realitista@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoDevil's advocatelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down16
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageDevil's advocatelemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareFlagonOfMe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.
I’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
I’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.