Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener,[1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.
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Jesus Jesus Jesus! Aaaand now that word looks weird.
Semantic satiation
Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener,[1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.
Tsk tsk, only 8 Jesus stickers. Doesn't meet the requirement of 9 to get into heaven. What a shame.
I'm deeply confused
Think of those as 3 rows in a table and read them from the top down, then it makes a bit more sense:
....still an absolute clusterf*ck either way tho. And every time I read it, I get the "magic baby" song from Labyrinth stuck in my head.
♫ "Honk Jesus, honk!" ♪
Here I was thinking Beatles:
♫ "Honk, Jesus honk, on your mystery ship!" ♪
Jesus.
Jesus
Yes, indeed
Do you think they got a Toyota so it would have an extra cross on there for free?
The Toyota logo isn't really a cross though.