Comment on Neil A.

• hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He got better.

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• Nelots@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why would he be italicized? ‘Was’ would be italicized because the emphasis is being put on the fact that he actually was an alien.

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  • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because HE is the alien there. Not that he is and then is not anymore, he always is the alien there.

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    • Nelots@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The emphasis is not being placed on was because it’s past tense, it’s being placed on was because the shitpost is ironically somewhat accurate. You can replace it with is if you’d like for the same meaning. On the other hand, everyone knows we’re talking about Neil as there is no other relevant subject, so bringing attention to the word he doesn’t really make any sense.

      Perhaps it would read better if they had said “…he actually was an alien”?

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        On the moon he is the alien. Otherwise he if the human and others are the aliens, hence the emphasis that we can be aliens.

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• Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why is your face italic 😏

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