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partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

This post made me think of it as it’s a good example of this.

That particular post is a combination of poor English grammar, is deeply referential to pop culture, and also has missing/skipped/misspelled words. Don’t feel bad its hard to parse.

Here is his post corrected:

No it’s because I don’t leave my house anymore unless I’m going to work or grocery shopping . Also because I haven’t been drinking at bars, and I don’t use apps. My carapace may is not be as chitinous as a xenomorph (referencing the 1970s and 80s Ridley Scott/James Cameron movies Alien/Aliens where the aliens had exoskeletons and acid blood), and I don’t have me a heart beating with the acid blood , . but Instead my personality is books and jokes, and but at least I don’t reproduce parasitically…(wait…shit I guess we do…)

Does that make sense now?

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