• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Quotes are usually reserved for actually quoting someone else, and not making a statement about parenting the other side.

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            1 year ago

            It’s a pretty commonly used format on many parts of the internet, I think most people would interpret it that way, especially when everybody reading will see that what is being quoted is obviously untrue.

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              1 year ago

              Well I guess I’m being nuanced here, but I don’t think in this specific case that works out that way, considering what it’s replying to.

              In other words I would agree with your interpretation if the reply was parodying something I said directly. Otherwise it just seems something of a non sequitur.

              Anyway, I get what you’re trying to communicate towards me, I even agree that sometimes it is using the way you describe. I would just think that’s done the minority of the time, and the majority of the time quotes are used to actually quote someone.

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              No Doctor Science, in all the decades I’ve been on this planet, I’ve never read one book of fiction of any type whatsoever.

              /s