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HelpRe: Yet another Birth Announcement apparently
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
Okay? It's fine of course, and maybe it's caused by marketing weirdness or how it's been talked about based on something like actors' popularity; I just find it surprising if anyone knows the names of the others but not the central character...it's like hearing 'Simba, the lesser known Disney lion'. :D
This message was edited 6/25/2022, 8:39 PM
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The part about it being a lesser known musketeer was my own personal interpretation of what was meant due to my lack of knowledge on the subject and not what was said of the parties. The snarkiness is unwarranted, thank you.
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I responded to your assertion. I think it was fair to mention the phrasing (which was surprising and mildly amusing me? Lots of incongruencies are amusing, and I don't think that's always rude to express? I tried to be obvious I wasn't criticizing you for not knowing and that I don't know what exact pop culture reference you based it on) as part of commenting on the pop culture context of it as name. Like, it's not a big deal at all, but if D'Artagnon was an obscure or minor character within the story/movies (or likely to be assumed to be, which I wasn't dismissing out of hand? people surprise me), it would change name perception to me.
This message was edited 6/25/2022, 10:05 PM
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My only knowledge of the subject is the name of the team, the Three Musketeers and the mental image of men in feathered hats. So logically I assumed a 4th musketeer must be an obscure character since THREE is in the name itself.. Glad you got a good laugh at my expense over false feelings of grandeur over such a meaningless passing comment said in order to try to help build context. Not trying to start drama. But you are giving me a lot of unnecessary grief over this. Sorry for not having knowledge on all classic literary characters offhand.
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I don't think anyone is laughing at you.
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You've misunderstood what I think is funny (we both know D'Artagnon isn't a title character, that's why it's funny - but still I'd wonder, 'how would one know that', not because it's life changing info, but I'd be curious); it's obvious to me because of the wrong assumption you're continuing to make about my feelings and also my reaction wasn't about literary knowledge (my liking of the name originated from the 90s movie - it's goofy, and I don't feel special for having seen it nor do I think worse of anyone for not seeing it). I tried to explain because I *don't* want to give you unnecessary grief. Oh well.
I didn't know it was a team. (Eta: oops, I was thinking like a sports team. But if you just mean a group of friends/coworkers, nevermind. And actually this kind of misunderstanding is similar to what I found funny about your meaningless passing comment.)
I didn't know it was a team. (Eta: oops, I was thinking like a sports team. But if you just mean a group of friends/coworkers, nevermind. And actually this kind of misunderstanding is similar to what I found funny about your meaningless passing comment.)
This message was edited 6/26/2022, 12:38 AM
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