▲ 277 ▼ The only way out (lemmy.world) submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (3 children) I do not understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (2 children) ... As an adult, I would ... The past tense "was" implies that you are no longer an adult. ... hold me breath ... Yarr, be ye holding yer breath, matey? Combining these two pieces of information, I can infer that you have transformed from an adult into a pirate. Congratulations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) It really doesn't though. Linguistic conventions don't override reality, and reality doesn't follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago The law of humor supersedes all of these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (2 children) ... As an adult, I would ... The past tense "was" implies that you are no longer an adult. ... hold me breath ... Yarr, be ye holding yer breath, matey? Combining these two pieces of information, I can infer that you have transformed from an adult into a pirate. Congratulations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) It really doesn't though. Linguistic conventions don't override reality, and reality doesn't follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago The law of humor supersedes all of these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) It really doesn't though. Linguistic conventions don't override reality, and reality doesn't follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago The law of humor supersedes all of these. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago The law of humor supersedes all of these. permalink fedilink source parent
