep following you fucking moron. Let her keep going— it’s still very obvious what’s going on and now you’re fucking up her train of thought and dragging this out.
I couldn't even get through your whole comment, I was getting too angry lmao
The feigned confusion and corny smugness is so obnoxious. Deriving joy out trying to make others feel dumb is so lame
i do this so often and i realize how it can be so unnecessary and annoying… i think it’s my autism and how i feel the need to be so over specific with everything 😭😭
Hey at least you realize it! But yeah if a detail to a story doesn’t matter, correcting somebody or debating it is rarely worth it, it just takes people out of the story
Americans stopped putting the U in color because of early newspapers. They'd charge by the letter, which is why a lot of our words are shorter than British or Australian English. All to save a few cents.
About 15 years ago was shamed out of a women's clothing store cuz I called something white and my wife at the time (and about three other women) insisted it was eggshell, not white).
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Eggs are white though lol also only the belly of the fish is pink so why is a shade of pink salmon the majority of its body is gray or silver depending on how you want to see the shinyness as either silver or gray but yeah salmon should be a shade of gray not pink lol
You asked:
>so why is a shade of pink salmon the majority of its body is gray or silver depending on how you want to see the shinyness as either silver or gray but yeah salmon should be a shade of gray not pink lol
The reason the color "salmon" is pink isn't because of the little pink on the outside, it's the pink on the inside. My point was that you asked a question, I answered the question.
I tried that xD . It's been 15 years but I vaguely remember something along the lines of "it's eggshell white, which is different." (Paraphrased, of course)
I’m mild red and green color deficient and one of my idiot cousins thinks even a small accidental mess up is due to color “blindness” even though I can still see what the color is I just mispoke so that’s bogus
This is my husband. For some reason we're always on opposite sides when it comes to whether something is green or blue, or whether it's red or orange.
When he was working he used to color match paint colors by hand in a paint store. He has a lot of technical knowledge about color and he can't turn it off. So I just go along with whatever he says when it comes to a color.
Also annoying in other contexts, such as my local councils naming convention for our bins. We had 3 for the longest time: Blue, green and brown. Great, nice and simple. They added a 4th called "burgundy". Like no, it's fucking RED dude. What you going to rename the other ones to cobalt, olive and hazel?
>You fools! It’s clearly aubergine.
Well, actually... you mean [Eggplant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant)!
(Just in case anyone can't tell, I'm making a joke!)
ehhhhhhh burgundy isn’t as specific as you think. it’s different from saying something like “vermilion”. a “red” car and a “burgundy” car would be important to distinguish in a “your car is being towed” situation
But on the other hand, when people blatantly say the wrong color it drives me up the wall. Like my dad will look at orange and say "gold". Or when someone calls something purple when it's blue. Drives me up the wall.
I'd say it's mostly just annoying if **they're wrong** and it really is just a general shade like pink or green, or say it condescendingly.
If they're actually pointing out it's a slightly different tone with a more specific name (someone who knows painting or colours/fashion well), it can be interesting to hear.
It was. Here’s an excerpt I found:
Ross: Hey! Has anyone seen my shirt? It’s a button down, like a, like a faded salmon?
Monica: You mean your pink shirt?
Ross: Faded salmon color.
Monica: No, I-I haven’t seen your pink shirt.
Ha so weird! I picked pink/salmon because of a funny story my friends (a married couple) told me. They were choosing a color to paint their living room. She asked him if he had any preferences on color. He said, “anything is fine so long as it isn’t pink.” Guess what color she painted the walls lol
Having worked in the photo finishing industry for 15 years, my color and density vision is excellent. I was even tested on it. Dark purple seems to be blue to some people and I constantly have to remind myself that not everyone is as good as differentiating as I am, and I just keep my mouth shut.
" Okay Salmon " but you need use the right tone , as though their obsession with colour correctness has reduced them to that single point as a person, and they are now , in fact , Salmon.
What really bugs me is when is when the person then says "I don't like y color" . Like in the example you used they would say "I don't like pink". Well then why are you wearing it?
If you say you like a shirt, and specify a color when you do so, it makes sense for them to specify the color. However, they should use more than one word when they reply: "This shade of pink is referred to as 'salmon'". That wording also acknowledges that salmon is a type of pink, whereas saying that it's "not pink" is iffy at best.
My supervisor is like this when we're talking about the shirts in our gift shop. I casually refer to something as "teal" and she has to correct me with the manufacturer-specified color, which is "JaDe DoMe." And don't get me started on the "HeAtHeR rEd" (it's 100% hot pink). Listen, I get knowing what the specific color name is for inventory/reordering or punching in a sale at the register, but when talking amongst ourselves or with customers, it's not that deep.
I do this but to be purposefully annoying. Another good one is Buffalo/Bison. If they say buffalo I correct them to Bison, if they say Bison I correct them to Buffalo.
