!lemmysilver
The best use of gender neutral “man” is creating ambiguity and confusion
the wise man her own
I spent entirely too long parsing this sentence. It’s the Friday dumb.
So basically “The wise man [questions] her
own [gender]”.Much thanks. You are not alone
Tbf it lacks a comma to give more sense
CW Transphobia
spoiler
Last summer a random person on the street asked me my gender and then disagreed with my answer.
Reminds me of this:
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Why would they even ask if they don’t believe it anyway?
It’s called cognitive dissonance I think
Assigned [gender] at [random person]
“gender is kill.”
“no.”
Man who walk sideways into airport turnstile going to Bangkok.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Is there a name for this type of humor because it’s the way my brain works and I can’t make it stop
Garden path sentences
You’ve got zeugma
This is the beginning of the sentence you just finished reading.
I’m sorry, and I’m going to have to share this with you:
This is the Title of the Story, which is also found several times in the story itself.
https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/titleOfTheStory.html
lmao thank you for this
That link claims no author. I first saw it in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel Escher Bach, which I can also highly recommend.
Oh my god how did you know?
Seriously amazing, I love it. Condolences to your brain though, it must take its toll.
Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day
Man who runs behind car gets exhausted.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired.
Man who goes to bed with itchy butt wakes with stinky fingers.
This is a fucking great post. 10/10
