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[-] kadu@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

You see someone post a drawing, and it's really not good.

"That's certainly one of the drawings of all time"

The expectation for the phrase would be "that's one of the best drawings of all time" or "one of the worse drawings of all time" but removing the adjective to break the sentence creates this ironic feeling of stating something is underwhelming without directly saying so.

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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