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Re:Finding Shawn Mendes by amiga386 on Monday June 09, 2025 @10:18AM (#44224797)
It's taking vapid pop lyrics literally for humourous effect.

You could call it bathos.

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Re:Finding Shawn Mendes by permo-w on Friday June 13, 2025 @02:42PM (#44271076)
that's not really what bathos is though. bathos is an attempt at pathos that turns into something else less meaningful through cliche or lack of believability or other
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