• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I’ve read it like five times and I still don’t understand the first one. What are they saying/asking

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      1 year ago

      You see someone post a drawing, and it’s really not good.

      “That’s certainly one of the drawings of all time”

      The expectation for the phrase would be “that’s one of the best drawings of all time” or “one of the worse drawings of all time” but removing the adjective to break the sentence creates this ironic feeling of stating something is underwhelming without directly saying so.

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      1 year ago

      That they like semi broken sentences. Ones that make sense, or are super vague, but are incorrectly structured.

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      1 year ago

      They have replacement words in there.

      That’s certainly a thing

      I.e. “That’s certainly a car” or “That’s certainly a shirt”

      That’s so shaped

      I.e. “That’s so squared” or “That’s so rounded” (I’m not certain of this one"

      One of the best animals

      I.e. “He’s one of the best doggos”

      That’s my best guess but not sure

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        Unless they literally meant “that is so shaped”, I could also imagine replacing the “so”, like, " is friend shaped"

        Though thinking about it, I haven’t seen anything other than “friend shaped” so that’s probably not it.