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To: MikelTackNailer

I’m not sure I know what you mean.

“Lampshading” is when you take a tired (typically TV or movie) trope of some kind and flip it intentionally in a mocking or self-aware manner.


39 posted on 05/16/2025 9:34:46 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
I’m not sure I know what you mean.

“Lampshading” is when you take a tired (typically TV or movie) trope of some kind and flip it intentionally in a mocking or self-aware manner.

When you used that word referencing someone reading a Nazi publication some can't help connect to the gruesome fact that many lampshades were made from the tanned skins of Holocaust victims - some even showing the numbers tattooed on them.

Probably shows a character fault on my part for connecting what was a coincidental use of language.

43 posted on 05/16/2025 2:36:46 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've eluded the snares of aquired wisdom.)
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