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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

... As an adult, I would ...

The past tense "was" implies that you are no longer an adult.

... hold me breath ...

Yarr, be ye holding yer breath, matey?

Combining these two pieces of information, I can infer that you have transformed from an adult ino a pirate. Congratulations.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 hours ago

It really doesn't though. Linguistic conventions don't override reality, and reality doesn't follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however...

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

The law of humor supersedes all of these.

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