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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 hours ago … 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-up3·9 hours agoIt really doesn’t though. Linguistic conventions don’t override reality, and reality doesn’t follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however…
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoThe law of humor supersedes all of these.
I do not understand.
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.