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[–] _____@lemm.ee 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

English is bent to our will in daily life and yet people act like God wrote the law on how to speak English and we're all committing sins of biblical proportions.

No. You know what ? "Me and Mark" is perfectly okay because you understood exactly what the sentence meant. That's the purpose of language.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 48 minutes ago

Several counter-points:

  • There is an unnecessary space before your question mark.
  • Ideally, you should use single quotes when distinguishing words or phrases within the text
  • The phrase 'and yet' is redundant. Simply "yet" would have been more appropriate.

I believe if you check closely, this rebuttal is ironclad.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

Mark and I hate you

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Seeing as there is very clear paternal symbolism throughout, and even internal dialog of the minster referring to the "doctor" as his father, I think it's pretty reasonable to assume the minster took the same surname.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I read that as minister and not monster and was very confused. I thought I must have missed a reference to a different movie.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago

Ah, I made the same mistake!

I suspect it was when he wrote "minister" that led me to read it as "minister", but it really could have been anything. I'm kind of tired, so that might have been it.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Now I want to see a party of all pedants where everyone enjoys correcting others. Finally, that phrase won't be sarcastic!

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Come have a seat at my D&D table...

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

rolls dice threateningly

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Since red guy is totally not a monster, it makes much more sense to compare them to the creator than to the monster. And since this is a comic, the words are written and therefore read/ seen or – in universe – watched.

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 46 minutes ago

But his hair looks like the stereotypical description of Frankenstein's monster, not Dr. Frankenstein who as far as I am aware doesn't have a stereotyped hair style

That said, my favorite pedantic response would be: Dr. Frankenstein was the monster. And his child should share his last name anyways.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No, Red killed and ate his wife.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Guess I suck at reading between the lines...

[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

honestly, the fault is on you, everyone else (literally everyone) noticed it but you

I never know what anyone is talking about.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Knowledge is knowing that the monster isn’t Frankenstein.

Wisdom is knowing that the monster is Frankenstein.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago

Intelligence is knowing that haircut is fucking terrible.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

I want to party with Dan!