My buddy said my sub was pedantic

[Cato]

Most of us buy Rolexs for perfection - look at all the guys stressing over issues only visible with loops. And, the most “perfect” of the Rolexs in terms of legend and recognition is the Sub. Your buddy apparently gets excited over brightly colored watches with exposed bolts and flat head screws. But yes the Sub is pedantic - in the best sense of the word.

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by Cato

But yes the Sub is pedantic - in the best sense of the word.

Sorry, but this is called for again.







And it's a loupe.

[Joemck]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

Sorry, but this is called for again.







And it's a loupe.

Well, that’s .... In conceivable

[Krash]

Originally Posted by Cato

Most of us buy Rolexs for perfection - look at all the guys stressing over issues only visible with loops. And, the most “perfect” of the Rolexs in terms of legend and recognition is the Sub. Your buddy apparently gets excited over brightly colored watches with exposed bolts and flat head screws. But yes the Sub is pedantic - in the best sense of the word.

The sub isn’t pedantic. A watch or an inanimate object can’t be pedantic. However, the people that buy a sub tend to be pedantic. Ironically, my reply to you is pedantic.


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[Joemck]

This is the quality entertainment I crave at the end of the day
Good stuff, all around

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[jrs146]

Lol. Clearly he intended to use the word pedestrian. I think a Submariner is the exact opposite of pedestrian. Unfortunately I can’t say the same for a few submariner owners


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[Mystro]

I think most Sub owners feel like a “pedestrian” when walking down the sidewalk.

[SpeedyTuomas]

Seems like an exotic adjective to use for a watch? I do not think it makes much sense..perhaps that the watch does what it should and in a reliable way? But then a again it is not a quartz so that is not very logical either. Maybe he was trying to use a "fancy" word lol.

[Bt122]

Originally Posted by SpeedyTuomas

Seems like an exotic adjective to use for a watch? I do not think it makes much sense..perhaps that the watch does what it should and in a reliable way? But then a again it is not a quartz so that is not very logical either. Maybe he was trying to use a "fancy" word lol.

Buddy always tries to be fancy. :).

[ras47]

Inigo Montoya said it best.

[HogwldFLTR]

Would it be pedantic if worn on your ankle instead of the wrist?

[uber]

We are in a whirlpool of pedantry here..... I believe the original meaning was indeed applicable to the object/individual... i.e. the original Greek "pedant" is the slave who took the kids to school.... now the meaning has evolved describing a human trait of picking on the insignificant.... I guess any timepiece is a slave to our relationship with relativity....

[JacksonStone]

To expand on what Uber said, pedantic means stodgily or ostentatiously learned. The connotation is of a person who goes out of his way to show off to others what he knows about something, often unimaginatively, by focusing on minutiae. The irony of using the word incorrectly is that your friend actually made a display of what he didn't know.

[uber]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

To expand on what Uber said, pedantic means stodgily or ostentatiously learned. The connotation is of a person who goes out of his way to show off to others what he knows about something, often unimaginatively, by focusing on minutiae. The irony of using the word incorrectly is that your friend actually made a display of what he didn't know.

indeed....hoist with his own petard

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by uber

indeed....hoist with his own petard

[Colin G]

Pedantic is an odd word to use to try and describe a watch.

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by Colin G

Pedantic is an odd and word to use to try and describe a watch.

Honestly, it's not odd. It's just wrong. His friend clearly meant something else, and simply used a word he (incorrectly) thought conveyed that meaning. As others have said, he most likely meant pedestrian, indicating he thinks the Sub is ordinary and boring.

[AK797]

This thread is now getting pedantic.

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by AK797

This thread is now getting pedantic.

It's a fine line, but I think one is granted latitude on one's pedantry when dealing with misconceptions about the meaning of the word "pedantic."

[herts9]

he used it right. pedestrian is a similar word though.

pedantic was probably taken to mean unimaginative, or common, or mainstream...you know, lacking uniqueness.

snarky, but his AP would be considered pedantic against a RM 022

[marc12]

he probably just watched family guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpbdGnJbneE

[breitlings]

Originally Posted by herts9

he used it right. pedestrian is a similar word though.

pedantic was probably taken to mean unimaginative, or common, or mainstream...you know, lacking uniqueness.

snarky, but his AP would be considered pedantic against a RM 022

I don't think he used the optimal diction unless he meant the escapement was pendant like in keeping time.

I think he meant it was boring but pedantic implies a metronomic (boring) aspect to a delivery of communication, like Ben Stein in Ferris Buller's day off, which coincidentally closely mirrored my high school experience.

[uber]

no he didn't
no it isn't
if you can "take a word to mean" anything you like then you essentially evolve the word... of course this has to become a collective misconception to become mainstream...

by this logic I have decided the sub is geranium :)

[Flier]

Originally Posted by Bt122

Relative to his Kermit. Lol

No hate lol...


Had lunch with my buddy. He let me try on his AP... didn’t like it felt kinda flimsy. Another buddy had a panerai base logo white... that caught my eye. I didn’t think I would like it. But looked good.... and it’s sub $4 k new.


Pedantic

He forgot that the watch that gave life to his green swatch lookalike was the black sub

[Bt122]

I know I started this thread but it’s turning out to be quite comical

Lol