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The fact that it meant something else to someone else is, if you look closely, the entire point of the anecdote.
by fenomas 1y ago
The fact that it meant something else to someone else is, if you look closely, the entire point of the anecdote.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoAnd the phrasing, "Apparently, ...", presents this as if it was hard to foresee. It was definitely not hard to foresee.
- margalabargala 1y agoAnd yet it apparently was hard to foresee for at least one crucial person...
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- ceejayoz 1y agoWhat is easy to forsee in a conference room is not as easy to forsee in a crowded street with tear gas and shouting and rubber bullets flying.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoBut, again, Ken White seems to be having trouble seeing it in retrospect. Is that not weird? The tweet is phrased to suggest that the Marines are using unusual terminology. They aren't.
- CogitoCogito 1y ago"Apparently..." would have been the perfect way to describe my reaction. I didn't realize that "cover me" meant "lay down suppressing fire" to Marines. I guess it makes sense, but that's not the meaning I would have expected. So I would probably have been just as confused as the cops in the story. I wouldn't be surprised if most cops would have been similarly confused. So yeah in conclusion, I don't really understand the point you're trying to make.
- ceejayoz 1y agoYou'll find Popehat is a heavily sarcastic poster. Read it in the sense of "I told my toddler they can't have ice cream three times a day and apparently that makes me a meanie".