I mean, the snippet you posted out of context took me a second read, but in context it makes perfect sense. It’s so goddamn muddy it defies understanding. Not unlike these undergraduate’s brains, apparently.
It’s just purple prose and metaphor, it takes a little translation but it’s not that hard!
What’s the world like for these people? If I tell them “this will just take a second” do they get surprised when it takes more than literally one second?
I mean, the snippet you posted out of context took me a second read, but in context it makes perfect sense. It’s so goddamn muddy it defies understanding. Not unlike these undergraduate’s brains, apparently.
It’s just purple prose and metaphor, it takes a little translation but it’s not that hard!
What’s the world like for these people? If I tell them “this will just take a second” do they get surprised when it takes more than literally one second?
Considering the number of people I say that to and then have them count “One!” and then stare at me with a blank expression,
Yeah probably.