emperor000 t1_iydln84 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to comment by bougienative in Today I learned that poinsettias were first cultivated by the Aztecs. They were brought to America by Joel Poinsett, from who they get their English name. by Underworld_Denizen

I think you misunderstood, maybe because I was too terse.

First of all, what you said isn't wrong, but considering that the subject here is the confusing nature of the title, being the most precise or using the most precision seems reasonable. That could have avoided a confusing title, after all. You can certainly refer to the American continent, but that can create confusion or ambiguity if you use it incorrectly.

And the reason I pointed that out is that the title isn't confusing because it is a contradiction, due to the point you pointed out, it is confusing because it is ambiguous. The title is referring to two different landmasses or using "America" to refer to only North America and ignoring that the Aztecs were from another (part of) America.

In case that still isn't clear, when u/lectorsito said "brough to America again", there was no "again". They were transported from one place in the Americas, or America, to another place in the Americas.

bougienative t1_iydmaad wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:52 PM

I was gonna go line by line and respond to all your points. But ita way too much effort for me to go through to placate your desire to defend a single dumb comment you made. Your correction didn't bring either precision or clarity, and it certainly didn't clear up or point anything out at the title, these are all post script justification because your correction was incorrect lol. If America is one or two continents had nothing to do with the point he made, and has nothing to do with the contradiction in the title, it was you just going "um actually" and offering a wrong correction lol. But have a great day mate.

emperor000 t1_iydt6mm wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:36 PM

You should actually read what I wrote instead of acting like it is too much effort. Also maybe cut out the gaslight-ey "just post script justification" stuff. You have no place to tell me what I meant, especially if you yourself make it clear that you didn't even read it.

Finally, you saying that my comment was incorrect when "there is no wrong answer" is pretty bizarre.

bougienative t1_iydtgnm wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:38 PM

It was incorrect because it was correcting someone over a statement with no correct answer. What was wrong wasn't your local Continental naming convention, but saying that his is wrong.