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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Can someone explain like I'm 5?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 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.

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