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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yesterday, I (sort of) learned the phrase "implication arrows," from which I learned that I should assume that this story is not true, though the arrows... Imply that it's true. I still don't really get it.

Anyway, I've never held a job where the employer would do more than the bare minimum required by law if I disappeared. Certainly not so much as contacting my family unless there were extenuating circumstances like me verifiably disappearing mid shift. I suspect this is true for most people.

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've always been skeptical of greentext (and most internet) stories, it's just more fun to suspend one's disbelief.

I'm just still confused about the concept of "implication arrows," heh.

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's referencing a quite old meme of ">implying implications", being that the storytelling style of greentext is wildly unconventional in that it is structured around quoting / citing some external imagery or context, and thereby inviting the reader to infer what the poster is thinking instead of directly stating it

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well, thank you for the information.

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