Timeline for I'm baffled at this expression: "If I don't talk to you beforehand, then......"
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| Dec 17, 2020 at 17:47 | comment | added | EllieK | I like this answer the best because it addresses the confusion caused by the word if, making this the most thorough answer. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 15:47 | comment | added | Daniel Wagner | @curiousdannii Joke's on you! I make it a point to enjoy that kind of joke every time I hear it. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 14:59 | comment | added | curiousdannii | At most once per hearer, not per joker ;) | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 14:32 | comment | added | Asteroids With Wings | @curiousdannii Per person! | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 14:19 | comment | added | curiousdannii | @AsteroidsWithWings Jokes like that are funny exactly once. | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 22:46 | comment | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | @eckes Precisely, but "if I don't..." is usually intended to be a prefatory clause rather than a condition. | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 20:28 | comment | added | eckes | Even in mathematics a a -> b (b follows a, if a then b) expression does not make any claims for the !a (not a) case. | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 20:05 | comment | added | Asteroids With Wings | I like to subvert this to confuse people, because that's the sort of human I am. "If I don't speak to you beforehand, I hope you have a great Christmas! If I do, I don't." | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 19:26 | history | answered | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | CC BY-SA 4.0 |