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minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIs there a name for this type of humor because it’s the way my brain works and I can’t make it stop
minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThis is the beginning of the sentence you just finished reading.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’m sorry, and I’m going to have to share this with you: This is the Title of the Story, which is also found several times in the story itself. https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/titleOfTheStory.html
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat link claims no author. I first saw it in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel Escher Bach, which I can also highly recommend.
minus-squaredrolex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOh my god how did you know? Seriously amazing, I love it. Condolences to your brain though, it must take its toll.
minus-squarefinalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoGarden path sentences
Is there a name for this type of humor because it’s the way my brain works and I can’t make it stop
You’ve got zeugma
This is the beginning of the sentence you just finished reading.
I’m sorry, and I’m going to have to share this with you:
This is the Title of the Story, which is also found several times in the story itself.
https://stuff.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/titleOfTheStory.html
lmao thank you for this
That link claims no author. I first saw it in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel Escher Bach, which I can also highly recommend.
Oh my god how did you know?
Seriously amazing, I love it. Condolences to your brain though, it must take its toll.
Garden path sentences