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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 236 points 1 week ago (25 children)

But it literally did nail it?

It's giving you a list of the items that were received in the 12 Days of Christmas. And it's correct.

12*1=12

11*2=22

10*3=30

And so on.

If you wanted the lyrics, that's a different question.

[–] AnarchistArtificer -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If I wanted an autistically over-literal answer, I'd either ask myself (or come to Lemmy)

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How is it autistic? It's just what he says he gave her.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The gifts weren't given recursively. Though Christmas would be a lot more exciting if they were.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's literally what the song says. On the first day, I got a partridge in a pear tree. On the second day, I got 2 turtle doves and a partridge in a pair tree.

If you think the gifts weren't given recursively it's because you believe it should be that way, not because you're paying any attention to the lyrics as they're written.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The song explicitly says they are given recursively

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz -5 points 1 week ago

That's what autism is. Normal people "read between the lines" or something. At least that's what I've been told

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