Proof that pragmatics eats your brain

[maeveenroute]

Or at least my brain.

"Ohhh, wow! Mission Impossible starts with a suspended presupposition - the mission only exists as his if he chooses to accept it!" - me, at volume, in an otherwise silent study-group session

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Me: I'm going to the bathroom. (pause) 'Cause clearly you needed to know that. (pause) wait, but you don't need to know.

Comments

[frightful_elk]

:D! I have no idea what you are talking about!, but i love hearing people talk about stuff they love!

[circuit_four]

You know, I really envy your intellectual toolkit sometimes...