I feel like too many people take being corrected like this as a sign that I’m trying to be condescending when, to me, it’s a simple courtesy I hope other people extend to me as well when I mess up.
To be fair, sometimes the timing of correcting someone can play a role. Waiting to correct a spelling error until after the main point has been discussed is usually best, otherwise it can be perceived as condescending.
Whether that was the case in OP’s message or not I cannot tell from the bit we have.
The human brain really fuckin hates being wrong. To the point it will create false memories to prove it’s right. This is a recorded psychological phenomenon.
And now I’m teaching you to spell. It’s the ciiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife
I talked to a customer the other day at work who kept saying he’d connected his phone to the “wee fee”.
I’m sure that this authoritative video agrees but I’m at work so can’t play it out loud.
I just had a conversation with my mom where she brought up the spoon thing when I complained I’m just here free IT guy. I told her “yeah, but i fucking learned. That either means I’m way smarter than you or you’re just an old dog that can’t learn new tricks”.
In Germany we have a saying
“Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht”
Translated: Age (or expetience from age) doesnt save you from being a moron.
And? You don’t know me, my mom, or our relationship. This could have been a situation where my mom is a narcisistic horrible person, or it could have been a situation where my mom and I are giving each other a hard time and cracking jokes. Both of these make my response perfectly reasonable.
If you must know this was all in good fun. She thought my joke was funny. I frequently talk to her like this and she laughs. Litterally half an hour later she was so thankful I was such a great kid to raise among other things.
“How is that relevant to the topic at hand?”