And why do people think they have the right to correct any thing you say?
In general, because there lots of people in the conversation, you have to expect at least one person will be offended by something I/we say and feel compelled to issue a correction.
In the particular "but it's not really a WORLD tour" complaint -- that began because someone got excited because they thought a "world tour" would mean we'd be coming to New Zealand. So...OK. Not very realistic from my point of view, but I could see that someone who was overzealous, or perhaps just not very informed about how publishers spend money/good money/serious money could, maybe, convince themselves.
What corked me off was that, after we explained the joke, the return volley was an attempt to correct my sense of humor.
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Date: 2013-09-25 08:34 pm (UTC)And why do people think they have the right to correct any thing you say?
In general, because there lots of people in the conversation, you have to expect at least one person will be offended by something I/we say and feel compelled to issue a correction.
In the particular "but it's not really a WORLD tour" complaint -- that began because someone got excited because they thought a "world tour" would mean we'd be coming to New Zealand. So...OK. Not very realistic from my point of view, but I could see that someone who was overzealous, or perhaps just not very informed about how publishers spend money/good money/serious money could, maybe, convince themselves.
What corked me off was that, after we explained the joke, the return volley was an attempt to correct my sense of humor.
So -- pre-emptive footnotes R us.