Tell It Like It (Usually) Is(nt): Exploring Newsworthiness and (A)typical Tool Mentions on Reddit

Our study uses human ratings of verb-directobject-tool triplets from Reddit data to investigate whether, in internet discourse, people tend to mention atypical tools more than typical tools in tool-use scenarios, in line with the TELL IT LIKE IT ISN’T theory that people are more inclined to mention newsworthy information.

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