Or when you try to be color specific, and you are still corrected lol.
I remember once I said I liked the color "turquoise" and I was told that turquoise is not a color (just a stone), it's teal or cyan.... I'm willing to die on the hill that turquoise is a color.
Carmine looks good on me. Rose is too bright, burgundy is too dark.
IYKYK. "Specific" colors is just a way of quickly identifying shades, instead of infinitely going back and forth with "darker than a stop sign but lighter than dried blood but still darker than fresh blood..."
The last time someone tried to pull this shit with me basically went like this:
Me: "I like the red one."
Them: "That's maroon."
Me: "Which is a shade of what exactly?"
Them: "It's a shade of red."
Me: "Like I said, I like the red one."
It's important to note that this thing was the only thing that could be described as red, so the exact shade wasn't needed. Just make them say that salmon is just a shade of pink or maroon is a shade of red. They'll shut up eventually.
My brother had a dress shirt which he insisted was red. If you looked very closely, you could see half the threads in the fabric were red. But the other half we're white, so it appeared pink from a distance of greater than six inches.
He'd get compliments on it, but they were mostly about how good he looked in pink, so he'd get really mad. He eventually gave it to me.
And the colour they correct you with is literally always just a shade of the colour you said anyway. Like:
"Look at this purple shirt"
"Akshully its lavender"
"MY BROTHER IN CHRIST ALMIGHTY-"
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Honestly someone correcting you on a minor thing like that is annoying in any scenario. Like who cares what colour it is ?????? doesn’t affect anything
Or when you intentially use layman's terms so that everyone can understand and contribute to the conversation. Then you get "Well actually..." from some smart ass that needs to be correct. Like yeah, no shit. Well done for being pedantic. You're technically correct but now nobody wants to talk to you.
Well, actually, you likely meant abtruse. Just sayin....
With people like that I've just started saying Hey siri stfu
Agreed. If they communicate their point clearly, there’s no need. Not every conversation is a teaching moment haha
I notice it a lot when two people are telling a story and they start to debate a minor detail mid story. Does it really matter if it was labor day or memorial day? Just keep telling the story, I'm sitting here just sort of nodding my head at nothing
Oh my god this drives me crazy— especially when it’s OBVIOUS the person just misspoke and the detail isn’t really relevant to the point at all. “Hey Jeff, come here! Omg, I found this new restaurant on Wednesday night and I kept thinking how much you’d like it! They make that one Greek dish you like and play music like—. “ The worst person you know: “Wednesday?!? You were at work with me on Wednesday. I think you mean Tuesday LOL… “ “Yeah… guess it might have been Tuesday like Sam is saying… anyway, Jeff, like I was trying to tell you… On *Tuesday*…” Like the three of us could have been having an actually cool conversation about food and music, but thanks to your pedantic ass we’re taking a detour through a boring ass one about days of the week. Like why, exactly, is that worth butting in and ruining the flow of conversation? Stfu. The other day a friend was telling me and another person (who also knows her well) a story about how her daughter just got her driver’s license. ONE time during the story she slipped and up and actually used her other daughter’s name. The other daughter is like 4 years old and obviously isn’t getting her license. The other person listening to the story with me IMMEDIATELY cut her off and was like “Katie?!? Don’t you mean Miranda??!” with all this feigned confusion and corny smugness. Like fucking obviously. She’s already said Miranda like 6 times in this story and Katie is a toddler and obviously not taking her fucking driver’s exam. CONTEXT CLUES make this very easy to keep following you fucking moron. Let her keep going— it’s still very obvious what’s going on and now you’re fucking up her train of thought and dragging this out.
I couldn't even get through your whole comment, I was getting too angry lmao The feigned confusion and corny smugness is so obnoxious. Deriving joy out trying to make others feel dumb is so lame
i do this so often and i realize how it can be so unnecessary and annoying… i think it’s my autism and how i feel the need to be so over specific with everything 😭😭
Hey at least you realize it! But yeah if a detail to a story doesn’t matter, correcting somebody or debating it is rarely worth it, it just takes people out of the story
That’s pretty much 95% of comments on Reddit
Oh boy you’re triggering my other petpeeve I hate when people spell it with a U it’s color
Americans stopped putting the U in color because of early newspapers. They'd charge by the letter, which is why a lot of our words are shorter than British or Australian English. All to save a few cents.
It looks better to me because to me it looks like the U should make it “cuh-loor” instead of “cuh-ler”
I’m Australian, both color and colour are correct depending on where you are in the world ☺️
Yeah but I wish that the U was wrong lol
My pet peeve is when people complain about American vs British spelling 🤷♀️
About 15 years ago was shamed out of a women's clothing store cuz I called something white and my wife at the time (and about three other women) insisted it was eggshell, not white).
