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[–] ArcticPrincess@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Scientific papers are often titled "What it's actually about: something witty." This one is about object personification and so after the colon they personify the paper itself by giving it an emotion.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for your response, I appreciate it! That makes sense.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Oh, that makes sense. I interpreted "sad" as the paper making the person who didn't read it sad, the same way sad music is about making the listener sad than the actual music itself.