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by adrianmonk 1157 days ago
It's obvious from context that it's the content of the media. To me at least.

If I play you a song on Spotify and say, "Is this a saxophone?", you wouldn't say, "No, it's a iPhone running Spotify."

If a policeman holds up a photograph of a person and says, "Is this the person who attacked you?", the victim doesn't say, "No, it's an 8 by 10 glossy print."

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Yes but you had to think about it, as did I, and there was a moment where you went "hangon, did this person imply a spreadsheet could ever be a cat?" and thought you were 95% sure they did this very bizarre thing, it was distracting.
mais ceci n'est pas une pipe!