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still thinking about when i saw a girl on here with ~3 partners and one of them was a lesbian with a āMEN DNIā banner and one of them was a tboy with a āMEN DNIā DNIā banner
raptorofwar replies:
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#wolf goat and cabbage polycule
Men DNI DNI, is that a double negative?
No. Double negative rules apply to modifying a negative, but in this context the first DNI should not be considered a negative but a noun in its own right.
First DNI: Men, do not interact with me.
Second DNI: Do not interact with me, misandrists.
The second is not literally the same thing as āmen, interact with meā but it can be assumed to mean āI donāt have a problem with men interacting with me.ā It is still is not a request for the interaction itself which is what double negative rules would imply.
Tl;Dr double negative rules in English simply arenāt the same as they are in Latin which is why itās a fake rule, even beyond the usage for emphasis in casual speech.
Something you didnāt mention is that the 2nd one has āmen DNIā in quotes which removes any possible double negative anyway.
With or without the quotes, I wouldnāt know what was supposed to be the message š«