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[jack]

Holy flarking shit, it's cold outside. There may or may not have been any kind of atmosphere, I didn't stop to see.

Pedant note: Yes, this is more than one line, but only because of the pedant note.

Pedant note: In actual fact, there was atmosphere (defined as gravitationally bound gas, including approx 20% ox, 80% inert), as I can deduce from a variety of retrospective clues, such as the absence of exploding eyeballs, etc. This is a rhetorical technique, exaggerating an effect to create a feeling of, as well as knowledge of, its significance.

Many rhetorical techniques use counter-factual, or perhaps a-factual statements, but can be described as "not wrong" because although they convey less literal truth, they often convey more of an underlying, more relevant truth.

Pedant note: This was last night. This morning it was quite nice, and right now I don't know, because I'm inside.

Comments

[robhu.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've heard / read you swear before.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't think I swore very little. I never used to when I was young, and now I try to avoid it, except for humorous effect -- if I'm actually upset, profanity just makes it seem worse. See http://www.ljseek.com/fuck_s4Zucartesiandaemon.html, for instance.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Unsurprisingly, many of the titles in that list are amusing.

"GLBT MPAA FUCK ELEPANT CRUSHING"

"Dude, you totally have balls of steel. You're so cool, you like have balls of radon, man"

"Wow, I use the word 'dick' a lot."