maketotaldestr0i@lemm.eeM to Collapse@lemm.ee · 5 months agoCollege English majors can't readkittenbeloved.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s just purple prose and metaphor, it takes a little translation but it’s not that hard! What’s the world like for these people? If I tell them “this will just take a second” do they get surprised when it takes more than literally one second?
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoConsidering the number of people I say that to and then have them count “One!” and then stare at me with a blank expression, Yeah probably.
It’s just purple prose and metaphor, it takes a little translation but it’s not that hard!
What’s the world like for these people? If I tell them “this will just take a second” do they get surprised when it takes more than literally one second?
Considering the number of people I say that to and then have them count “One!” and then stare at me with a blank expression,
Yeah probably.