Wrong thing to say?

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I was having a conversation I thought was going well but I think I offended her or something. Here's the TLDR version. Did I say the wrong thing?

Me: "I like playing video games."
Her: "Me too!"
Me: "Cool! What do you play?"
Her: "I love RPGs."
Me: "So do I! What's your favorite?"
Her: "RE4."
Me: "Resident Evil 4? That's not an RPG."
Her: "It totally is!"
Me: "It's action/horror game."
Her: *screenshot of internet article saying that "RPG" means you "play the role of an imaginary person"*
Me: "If that was the case literally every video game would be an RPG." *explains the core concepts of a role playing game*
Her: *never speaks to me again*

We were texting

Your better off without a woman who would quit talking to someone just cuz the person disagreed with her

Can I ask you to try to put yourself in her shoes and reverse the roles but perhaps change the topic to something else that she would correct you about? I'd like to know how you'd feel about it.

Correcting a spouse or longtime partner who is incorrect about something is one thing, and I would say even at times enjoyable

Correcting someone you just met about something is most often viewed as adversarial and that's why most people are put off by that.

I guess it's also how diplomatically you present your viewpoint. There are definitely ways you can present something without coming across as correcting someone but still provide them with the information.

If I'm legitimately wrong about something I'm okay with being corrected. What I don't think I would be okay with is being in a relationship with someone who is okay with being wrong. As in I correct them and they immediately get pissy just because I acknowledged that they were wrong about something. So I guess this probably worked out for the best.

I think the problem was that you were to much into the rather boring discussion about the definition. She wanted you to show interest in her or at least to speak about more interesting stuff than this.

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I don't know anything about video games but I wouldn't personally bother to upset someone's illusions about a subject that unimportant. It is, after all, only a semantic question

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I would say you got a little too "technical" and precise.

The girl probably thought you were a "grammar Nazi" or something....

I've made the same mistake----many times.

One of the traits of Aspies is black and white thinking.
So although you were focussed on something very minor and I would agree with you on your definition of RPG, the main questions is "What were your goals?"
If it was to obtain a friend or more specifically girlfriend, the correct approach is probably not get bogged down by minor details.
I would probably have recommended the following response, "What do you like about Resident Evil 4?" instead of implying either she is wrong, or stupid.

That's called mansplaining, and you probably came across as condescending.

Yeah, definitely sounds like you said the wrong thing.

Sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and steer the conversation in a more friendly direction. It sounded like maybe she was using a super loose RPG definition to be playful, maybe she doesn't really like RPGs. I don't know, but either way, you probably should've latched onto the fact that RE4 is a pretty good game.

Maybe you could apologize? Or maybe it's just another lesson learned.