Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for March 20, 2024
Transcript:
hamhock: here's a neat factoid... ralston: "-oid" means "resembling." hamhock: what? ralston: the suffix "-oid" means resembling, but not exactly. like a humanoid is not a human. so a "factoid" should be something that seems like a fact, but isn't-in other words, a lie. it's a meaningless term. hamhock: you're the most annoying person I've ever met...ralston: now, that's a factoid!
Ralston has confused ‘similar’ and ‘antonym’ it is an error not many can make. Would he insist a spheroid is a box because it’s not a perfect sphere?