• @[email protected]
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    5 months ago

    Scientific papers are often titled “What it’s actually about: something witty.” This one is about object personification and so after the colon they personify the paper itself by giving it an emotion.

    • @StaySquared
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      15 months ago

      Thanks for your response, I appreciate it! That makes sense.

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      05 months ago

      Oh, that makes sense. I interpreted “sad” as the paper making the person who didn’t read it sad, the same way sad music is about making the listener sad than the actual music itself.