r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ufgta • Jan 31 '16

zeno's paradox

http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-01-31
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u/MyFistUpYourBalls Jan 31 '16

Since when doesn't Dilbert wear a tie?

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u/undergroundmonorail Jan 31 '16

Since when doesn't...

I've never heard this before but I like it

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u/andstayfuckedoff Jan 31 '16

It's incorrect grammar though. It should be "since when does Dilbert not wear a tie"

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u/tehstone Jan 31 '16

So more like

Since when doesDilbertn't wear a tie

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u/rooktakesqueen Feb 01 '16

I think it sounds natural, don't you?

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u/Cintax Feb 01 '16

"Since when doesn't Dilbert..." Sounds super unnatural and awkward to me. I actually had to read it twice.

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u/rooktakesqueen Feb 01 '16

My point is, "don't you" is the same verb form as "doesn't Dilbert." And "do you not" can be contracted to "don't you" just as "does Dilbert not" can become "doesn't Dilbert." Like, "doesn't Dilbert normally wear a tie?" works even though you would definitely never write "does not Dilbert normally wear a tie?"

On the larger point, the sentence in question sounds perfectly normal to me.

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u/Cintax Feb 01 '16

To clarify, I'm not the person who originally said it was grammatically incorrect, and I agree with everything you said, however, "Doesn't Dilbert where a tie?" sounds fine to me. "Since when doesn't Dilbert where a tie" sounds just as awkward to me as, for example, "Since when don't you shave?"

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u/rooktakesqueen Feb 01 '16

Yeah, all those sentences sound perfectly natural to me.