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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago

The Secretary of... What?

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The Secretary of... What?

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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago
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  • TheWolfOfSouthEnd [none/use any]@hexbear.net
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    Why has he put “stuff” in quotation marks?

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Boomers do weird shit with text. Capitalizing random words, quotation marks for no reason, ellipses for no reason. Its a mess and no one knows why they do it

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        It’s a “Mystery”…

        (Illiteracy and cognitive impairment)

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          Which was caused at least in part by all the lead in everything

      • DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        “Greg Heffley” STANDARD English.

      • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        The only one I understand is double spacing due to typewriters. But everything else is so weird.

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      I’m “stuff”

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        I-was-saying

    • Rom [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Yeah boomers use quotation marks for emphasis

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      “Emphasis”?

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        I feel like there’s a big divide with the phrase “so called” as well, since I grew up with seeing it used sarcastically.

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      What do you mean? It’s completely “normal”!

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      because hes stupid

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      I read it as self-censoring “knows his shit”.

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      …maybe he really likes oreos?..

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      I assume he’s signaling to his base that he means “shit.” Conservatives love codes like that, kinda like “Let’s go, Brandon!” meant “Let’s blow Biden!” or whatever.

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