The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 天前The only way outlemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down17
arrow-up1281arrow-down1imageThe only way outlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 天前message-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·3 天前 … 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.
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 天前It really doesn’t though. Linguistic conventions don’t override reality, and reality doesn’t follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however…
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 天前The law of humor supersedes all of these.
The past tense “was” implies that you are no longer an adult.
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.
It really doesn’t though. Linguistic conventions don’t override reality, and reality doesn’t follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however…
The law of humor supersedes all of these.