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I dare a grammarian to take the above-sentence and diagram it out. No, I'm not "feigning surprise", I am legitimately struggling to figure out exactly who's bei

by Terr_ 4mo ago

I dare a grammarian to take the above-sentence and diagram it out. No, I'm not "feigning surprise", I am legitimately struggling to figure out exactly who's being blamed for what.

Terr_ 4mo ago
Some minutes later, and this is my best guess in the form of original with code comments. I got to the end and then backfilled the group names. There's a double layer of irony here, # There is something wrong and hypocritical. # where the people # People who thought vaccines were good criticizing people # criticized anti-vaxxers, of the ignorance # saying the anti-vaxxers didn't realize of "unintended" consequences # the damage they would cause of vaccine fear # by scaring everyone away from proper treatment. # will play defense # Those people give excuses for the unintended consequence # for the problem they actually created of causing that fear # by MAKING the anti-vaxxers afraid in the first place by the extremely aggressive pushing # since they tried too hard of vaccine policies during covid. # to get everyone vaccinated to stop the virus. So, unless I've taken a wrong turn somewhere... *sigh* Helllll no. That's trying to disclaim all responsibility from the group of people who made the mistake. Compare to: "Well, the car I was driving is wrecked, and it's all your fault! You should have known that I don't like being told what do to, so by telling me to slow down you forced me to accelerate into that barrier to prove that you aren't the boss of me. We could have avoided this whole mess if you'd simply babied my special needs and irrationalities like an adult."
- fhdkweig 4mo ago
  > Compare to: "Well, the car I was driving is wrecked, and it's all your fault! You should have known that I don't like being told what do to, so by telling me to slow down you forced me to accelerate into that barrier to prove that you aren't the boss of me. We could have avoided this whole mess if you'd simply babied my special needs and irrationalities like an adult." This is also known as "Look what you made me do."
  - Terr_ 4mo ago
    Especially over the last few years, I've become worried that a certain sizeable minority exists who will read the phrase and not see any problem.

by Terr_ 4mo ago

I dare a grammarian to take the above-sentence and diagram it out. No, I'm not "feigning surprise", I am legitimately struggling to figure out exactly who's being blamed for what.

Terr_ 4mo ago

Some minutes later, and this is my best guess in the form of original with code comments. I got to the end and then backfilled the group names. There's a double layer of irony here, # There is something wrong and hypocritical. # where the people # People who thought vaccines were good criticizing people # criticized anti-vaxxers, of the ignorance # saying the anti-vaxxers didn't realize of "unintended" consequences # the damage they would cause of vaccine fear # by scaring everyone away from proper treatment. # will play defense # Those people give excuses for the unintended consequence # for the problem they actually created of causing that fear # by MAKING the anti-vaxxers afraid in the first place by the extremely aggressive pushing # since they tried too hard of vaccine policies during covid. # to get everyone vaccinated to stop the virus. So, unless I've taken a wrong turn somewhere... *sigh* Helllll no. That's trying to disclaim all responsibility from the group of people who made the mistake. Compare to: "Well, the car I was driving is wrecked, and it's all your fault! You should have known that I don't like being told what do to, so by telling me to slow down you forced me to accelerate into that barrier to prove that you aren't the boss of me. We could have avoided this whole mess if you'd simply babied my special needs and irrationalities like an adult."

fhdkweig 4mo ago
> Compare to: "Well, the car I was driving is wrecked, and it's all your fault! You should have known that I don't like being told what do to, so by telling me to slow down you forced me to accelerate into that barrier to prove that you aren't the boss of me. We could have avoided this whole mess if you'd simply babied my special needs and irrationalities like an adult." This is also known as "Look what you made me do."
- Terr_ 4mo ago
  Especially over the last few years, I've become worried that a certain sizeable minority exists who will read the phrase and not see any problem.