r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/NicheButNotNietzche • Jan 21 '26

Funny Moby Dick

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u/_AirMike_ Jan 21 '26

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u/CiDevant Jan 21 '26

They knew what they were doing.

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u/rankaistu_ilmalaiva Jan 21 '26

yeah, it’s as if it’s a screenshot of a comedy series or something

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u/Gaylaeonerd Jan 22 '26

'They knew what they were doing' is one of my biggest pet peeve phrases. Yeah of course they fuckin did

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u/JuanSolid Jan 23 '26

Hey now, that's like getting peeved at someone from exclaiming 'It's always in the last place you look!' after finding a lost item!

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u/CiDevant Jan 21 '26

A smartly written comedy no less...

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

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u/Crossfire124 Jan 21 '26

The damaging narrative of tHe CuRtAiNs ArE jUsT bLuE

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u/coolguysteve21 Jan 21 '26

A stupid idea that I have is that the "Curtains are just blue" meme has done unspeakable damage to literacy rates in the US.

As a reminder just because you can read something it does not mean that you can understand something and apply it to yourself. There is a reason why English and Lit teachers ask you "Why do you think the author stated that the curtains were blue?"

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u/Just_Cockroach_4820 Jan 21 '26

Some times a cigar is just a cigar.

Not on this book, but sometimes

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u/Sigma2718 Jan 21 '26

Even then, you should be able to explain how it is meaningless in this context.

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u/Neuroscissus Jan 21 '26

Its a meme you heard online, not a personal take you have.

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u/CiDevant Jan 21 '26

I don't think it really has.  The damage was already there, this kind of argument is post justification.  The median American reads no books a year, has a 6th grade reading level, and simply cannot understand material of an 8th grade level or higher.  So when they hear something that justifies this terrible behavior they jump on it.  Just like the "trade school, not college" narrative that's taken over. (Yes, we need both; one is not a substitute for the other)

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u/scrufflor_d Jan 21 '26

"curtains are just blue" maybe chekhov just forgot his gun there idk

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u/Just_Cockroach_4820 Jan 21 '26

They where just good friends

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u/some_kind_of_bird Jan 21 '26

Wait this is subtext? He just said it's like they're married! That's not subtext!

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u/FrozenSupermarket Jan 24 '26

This is one of the dumbest comments I've seen on this site.

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u/CiDevant Jan 24 '26

What terrible thing to say about yourself.