Oh, that makes sense. I interpreted “sad” as the paper making the person who didn’t read it sad, the same way sad music is about making the listener sad than the actual music itself.
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ArcticPrincess@lemmy.ml 1 year agoScientific papers are often titled “What is about: something witty.” This one is about object personification and so after the colon they personify the paper itself by giving it an emotion.
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StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thanks for your response, I appreciate it! That makes sense.