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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | In text | + | {{incomplete|Created by a MONKEY ** More on what Witchcraft means and what it could mean in the sentences suggested. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. *BOT}} |
+ | In text messages, asterisks are commonly used to denote a correction of some error in an earlier text. The messenger ([[Randall]]) corrects four such inaccuracies. | ||
+ | The message, if the corrections were to be taken in order, might read "I'm gonna eat 3 AM on the couch at pizza." The typical reader should be sharp enough to know that it should read "I'm gonna eat a pizza on the couch at 3 AM." Randall finds this remarkable. | ||
− | + | Taken one at a time, it appears the reader would have the following sentences in their head: | |
− | + | :I'm gonna ride a horse on the beach at dawn (sounds adventurous and sporty) | |
− | + | :I'm gonna '''eat''' a horse on the beach at dawn (a figure of speech?) | |
− | + | :I'm gonna eat a horse on the beach at '''3AM''' (occultish?) | |
− | + | :I'm gonna eat a horse on the '''couch''' at 3AM (lazily occultish, or worse?) | |
− | + | :I'm gonna eat a '''pizza''' on the couch at 3AM (not too odd, but very slobbish) | |
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In the title text, Randall says that he likes to make it as difficult as possible for his text recipient to guess where his correction should be, and uses the following sentence and correction: | In the title text, Randall says that he likes to make it as difficult as possible for his text recipient to guess where his correction should be, and uses the following sentence and correction: | ||
:"I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty." | :"I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty." | ||
: *witchcraft | : *witchcraft | ||
− | The trick here is | + | The trick here is trying to figure out which word(s) should be replaced by "witchcraft". Possible solutions suggested in the comments are: |
+ | : "I'd love to '''witchcraft''', maybe in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty." | ||
+ | : "I'd love to meet up, '''witchcraft''' in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty." | ||
+ | : "I'd love to meet up, maybe '''witchcraft''' a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty." | ||
+ | : "I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? '''Witchcraft''' week is looking pretty empty." ([https://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/organice-viaje/recurso/Ocioycultura/4442/Semana-de-la-Brujeria.htm Witchcraft week] is an event in Bargota, Spain.) | ||
+ | : "I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? Next '''witchcraft''' is looking pretty empty." | ||
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+ | Of course, none of these solutions would be evident as correct to the recipient of the message, until Randall sends further corrections. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Couch | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Couch | ||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Pizza | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Pizza | ||
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:I like how we can do corrections in text chat by appending words with asterisks and our brains just figure out where they go. | :I like how we can do corrections in text chat by appending words with asterisks and our brains just figure out where they go. | ||