Rice

[kiya]

teinedreugan: You could use the rice cooker.
Me: It is physically possible for me to use the rice cooker, yes.
teinedreugan: ... why wouldn't it be?
Me: I was just agreeing with you. I could use the rice cooker.
teinedreugan: You won't, though.
Me: Yes. But it is possible for me to do so.
teinedreugan: I love you. Even when you berate me.
Me: I'm not berating you. I'm mocking you. There's a difference.
teinedreugan: *sigh* You're pedantic, too.

(That last of course being a reference to nancylebov's button, "I'm not pompous. I'm pedantic. There's a difference." Which I gave to my father once.)

State of the me: I had a little lunch without needing to dose myself with drugs or ginger tea in order to not be violently ill! Bonus!

Still feel like shit.

Comments

[worldmage.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods, griffen and I have conversations like that ALL THE TIME! XD

Griff: Could you take out the trash?
Me: I am able to, yes.
Griff: That's not what I wanted to know.
Me: Ask the right question and I will give you the answer you seek.

Glad to hear you're feeling a little better, at least.

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

It also sounds very much like conversations I have with zorinth, which come down to having slightly different default settings for politest way to ask someone to do things due to the differences between Irish and UK English.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Why were you mocking him for using a word correctly? "Can" has been used in English to indicate possibility for hundreds of years. In fact, according to the OED, "can" appeared in written English with the meaning of expressed possibility before it appeared with the meaning "be able to." Therefore, teinedreugan should be mocking you.

[kiya]

Because ... that's the sort of interaction we tend to have?

I fail to comprehend why this is some sort of problem.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

It isn't a problem. I can understand playful mockery; my husband and I use it, and sometimes even one of us with one of our kids. Maybe it isn't the case at your house, but at our house we make enough mistakes that we don't have to pretend something is incorrect when it isn't. It's just me.

[kiya]

... what does "incorrect" have to do with anything?

Utterly, utterly, catastrophically baffled.

[pinkpolarity.livejournal.com]

State of the me: I had a little lunch without needing to dose myself with drugs or ginger tea in order to not be violently ill! Bonus!

I just took yet another ginger pill, so I really, really relate to this.

Hope you feel better soon!