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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoAre you no longer an adult now that you are a pirate?
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoLike the rest of us, they just no longer visit department stores, or the mall.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThen what does being an adult have to do with it?
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI was also an adult the last time I visitted the mall, years-ago. Were you an adult the last time you went to a mall? Has that changed in the manner of “was an adult but now am not”? Is you a pirate now, or a Benjamin Button?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWould there be a difference had they been a child?
minus-squareMrNobody@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYes. Children are often more sensitive to senses due to less exposure to block them out.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoInteresting. I’ve found that I become increasingly sensitive as I continue to age.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day 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-up3·1 day 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-up4·1 day agoThe law of humor supersedes all of these.
Are you no longer an adult now that you are a pirate?
Like the rest of us, they just no longer visit department stores, or the mall.
Then what does being an adult have to do with it?
I was also an adult the last time I visitted the mall, years-ago. Were you an adult the last time you went to a mall? Has that changed in the manner of “was an adult but now am not”? Is you a pirate now, or a Benjamin Button?
Would there be a difference had they been a child?
Yes. Children are often more sensitive to senses due to less exposure to block them out.
Interesting. I’ve found that I become increasingly sensitive as I continue to age.
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.