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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

It is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourself

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It is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourself

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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    As in “nobody acts like you”?

    Or as in “nobody’s words but your own words can guide your behavior”?

    Or as in “nobody but you can describe your own behavior”?

    Something else?

    • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works
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      I think its referring to the phrase “Behave yourself” - who else am I gonna behave?

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        Which is why I often look at my 6 year old son and just say “Behave!”

        He knows who I’m talking about.

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        Yes, exactly

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      I’m talking about the phrase “behave yourself”. In the English language, there is no such thing as behaving someone else, only behaving yourself. I don’t know if there’s another language where “behave someone else” makes linguistic sense

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    I’d argue tranqilizing someone is a form of “behaving” another person

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    This has “I’ll shit your pants” energy

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    I can also behave _my_self

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