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[-] fishos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This is why literature is dying. If it's not literally, explicitly, no ambiguity at all stated, then it doesn't exist. Have you never heard of what a pun is? It's a literal play on words. Twisting them slightly for the sake of a joke.

People can't understand this and then they jump on Reddit/Lemmy and have "discussions" where they do the same shit and can't grasp any nuance or thought deeper than surface level.

[-] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Melange just straight doesn't mean variety though

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago
[-] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I mean, a itโ€˜s not a play on words because the saying "la melange est la saveur/epice/piquant de la vie" just makes no sense. It's not that I want things to be literal, it's just that this particular "play on words" doesn't even exist.

[-] iii@mander.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

Maybe. I do read a lot. I'm so happy for my local library. I just don't like platitudes.

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