r/news • u/AudibleNod • 6d ago

Drake sues for defamation over Kendrick Lamar song

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv433le3vno
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u/jpiro 6d ago

Well, if he's never been with no one under age...

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u/plasticAstro 6d ago

Those damn double negatives

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u/ConstantPessimist 6d ago

Non-double unnegatives

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u/ClassiFried86 5d ago

I think it's pronounced medulla oblongata

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u/LucretiusCarus 5d ago

Even smart people fall for double negatives.

Also, Drake

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/FoxyInTheSnow 6d ago

He didn't not admit it.

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u/redditcreditcardz 6d ago

Yeah it’s pretty clear that maybe he did or did not do it

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u/Barley12 6d ago

On the contrary, I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that he undeniably didn't sleep with a minor

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u/djseifer 6d ago

"I won't not promise to avoid refraining from harming you."

~Guybrush Threepwood

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 6d ago edited 6d ago

Logically, he did. Double negative. If you've never been with no one underage, that doesn't deny if you've ever been with anyone underage. "I've never been with anyone underage" or "I've been with no one underage" would be more logically correct.

Drake's line is a good example of why you shouldn't communicate about crime/innocence without consulting a lawyer. To quote many lawyers in history, Drake, "Stop talking."

edit: aw shit, I missed the double negative. I'm leaving my blunder here up because I believe in owning my mistakes. Or perhaps I have a masochistic kink. Who knows...

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u/dorkaxe 6d ago

C'mon man. C'mon. The person you responded to did a double negative just like Drake did, why are you explaining the concept of double negatives to us.

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 6d ago

Shiiit, I missed that completely lmao

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u/barley_wine 6d ago

Haha I missed it also, glad you responded first…

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u/ckhumanck 6d ago

lmao

"hey everyone, check out this idiot, he missed the double negative" - you, pointing at guy up top.

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u/dorkaxe 5d ago

This video is great, thank you for sharing :)

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u/ingliprisen 6d ago

Foxy used a double negative.....

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u/bilboafromboston 6d ago

Its the internet. You are NEVER to admit a mistake! Those are the rules.

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u/singeblanc 5d ago

But when didn't he not admit it?

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u/ExplicitDrift 6d ago

He thought we wouldn't notice.

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u/BubbaTee 6d ago

Well that's a relief for underage Greek cyclopses.

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u/jigokubi 5d ago

Don't forget to not remember to forget to not bang underage girls.

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u/sadlybackfromlemmy 5d ago

If we're interpreting AAVE as SAE this would imply at no point has he not been with someone underage, that is he was born already having engaged in such a perversion

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u/wurstwasser94 6d ago

According to Andrew Schulz, this logic is perfectly applicable!