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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What is up with that title? I've read it three times and I still don't understand it

[–] Steve@communick.news 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan, To ~~School~~ Teach Florida ~~On~~ About Social Media Moral Panics.

I think that's what they're trying to say

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Guessing they tried to use the more colloquial "to school on," but accidentally created a garden path sentence.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those were my edits, they didn't use both

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep, caught that right after I posted and made an edit.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That title is definitely difficult to understand lol

The Judge used the fact that he played D&D in the 80s when it was 'well known' that D&D would make you a satanist- which is obviously ridiculous- to refute that it's 'well known' that kids are addicted to social media today.

MR. GOLEMBIEWSKI: Well, Your Honor, it is well known in this country that kids are addicted to these platforms. This is a mental health —

THE COURT: It was well known when I was growing up that I was going to become a Satanist because I played Dungeons & Dragons. Is that — I don’t know what really that means. You can say that there’s studies, Judge, and you can’t ignore expert reports that say X.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the response

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Well as a matter of fact, I played D&Ds in the 80s and I was a satanist ever since. Can’t imagine my life without it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like all the words are there, they're just assembled in the wrong order

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Like on a Ouija board?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It took me more than that, but I finally decoded it: change ‘school’ to ‘educate’ to make it parse more easily.

(Accidentally posted this as a top level comment instead of a reply, oops)

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Oh thank god, I thought I was too high to function for a minute there.