sitifan
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What does the word "Bidend" mean?
In Bidend, there may also be a play on bid as a verb, cf. bid an end to something, or bid something (to) end ("Let it end").
My reasoning was as follows:Sorry to disagree; I don't see that at all.
My guess is that someone online faked it for fun. If you look in the top left-hand corner, it's dated August 5, 2024. Either someone's been travelling in time or they just decided to do a mock-up to get attention.For what it's worth, the actual TIME cover seems not to have had Bidend. at all. I have no idea where Sitifan got this from.
My reasoning was as follows:
1. Bid, not being bolded, as end is, in the form Bidend., can be read as [bɪd] rather than as [bɑɪd].
2. Bid is a verb, and it is not impossible for the verb bid to be followed by a noun like end (cf. bid adieu, bid farewell).
3. Bidend. contains a period (or full stop, if you prefer), which invites a sentential interpretation.
4. Processed as the imperative Bid end, Bidend. would express the sentiment of many, many Americans at the present time.
If this reasoning strikes everyone here as totally unreasonable, so be it, but it continues to make sense to me.
For what it's worth, the actual TIME cover seems not to have had Bidend. at all. I have no idea where Sitifan got this from.
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Why, then, did they use a period after Panic and Bidend? Is it really so idiotic to read Panic. and Bidend. as sentences?They bolded "end" to make it clear they didn't make a typo. That they meant "end."
Your interpretation is not necessary for it to be a meme. It remains a meme on my interpretation.It's a meme.
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