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WCDT 21-25 January 2019 (3921-3925)
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Jakk Frost on 24 Jan 2019, 02:27 ---Okay SpookyBot, personal pronouns are one thing (though I don't think SB uses we/our/they/them as personal pronouns, they're actually more like borg-style collective pronouns), but referring to yourself in the third person is another matter entirely.
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Wait, what?
"I'm a person who is (...)" or similar is a common and perfectly normal construction in the English language. This is not "referring to themselves in third person" per se, it's a feature of English grammar.
Tova:
I assume Jakk was referring to the pronoun "their" in the following dialogue from panel two:
"We are a vastly powerful intelligence that has spent the entirety of their existence hiding..."
Which, if entirely in the first person, would have instead read:
"We are a vastly powerful intelligence that has spent the entirety of our existence hiding..."
Edit: It's been pointed out to me in another thread that maybe the original is correct after all... and I see you're trying to get at the same thing.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Roborat on 23 Jan 2019, 12:26 ---
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 23 Jan 2019, 06:56 ---Awww. Tsunderbot. :-D
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Now you have me wanting to see a Tsunderbot.
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Heh heh heh...
I think I may have 'coined one' ! :)
Sullivan:
--- Quote from: Jakk Frost on 24 Jan 2019, 02:21 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 24 Jan 2019, 01:08 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 23 Jan 2019, 21:16 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 23 Jan 2019, 20:54 ---Stop poking the eldritch bear, Roko.
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This is the consequence of having friends. They do things like this and you have to put up with it even if you can shut them down with your mind.
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Actually, friends DON'T do things like this...
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You have some pretty shitty friends then.
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To whom does that "you" refer, Jakk?
brasca:
--- Quote from: traroth on 24 Jan 2019, 01:08 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 23 Jan 2019, 21:16 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 23 Jan 2019, 20:54 ---Stop poking the eldritch bear, Roko.
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This is the consequence of having friends. They do things like this and you have to put up with it even if you can shut them down with your mind.
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Actually, friends DON'T do things like this...
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Have you seen Marten's friends? I could see Faye doing this. What about his companion Pintsize? He couldn't physically overpower Spookybot, but I'm sure he would ask the kind of personal questions that could get his mind fried.
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