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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-223 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-up3·23 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-up4·23 hours agoThe 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.