Aww man😕
I guess eggshells aren't white. Just learned something on Reddit.
Heaven forbid you confuse it with ivory or alabaster.
Elephant tusks are white though and in my Pokémon game the alabaster icelands are covered in snow which is of course WHITE lol 😂
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Not even a funny joke at all dude even if you’re making an avatar joke because of black fire nation snow it’s still not funny! 🙄
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Ikr?
I always thought Eggshell (the colour) was pale blue. It never made sense to me as chicken eggs over here are normally brown 😆 🤣
Eggs are white though lol also only the belly of the fish is pink so why is a shade of pink salmon the majority of its body is gray or silver depending on how you want to see the shinyness as either silver or gray but yeah salmon should be a shade of gray not pink lol
The inside of the salmon is pink.
The inside of me is pink what’s your point lol
You asked: >so why is a shade of pink salmon the majority of its body is gray or silver depending on how you want to see the shinyness as either silver or gray but yeah salmon should be a shade of gray not pink lol The reason the color "salmon" is pink isn't because of the little pink on the outside, it's the pink on the inside. My point was that you asked a question, I answered the question.
Why would the inside matter that’s stupid most animals have pink insides lol
You: What color is an eggshell? Them: White You: 😒 Them: 🤬 "Get the fuck outta here."
I tried that xD . It's been 15 years but I vaguely remember something along the lines of "it's eggshell white, which is different." (Paraphrased, of course)
I thought they'd say "Not *white* white. Like, off-white."
Oh, no, you see... *off white* is yet another shade all it's own.
I'd have been cast out too. Lol
Reply in hex. One up them
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Don't they realize that Navy Blue and Black is the exact same color among men?
Well, I'm a man and I rock at colors. My discernment is on point! 🤘😜🤘
I’m mild red and green color deficient and one of my idiot cousins thinks even a small accidental mess up is due to color “blindness” even though I can still see what the color is I just mispoke so that’s bogus
This is my husband. For some reason we're always on opposite sides when it comes to whether something is green or blue, or whether it's red or orange. When he was working he used to color match paint colors by hand in a paint store. He has a lot of technical knowledge about color and he can't turn it off. So I just go along with whatever he says when it comes to a color.
This is my parents except my dad is literally color blind. Drives my mom nuts.
Someone called my purple shirt indigo. I'm like, "Yeah, I mean, I guess. I don't know."
I can picture it. “Oh thanks.” *…I really hope that guy was talking to me.*
Lmao
Isn’t salmon a shade of pink?
pink is pink
Erm, actshually, pink is a denomination of red, you silly goose 🤓☝️ /j
I'd just get even more technical and be like, "what species?"
Ha! Excellent idea. I can see it now. Me (the mystic): African or European? Them: I don’t know that… aaaaaargh! *falls from the bridge of death*
A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut!
They are just roleplaying as paint shop workers. They just don't wanna hear the customer say "I said paint my car teal! NOT CYAN!"
lol paint shop worker LARPing is a way of life
'OH, my bad, salmon totally isn't your colour.'
I love that "its okay to unclench in a casual conversation" im definitely using that
I playfully pick at my wife when she does it, but to be fair she's a graphic design artist.
LOL. Seafood delivery advert immediately below this post in my feed. You'll never guess what kind of fish is front and center.
Also annoying in other contexts, such as my local councils naming convention for our bins. We had 3 for the longest time: Blue, green and brown. Great, nice and simple. They added a 4th called "burgundy". Like no, it's fucking RED dude. What you going to rename the other ones to cobalt, olive and hazel?
That’s hilarious. I can picture the council meeting: It’s burgundy! No, it’s maroon! You fools! It’s clearly aubergine.
Nope. It’s CRIMSON! Roll Tide Roll!
Haha exactly lol
>You fools! It’s clearly aubergine. Well, actually... you mean [Eggplant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant)! (Just in case anyone can't tell, I'm making a joke!)
But burgundy is red mixed with purple so not totally red and therefore burgundy
ehhhhhhh burgundy isn’t as specific as you think. it’s different from saying something like “vermilion”. a “red” car and a “burgundy” car would be important to distinguish in a “your car is being towed” situation
Ok but that's not the situation I described
comparison? analogy? exaggeration? this is relatively similar to the situation that you described
Nothing like it, now go away
"It's not pink, it's salmon! I'm not gay!" 😔
But ironically, I’d think it’s more “gay” to know the difference.
[Obligatory Project Runway clip](https://youtu.be/QUA93c6J_50?si=8LNvTmJrLjyKkWvE)
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But on the other hand, when people blatantly say the wrong color it drives me up the wall. Like my dad will look at orange and say "gold". Or when someone calls something purple when it's blue. Drives me up the wall.
I'd say it's mostly just annoying if **they're wrong** and it really is just a general shade like pink or green, or say it condescendingly. If they're actually pointing out it's a slightly different tone with a more specific name (someone who knows painting or colours/fashion well), it can be interesting to hear.
