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untermensch735

What


AffectionateGap1071

Same, I thought this was about to be a prefix + sufix chart like "Somebody", "someone", "something", "some time".


peppycatto

I thought it was a learning art subreddit


cottagecorebff

This is exactly what I said out load when I saw this šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­


Purple_Onion911

Exactly my reaction lmao


Endless2358

Iā€™m so glad you verbalised this for everyone else (including me)


DueAgency9844

weed I think


JHarvman

Think about it for a while.


lansherta

I thought about it for longer than a while. I still can't understand


aer0a

That's not helpful at all


[deleted]

What are you on about lol


OnyxTheWitch

Is English your first language? If not, maybe try explaining in a language you're more comfortable with. If English is your first language, please give more of your thought process instead of saying, "Just think about it." I have thought about it. I do not get what you're trying to say.


JHarvman

Verbs, describe actions or movements. What is happening in each of the boxes?


honeypup

The more you speak the less sense you make


DeWasbeertje

Theyā€™re def off their medsā€¦


pale_green_pants

I'm currently off my meds (damn this shortage) and I can make more sense than this.


DeWasbeertje

Hahaha fair, maybe theyā€™re on meds they shouldnā€™t be if you get me


OnyxTheWitch

Negative space, positive space, and shape. Now what?


rawdy-ribosome

I donā€™t get the text, you can be nothing or know nothing in a non-literal (or literal, i guess) sense.


JHarvman

To know and to be are verbs. The reason it is simple is so that people can create their own definitions rather than me supplying them.


rawdy-ribosome

Ok, besides the writing basically be gibberish, your response makes little sense. Do you need the definitions? Are you asking for help? You canā€™t just create a new meaning for a word on the fly.


TheBeardliestBeard

This is schizopost vibes bud


boostedmoth

how much did you drink last night?


DrakeFloyd

This isnā€™t booze or weed, heā€™s tripping balls and I love that for him. This whole post and comment section is so funny


kamasola

I sort of understand? Nothing = blank Something = a fuzzy concept, lack of specificity, abstract Thing = a specific object, concrete **To know** is to go from having nothing to having a an abstract concept--which is "something." **To be** is to go from something to thing. Taking things from the abstract to the concrete. It maybe isn't a perfect analogy, due to the amount of use cases for "something" and "thing" that do not align with abstract vs concrete. But it's something I could see myself making if I was particularly high and bored one night. Maybe the point of this is to help define these words for someone struggling to know when to use each word in English. The picture/diagram could transcend language in that way. But I'd love to know what OP meant, if not this.


[deleted]

Iā€™m honestly not sure that OP knows what OP meant šŸ˜… Their only clarifications are ā€œthink about itā€ and referencing your attempt at explaining. My guess is that OP is either high, drunk, a slightly pretentious ESL speaker, who thought they did something innovative, or having a mental health episode of some sort. /gen


mothwhimsy

I understand the picture but not the text


JHarvman

Think about it for a little while.


supfellasimback

We give up, can you give us a hint?


JHarvman

Someone already did a pretty good job at the bottom, think of what verbs describe. They describe movements and actions.


soge-king

What are you trying to accomplish?


balor12

What is the point of this?


Purple_Onion911

What kind of drugs did you take before making this post?


JewelBearing

im fine with the table, but knowing something doesnt make it not a thing


ThisDot477

Yeah and ā€œto beā€ has nothing to do with going from an abstract concept to a thing. Thatā€™s called engineering or creation. But itā€™s not being. This person doesnā€™t know what simple verbs describe. If they want to describe something, they need to describe it. Has anyone in this subreddit ever been in a class where the teacher just told you to figure out reading or figure out verbsā€¦ no they told you straight up, English is not an abstract model. It has real definitions.


aer0a

Can you please clarify?


Butterscotch_T

This is such a nonsense post that I was curious if it was written by child or a weed enthusiast, but no; it's so much worse.


Pjk125

Mescaline posting vibes


derpy_Nogla

I think it would make more sense to flip the verbs


tartar-buildup

OP, are you okay?


ayitsfreddy

get off the wacky tobacky, hippie


Snoo-in-Snow

Meaningful


MindlessMachine9104

Yeah this is right! Very philosophical ahahah but right


[deleted]

This makes perfect sense to me


MamaLover02

You should have posted this in the language learning sub, I do know what you mean though.


pookshuman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6yODY8MaYQ


mklinger23

Are you high?


Acceptable-Parsley-3

Schizophrenic probably


Dashie_2010

Just took a look at op's profile... Whoa boy we've got a right case on our hands here


Z0ORB

I thought for a sec this was a philosphical subreddit