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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 182 points 7 months ago

She detailed having met Trump at a golf tournament in 2006, when she was 27 years old and — as she tells it — Trump was already older than her father.

I'm sorry to be pedantic, but wasn't he always older than her father? Like, that's how age works.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 7 months ago

You should absolutely be pedantic about a paid, published article having writing like that. It’s not some random internet comment from someone who may or may not have graduated high school, this was approved by multiple people who allegedly went to college for the writing related jobs they have. It should at least pass the “does this make sense if you think about it at all for more than 5 seconds” test.

And yeah I know reporters and writers facing the same overwork/underpay squeeze as everyone else. This is more about the corporations that run these papers and magazines being responsible for things deteriorating to this point.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 7 months ago

I think you could also read it as "was already [so old he was] older than her father."

[-] androogee@midwest.social 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's the same reading. That doesn't change the meaning at all. Am I taking crazy pills?

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

It highlights the age gap between her and Trump by using her father's age as a reference point. People are joking about how it sounds like they're saying the age gap between her father and Trump has changed over time as if they age at different rates.

[-] androogee@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

Folks know that the author was trying to point out the age gap. But it was really poorly written, and they're criticizing that writing.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I dunno, the person I replied to originally seems to be losing their mind over this even though it makes sense even if a bit clunky and if everyone knows what they're trying to say then is it really that bad? Conveying meaning is the entire point of language and it seems to have done the job.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 50 points 7 months ago

I used to be older than my little brother.

I still am, but I used to, too.

[-] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 4 points 7 months ago

I’m a simple man, I see Mitch Hedberg, I upvote Mitch Hedberg.

Well done. 👏🏻

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 38 points 7 months ago

No, he paid for age reduction surgery in 2017.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

I'd say they should give him his money back, but we all know he never paid the bill in the first place.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Odds are that someone did at som point, and it technically constituted a felony

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

That's the thing where you bleed yourself down and transfuse the blood of a young person, right?

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 32 points 7 months ago
[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago

Thank you, that's very sweet of you. While my statement was a bit tongue-in-cheek, if I live to see my 60th birthday, I'll officially be older than my father ever was.

Maybe it's one of those "at the time, Trump was older than my father ever was" kind of statements

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Way too young. RIP, wishing you health.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Could be older then...Than her father is now... But who knows.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

That's how i interpreted it too. Still odd

[-] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Maybe they meant "already older then than her father's current age?" They probably didn't, and I'm too lazy to fact check that, but agreed, what a weird comment to add to the article

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