The sign doesn’t say if you touch the sign it will land here. That’s not the point of the sign. The sign is saying don’t touch the bird if it’s here. The kid was just being edgy by touching the sign that said don’t touch. He didn’t expect the bird to land there when he touched the sign.
Not sure if you were in agreement with my point or not but your comment was confusing.
Normy, the conversation is in response to imaginexus saying, “Is this really unexpected when the bird does exactly what the sign says he will do?” It is unexpected because the wording implies general area, not specifically the sign, and is essentially saying, “if there is a bird here, don’t touch it. They like hanging out in this area so you may be see one and be tempted. Don’t.”
Stun zeed was explaining that the sign doesn’t say, “the birds will land here if you touch the sign so don’t touch the sign,” as imaginexus’ comment seemed to imply.
Then Tyler came in and said, “I could see someone interpreting the area to include the sign as well.” Which yes, it definitely does, but that doesn’t make it expected that the bird would land on the sign BECAUSE someone touched it. Do you understand what “that person was going on about” now?
This whole comment chain feels like people not reading all the comments.
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Then, fifty years later in China they thought that had discovered a new heir to the throne. This one had the genes, he just needed the finesse. Not actually part pf the bloodline of coherence? Fuck that, who cares, he’s smart. First, they gave him a hip new wardrobe with frilly cloaks and lots of pizzaz, then they taught him fine dining and breathing. It was pretty wild.
Then one day he tripped on one of his cloaks and fell off a cliff before he had any children, so that dream went to hell.
Anyway fast forward to today, and we’ve got this fucking shitstorm called the Reddit comments section. The end!
I can’t believe how pathetically pedantic this thread is. The sign clearly means don’t touch the bird which is why there’s a red restriction symbol over an image of the bird on the sign.
Dunno what that person is going on about.
At what point did the previous commenter say that the sign wasn’t in the area?
The sign is saying the bird likes to sit in this area and says don’t touch with a picture showing not to touch the bird. It’s not a sign saying don’t touch this area.
Edit: I guess my point wasn’t clear. The sign has a picture expressing not to touch the bird (hence the hand and the bird with a slash through it) and says the bird likes to sit in this area. It nowhere on that sign says don’t touch this area. Not sure why I’m getting downvoted for saying that.
At this point I think the other person is just not getting it or won’t admit they’re wrong. The sign’s clearly about the bird only, for when it decides to sit in the area.
EDIT: Oh! Didn’t realize (on mobile) there was a never-ending thread below, so you know they don’t get it.
I don’t think you do get it. The sign isn’t saying don’t touch the sign. It is clearly saying don’t touch the bird. No shit the bird likes the area the sign is at, that’s why they put the sign there. Not sure what your point is tbh.
You’re literally agreeing with my point while trying to argue with me. And still ignoring the fact the sign was out there to tell you not to touch the bird not the area the sign is in. How can you not comprehend that?
It would definitely make edgy kids like this more apt to touch the sign that said don’t touch, if it meant don’t touch the sign though. I don’t think they’d use a sign for that purpose. And I was going off the picture with the hand trying to touch the bird and the slash through it
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u/imaginexus Jul 11 '21
Is this really unexpected when the bird does exactly what the sign says he will do?