I had to read it four times to figure out they just need to put a period after the word sit. And then capitalize the word student because that should be the beginning of a new sentence.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago

Thank you for decoding this for me, i was stuck trying to figure out how a 4yo could baby-sit an athlete.

[–] drail@fedia.io 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe I am just dumb, but I don't get it. The sentence structure is odd, but otherwise this just reads as a kid looking to earn some extra scratch.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I initially read it as somebody looking for kids age 4-12 to do the babysitting, not be babysat.

[–] drail@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

Ahhh, okay, I see that I suppose

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It reads like they are looking for a young kid to watch over a student athlete.

[–] Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

It's curious how that sounds wrong but not too bad right?

But now imagine if they are looking for a female, the interpretation goes a lot darker I feel

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 8 months ago

There's far more wrong with this than simply being a run-on sentence.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

I gave up on understanding this as a sentence and just looked at all the verbs and nouns individually to deduce what they means.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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