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minus-squarego $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoRight. I’m using the term “hard-boiled” synonymously with just “boiled egg”
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 months agoIt doesn’t work that way, though. And this doesn’t even refer to “a boiled egg”, it refers to boiling eggs.
minus-squarego $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoBarring pedantry, I don’t understand the difference you’re inferring
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·4 months agoThe wording you have used so far suggests to me that, every time you boil eggs, you hard boil them. Not everybody does that. Some people soft or medium boil their eggs and variations in between. So boiling eggs is not the same as hard boiling eggs.
minus-squarego $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoThat’s why I clarified.
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 months agoYou said you didn’t understand, so I explained. I didn’t realize you were being disingenuous.
minus-squarego $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI’m not being disingenuous. I think you’re just missing the fact that sometimes people use different terms to mean different things. Ever heard someone call a water heater a “hot water heater”?
Right. I’m using the term “hard-boiled” synonymously with just “boiled egg”
It doesn’t work that way, though. And this doesn’t even refer to “a boiled egg”, it refers to boiling eggs.
Barring pedantry, I don’t understand the difference you’re inferring
The wording you have used so far suggests to me that, every time you boil eggs, you hard boil them. Not everybody does that. Some people soft or medium boil their eggs and variations in between.
So boiling eggs is not the same as hard boiling eggs.
That’s why I clarified.
You said you didn’t understand, so I explained. I didn’t realize you were being disingenuous.
I’m not being disingenuous. I think you’re just missing the fact that sometimes people use different terms to mean different things.
Ever heard someone call a water heater a “hot water heater”?