A threat, a burden, and an insult walk into a bar

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"A threat, a burden, and an insult walk into a bar" is a short poem by Karl Jones.

A threat, a burden, and an insult walk into a bar

Context: "A lack of basic reading comprehension. Folks picked up 3 prickly words, skipped the rest, ignored the context within the thread's interactions, & drew poor conclusions. The most important three words in that tweet were "Do you think..." not "pills, medicine, or exercise.""

"Do you think..."

"You" is a threat: "You said 'You', but you really mean me!"

"Do" is burden. Action verb. All actions are burdens.

"Think" is an insult, a question of intelligence.

A threat, a burden, and an insult walk into a bar ...

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  • Post @ Twitter (26 April 2021)