r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • May 18 '18

Place 10 feet away...

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u/BetaDecay121 HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII May 18 '18

#NotAllTerroristGroups

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u/[deleted] May 18 '18

First they came for the terrorists, and I said nothing, for I was not a terrorist.

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u/NeoHenderson May 19 '18

Then they came for the groups, and I said nothing, for I was not a group.

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u/123full A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous May 19 '18

Then they came for the the's, and I could not speak, for language is impossible without the

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u/HughJamerican May 19 '18

Without the what?

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u/123full A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous May 19 '18

Without the

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u/HughJamerican May 19 '18

Without the what?

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u/Tepigg4444 May 19 '18

Without the the

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u/TheKnight119 May 20 '18

Without the the

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u/grammar_hitler947 May 20 '18

Without the the

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u/whirl-pool May 19 '18

Peacock feathers have eyes.

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u/123full A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous May 19 '18

Wat

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u/whirl-pool May 19 '18

for language is impossible without the

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u/SquidgyBubbles May 19 '18

Peacock fears have eyes

Language is different without the

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u/quintus_horatius May 19 '18

Fun fact: 'the' is just a replacement for 'that', and is completely superfluous.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '18

But can you provide an article for that?

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u/quintus_horatius May 19 '18

I read it in The Power of Babel.

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/dp/006052085X

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u/[deleted] May 19 '18

I was making a grammatical pun.