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I have no fucking idea what the Dialectic is and I'm not in any hurry to learn. (hexbear.net)
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

No you are thinking of something else, a dialectic is a non-conductive material that can be polarized by an electric field.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, that’s a dielectric. A dialectic is somebody who can’t eat much sugar because their body doesn’t produce enough insulin.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, that's a diabetic. Easy to get them confused, but a dialectic is a glyph added to a letter to distinguish it from similar letters, i.e. ü vs. u.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is the first time I've ever seen an actually clever and funny pun comment chain.

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