My money is on satire.
> Modern English came to be as a solution to the fact that Old and Middle English weren’t very good languages – or, at the very least, they didn’t represent their usages any longer.
It's either satire or mental illness.
> Modern English came to be as a solution to the fact that Old and Middle English weren’t very good languages – or, at the very least, they didn’t represent their usages any longer.
It's either satire or mental illness.
I don't know why we feel fine publicly speculating about the mental health of people who seem to be clearly suffering in some way, but in a case where the odds are in favor of intentional trolling the topic becomes taboo.
I don't think you are being trolled. Instead, I think you are jumping somewhat unkindly to an unfounded conclusion. Rather than satire or mental illness, I think you are encountering "earnestness" combined with a mind that doesn't work like yours.
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