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I first parsed "competitive bass fishing cheaters" as cheaters who competed with each other for the best technique. Then I realised that was silly -- they are
by gumby 3y ago
I first parsed "competitive bass fishing cheaters" as cheaters who competed with each other for the best technique.
Then I realised that was silly -- they are cheating to beat everyone. A classic "garden path" sentence.
Then I realised that both interpretations are correct.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoFor the other lucky 9,999: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence
- ugh123 3y agoWow thank you. Been looking for a definition of these kinds of sentences for a long time!
- shagie 3y agohttps://xkcd.com/2793/ https://xkcd.com/2793/ is the relevant xkcd... and the explain https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2793:_Garden_Path_Sentence https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2793:_Garden_Path...
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago...And for the "other 9,999" part: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ and https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1053:_Ten_Thousand https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1053:_Ten_Thousan...
- Y_Y 3y agoI misread that as "garden path sentience" and imagined that you were a paved walkway who had gained the power of self-reflection.