Is this self-referential story as funny as it claims?

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The discussion centers around a passage by David Moser that features self-referential sentences, creating a humorous and complex narrative structure. Participants highlight the cleverness of phrases like "This is actually the last sentence of the story but has been placed here by mistake," which leads to a surprising conclusion with the final sentence being simply "This is." The conversation also touches on the inclusion of a fragment from the Declaration of Independence, emphasizing its minimal representation in the text. Some comments critique the repetitiveness and lack of substance in certain posts, while others attempt to add humor or wit, though not all are successful. Overall, the thread showcases a playful engagement with language and structure, inviting readers to appreciate the intricacies of self-referential writing.
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This is a link to a passage by David Moser, in which all of the sentences refer to themselves.

It gets funnier as it goes along.

http://consc.net/misc/moser.html"
 
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This is my comment on this story:
When you first see "This is actually the last sentence of the story but has been placed here by mistake" as the first sentence in the forth paragraph of the story, you will really later discover that the last sentence of the story is simply "This is."
 
physics girl phd said:
This is my comment on this story:
When you first see "This is actually the last sentence of the story but has been placed here by mistake" as the first sentence in the forth paragraph of the story, you will really later discover that the last sentence of the story is simply "This is."

It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.
 
physics girl phd said:
This is my comment on this story:
When you first see "This is actually the last sentence of the story but has been placed here by mistake" as the first sentence in the forth paragraph of the story, you will really later discover that the last sentence of the story is simply "This is."

There it is.

My favorite part is probably the sentence stating that the passage is actually the Declaration of Independance, but that the writer failed to include anything about the declaration of independence except for the small sentence fragment "When in the course of human events", which is placed in quotation marks near the end of a sentence.
 
I don't think much of the story, but my author liked it.
 
jimmysnyder said:
I don't think much of the story, but my author liked it.
:biggrin:
 
physics girl phd said:
This is my comment on this story:
When you first see "This is actually the last sentence of the story but has been placed here by mistake" as the first sentence in the forth paragraph of the story, you will really later discover that the last sentence of the story is simply "This is."

This sentence maliciously inflicts humiliation on the respondee by pointing out that "forth" is missing something very meaningful; namely "u".

You reaully should put moure of urself intou your pousts - kiund of liuke the Briuts dou.
 
This post doesn't really add anything to the previous posts.
 
daniel_i_l said:
This post doesn't really add anything to the previous posts.

This post attempts to make a witty retort to the previous post that is inside of a quote box.
 
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Math Jeans said:
This post attempts to make a witty retort to the previous post that is inside of a quote box.

The above post (located inside the quote box) wasn't very successful in its attempt.
 
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This post, like a bored old Sith, opts to be repeatedly, unnecessarily, and repeatedly self-referential, and irritatingly anthropomorphic, (not to mention gimmicky,) but does not stop its H-bomb-like destruction for a second to notice the utter disarray of letters and nonsensical ideas it spews out and will continue to, as a sweet spot hits his T-pots, even though nothing ever tops s#!t.
 
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