this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I didn't found him dead. He was definitely not in the basement and he was enjoying his family

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I don't know why, but "he was enjoying his family" sounds oddly cannibalistic.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not actually about being specific per se - it's about overtly mentioning details that are already assumed from context. Grice's maxims of quantity and relevance say that speakers only provide information when that information is important in some way and relevant to the discussion, so providing information that would otherwise be assumed means that information must be actively relevant to the conversation in some important way that warrants it being mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Talking like Mojo JoJo is always fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nom nom nom

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now I want to have a Jackie Daytona style NPC that is obviously hiding something, but completely irrelevant to the plot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

With his *blue jeans * and toothpick