xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits - eviltoast

I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true.

(Alt text: “Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you’re currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.”)

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    9 months ago

    Falling down a hole is a subset of falling in a hole that accounts for different reverence frames and gravity (falling up a hole for e.g.).