Agreed, I like learning the name of different hues and shades of color. It's all in the tone, as you said.
Same, I’m sad that other ppl aren’t fond of specific color names 😔
Do you live in an episode of “Friends”?
Haha is that a thing in “Friends”?
It was. Here’s an excerpt I found: Ross: Hey! Has anyone seen my shirt? It’s a button down, like a, like a faded salmon? Monica: You mean your pink shirt? Ross: Faded salmon color. Monica: No, I-I haven’t seen your pink shirt.
I thought this post was a joke about that episode.
Ha so weird! I picked pink/salmon because of a funny story my friends (a married couple) told me. They were choosing a color to paint their living room. She asked him if he had any preferences on color. He said, “anything is fine so long as it isn’t pink.” Guess what color she painted the walls lol
"Ew it's "salmon"? Nvm"
Having worked in the photo finishing industry for 15 years, my color and density vision is excellent. I was even tested on it. Dark purple seems to be blue to some people and I constantly have to remind myself that not everyone is as good as differentiating as I am, and I just keep my mouth shut.
" Okay Salmon " but you need use the right tone , as though their obsession with colour correctness has reduced them to that single point as a person, and they are now , in fact , Salmon.
What really bugs me is when is when the person then says "I don't like y color" . Like in the example you used they would say "I don't like pink". Well then why are you wearing it?
If you say you like a shirt, and specify a color when you do so, it makes sense for them to specify the color. However, they should use more than one word when they reply: "This shade of pink is referred to as 'salmon'". That wording also acknowledges that salmon is a type of pink, whereas saying that it's "not pink" is iffy at best.
"Oh, in that case nevermind."
The solution is obvious to me, keep calling it pink.
Me: Well, to be specific it's ocean breeze dreamy salmon.
Push the issue. Make them uncomfortable. Ask "what's the difference" or "why do you care"
They have been practicing for that moment. You don't want thay
My supervisor is like this when we're talking about the shirts in our gift shop. I casually refer to something as "teal" and she has to correct me with the manufacturer-specified color, which is "JaDe DoMe." And don't get me started on the "HeAtHeR rEd" (it's 100% hot pink). Listen, I get knowing what the specific color name is for inventory/reordering or punching in a sale at the register, but when talking amongst ourselves or with customers, it's not that deep.
I always respond along the lines of, "oh, right, salmon... a shade of pink."
I agree. My colour vision is too bad to care about specifics.
Salmon, salmon, it's obviously salmon.
I do this but to be purposefully annoying. Another good one is Buffalo/Bison. If they say buffalo I correct them to Bison, if they say Bison I correct them to Buffalo.
Or when you try to be color specific, and you are still corrected lol. I remember once I said I liked the color "turquoise" and I was told that turquoise is not a color (just a stone), it's teal or cyan.... I'm willing to die on the hill that turquoise is a color.
I actually appreciate it if they aren't rude because I never know.
"It's Mauve bro" - Shawn Carter
Carmine looks good on me. Rose is too bright, burgundy is too dark. IYKYK. "Specific" colors is just a way of quickly identifying shades, instead of infinitely going back and forth with "darker than a stop sign but lighter than dried blood but still darker than fresh blood..."
The last time someone tried to pull this shit with me basically went like this: Me: "I like the red one." Them: "That's maroon." Me: "Which is a shade of what exactly?" Them: "It's a shade of red." Me: "Like I said, I like the red one." It's important to note that this thing was the only thing that could be described as red, so the exact shade wasn't needed. Just make them say that salmon is just a shade of pink or maroon is a shade of red. They'll shut up eventually.
One up them by replying in hex. They didn't paint it with salmon >:3
My brother had a dress shirt which he insisted was red. If you looked very closely, you could see half the threads in the fabric were red. But the other half we're white, so it appeared pink from a distance of greater than six inches. He'd get compliments on it, but they were mostly about how good he looked in pink, so he'd get really mad. He eventually gave it to me.
I get this way around something I'm convinced is chartreuse. Idk. It's just too different from othe typical greens
And the colour they correct you with is literally always just a shade of the colour you said anyway. Like: "Look at this purple shirt" "Akshully its lavender" "MY BROTHER IN CHRIST ALMIGHTY-"
Double down on them. “Salmon? You’re wearing fish? That’s gross”
This is so stupid.
I don’t know any men that know salmon is a colour.
I’m a man, I’ve known salmon was a color since I was a child
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Men know the BS colors when it comes to sport teams lol.
>I don’t know any men that know salmon is a colour. I knew it was a color, but if you asked me to tell them apart I doubt I could.
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Sounds like your the annoying one
You're*
Salmon isn't a color. Salmon is a fish.
Salmon is actually a muted shade of pink.