Oh god, it’s a paradox! She implicitly makes an example, which makes it not being an example, which makes it an example again! Whaaaaaaaaa
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Submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@startrek.website to risa@startrek.website
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aksdb@feddit.de 1 year ago
CaptObvious@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A joke that only a linguist could love. :D
Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Connie. Connie linguist.
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 year ago
One who speaks in tunnels is a tunnel linguist.
LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Ironically, this is an excellent demonstration of the significance of ignoring pragmatics.
Kerrigor@kbin.social 1 year ago
thatsthejoke.jpeg
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Ironically, not getting the joke is an excellent demonstration of the significance of ignoring pragmatics.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
This is my favorite example: youtu.be/yUl4Fw1jsXY?si=heWRF6tb8Mz1IdtS
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What is this called? Not the show but the type of answering questions in their literal and basic sense.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I think real lawyers would call it “Objection, nonresponsive.”
joshballz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Such a great show. It deserved better.
WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
“Can I use the bathroom?”
“I don’t know? Can you?”
“Yes” urinates on teacher’s desk
Steve@communick.news 1 year ago
“Appears, you couldn’t use the bathroom.”
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They are still able to use the bathroom, they just didnt.