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Slartibartfast

Why does the the human mind completely miss the second "the"?

You went back and read it again, didn't you?

Posted - August 30, 2019
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  • 8214
    A connection hiccup. 
      August 31, 2019 4:53 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    My mother was a newspaper story proofreader. I have some of her genes. 
      August 31, 2019 5:25 AM MDT
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  • 23577

    Because I'm a human ass.



    EDIT: It took me at least four times to keep reading it to even understand what you talking about. (Or is that "about which you were talking"? I'm unsure about that, too.)




    EDIT #2: Definitely I'm a rear end -- I'll leave that first EDIT as is, I guess -- terrible grammar there that I didn't catch, as in "What you talkin' about?" Geez. what an ass.
    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 31, 2019 1:08 PM MDT
      August 31, 2019 6:03 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    Just a guess, but I think the human brain filters out that which is unnecessary when you "know" what the writer means.  Similarly, that is why I sometimes don't catch a mistake when I'm posting, even when I go back to read it before I hit reply.  I know what I meant to say and therefore, I skip the mistake.  I usually catch it right after I hit post. :)
      August 31, 2019 9:14 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    I made mistakes all over the place in this thread, from the moment I tried to figure out what Slartibartfast's question was even about.
    :)
      August 31, 2019 1:09 PM MDT
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  • Because I want you to succeed.
      August 31, 2019 10:32 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    If I knew that, I'd be a stable genius.  Ask THE THE Donald.  
      August 31, 2019 10:51 AM MDT
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  • 34276
    It is our brain filtering the unnecessary word out of our vision.  I brain does this all the time to help make sense of our world.
      August 31, 2019 1:23 PM MDT
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